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Re: [FTC]: New Tetrix Parts

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Originally Posted by PhilBot View Post
The speed control on a "hacked" servo is crude at best. Most really ARE just a gear reduced motor in an easily mountable container.

It depends on whether they just removed the mechanical stops/feedback, or changed the drive circuit

What IS certain is that there is no position feedback.

Phil.
I have only dealt with the parallax continuous rotation servos, those are speed controllable.

It would be nice if these ones could be speed controlled.
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