[chbot] Lego Mindstorms Micro Scout

[Andrew Errington]

Yes, this is sufficient for the servo control pulse, and even at 3.3V it is
correctly decoded by the servo electronics.  If it's a small servo you can
even power it from the 5V pins on the GPIO header, but generally you should
hook them up to a beefier, or at least separate, power supply.

A


On 24 May 2013 13:03, Hadley Rich <hads at nice.net.nz> wrote:

> On 24/05/13 15:57, Andrew Errington wrote:
>
>> You can actually drive servos directly from the Pi's GPIO pins.  So, if
>> you have two servos modified for continuous rotation you can use them
>> for robot wheels.  No extra hardware required.
>>
>
> They are only a 3mA output.
>
> hads
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