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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Because they use a digital processor,
rather than an analog processor, in the electronics. This allows easy tailoring
of the control system parameters even to the extent of different performing
servos to have the same hardware inside.</span></font></p>
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<p><b><i><font size=4 color=navy face="Brush Script MT"><span style='font-size:
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org
[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Vicente "Vince" Bortone<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, </span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>June 23, 2009</span></font><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> </span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>8:03 AM</span></font><font
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> </span></font><font size=2
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discussion</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [NSRCA-discussion]
Servo Signals</span></font></p>
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<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>I don't know anything
about electronics. I am sure that the following question if very simple
for you: Why the digital servos are called digital?</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Thanks,</span></font></p>
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"Vince" Bortone</span></font></p>
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----- Original Message -----<br>
From: "James Oddino" <joddino@socal.rr.com><br>
To: "General pattern discussion"
<nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org><br>
Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 12:12:23 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central<br>
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Servo Signals<br>
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What do they say in the Capital 1 commercials, not literally?
Transmitters communicate with receivers digitally in PCM mode and analog
in PPM mode. Receivers communicate with servos analogy (?) with PWM.
The servos are analog.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>And....Interestingly enough.....It does not matter
what kind of fancy whopping digital super latest and greatest TX/RX system
you have, the signals to the servos are still firmly rooted in good old
1970's technology....:) And...Your super whopper digital brushless
whatever servo still has an analog pot for position feedback....:)</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>I for one am eager to see a leap in servo
technology.....Bidirectional serial comms to the servos with the servo
being able to feed back torque, amps, position, rate, etc.....and
encoder/resolver position feedback in the servos to really catch up with
the world we live in......</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>Amen to that. We have digital servos
and digital receivers, yet they talk to each other via an analog method
and use analog feedback.</span></font></p>
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