You can power the servo from an external 6V source, but you'd have to connect the ground of the power source to your BBBlue or the servo will not work right. ie. The ground going to the servo, still needs to connect to the ground pin on the BBBlue servo output header.
You can see an example wiring in this picture ( Yes, it is a picture of an Arduino, but the idea is the same ) : https://camo.githubusercontent.com/1762dcd6217476edace78913d66cbd8d976a6690/68747470733a2f2f646c2e64726f70626f7875736572636f6e74656e742e636f6d2f752f333533313935382f65787465726e616c2d736572766f2d706f7765722e706e67 On 29 May 2017 at 06:13, Niels Jakob Buch <njb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Would it be possible to wire a Powerout with 6V from a power-socket > directly to the servo, and not connect the middle pin to the > servo-connector? > > On Friday, 26 May 2017 23:44:41 UTC+2, Niels Jakob Buch wrote: >> >> Just took a look at the schematics... https://github.com/beagleboard >> /beaglebone-blue/blob/master/BeagleBone_Blue_sch.pdf >> >> Seems that the servos are powered by the batteries, which might make >> sense to supply enough amps. >> >> Anyway, is there a way to power the servos with another source? >> >> -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/beagleboard/c98b47a1-dc19-4fe4-93c4-b136747e2635%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/c98b47a1-dc19-4fe4-93c4-b136747e2635%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/CALw-AjP9FoCwaCvQZV9YHz%2B1sN_1mT1piSQzRaYPo%2BVNNtz6mA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
