Impressive! Congrats Hans!
Perhaps using an encoder to "see" the servo position?  The less expensive
it's a japanese amazing potmeter which can be rolled over ( 360 degree
movement, 270 degree cursor). I've used such devices, no failure...

On Sun, Jan 16, 2022 at 4:05 PM hans <[email protected]> wrote:

> I've been using Matt's servo lib for years. The maximum number of servos
> in one project was 12.( see https://youtu.be/ujfMYD5zXNU)
>
>
>
>   The only problem I had with the lib was that it resets the servos itself
> int a fixed basic position and that can conflict with the initial position
> in the program. So when you start up, you get a different base position for
> a while and that can cause damage.
>
> A second thing for me is the speed of movement from one position to
> another. I now do this in a procedure within the program.
>
> If this sometimes doesn't work out, I'll take another pic, even the small
> 12F683 works perfectly.
>
> regards
>
> Hans
>
> Op zondag 16 januari 2022 om 10:35:02 UTC+1 schreef [email protected]:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I sometimes see projects using servo's using the JAL servo llibraries. I
>> have not yet used any servo's but I regularly have a project with LEDs that
>> uses PWM (like the servo library).
>>
>> The number of PWM channels is limited on a PIC and it may be that the
>> timers on the PIC are needed for something else.
>>
>> A solution would be to use a PCA9685. There are modules available to
>> control up to 16 servo's (or LEDs) using this module.
>>
>> I was wondering if there are JAL users that have plans to use this
>> device. If so I might make a library for it in some near future.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Rob
>>
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