Harder, better, faster, stronger! This servo offers all the control and customization you need for your robot project. The Parallax 360° High-Speed Feedback Servo combines the functions of a light-duty servo, continuous rotation servo, high-speed servo, and encoder in one handy package. It's an all-in-one solution! Like most continuous rotation servos, it's controlled by a standard 50 Hz pulse-width-modulation signal. But here's the extra feature - a feedback wire. This wire connects to an internal Hall effect sensor, which gives you the absolute location/rotation of the horn. With this feedback, you can easily create projects where you want to turn and hold any angle with unlimited motion. Or, use it as a robot drive motor and rotate the servo continuously at a controlled speed, up to 120 RPM. It works well with the Motor Shield for Arduino, Servo/PWM HAT for Raspberry Pi, our 16-channel Servo Driver, or you can wire it up using the Servo Arduino library or CircuitPython code. Most microcontroller platforms support analog servo driving. Features include bidirectional, continuous, feedback-controllable rotation from -120 to 120 RPM, PWM positional feedback across the entire angular range, an internal Hall effect position sensor that's wear-resistant and has no sensor deadband, no need to manually center the servo, a 3-pin ground-power-signal cable that plugs onto standard 0.1' 3-pin headers for servos, and a separate single wire with a female connector to supply feedback to a separate I/O pin.
Using this servo is quite easy. First, connect the 3 - pin ground - power - signal cable to the standard 0.1' 3 - pin headers on your device. Then, connect the separate single wire with the female connector to a separate I/O pin for feedback. You can control it using a standard 50 Hz pulse - width - modulation signal. It works well with the Motor Shield for Arduino, Servo/PWM HAT for Raspberry Pi, or our 16 - channel Servo Driver. You can also use the Servo Arduino library or CircuitPython code. When using it as a robot drive motor, you can set it to rotate continuously at a controlled speed up to 120 RPM. Or, if you want to turn and hold an angle, the feedback from the internal Hall effect sensor makes it easy. As for maintenance, there's no need to manually 'center' the servo. The internal Hall effect position sensor is wear - resistant, so you don't have to worry about it wearing out quickly. Just keep it clean and avoid exposing it to extreme temperatures or moisture.
