Simple SensorDAQ Servo Pointer



 

Step 2 -- Connect to the SensorDAQ

Cut off the plastic header at the end of the servo motor wires and strip away about 5 mm of insulation from each wire.

To function correctly, the battery pack, the servomotor and the SensorDAQ must all have a common reference point, or "ground." Insert both the black wire from the motor and the black (negative) wire from the battery pack into terminal 5 on the SensorDAQ's Aux I/O port and use the screw to fasten them securely into place. (Terminals 5, 8 and 11 on the SensorDAQ's Aux I/O port are all connected together internally as ground, so it is also possible to connect each of the 2 black wires to any of these 3 terminals.)

Terminal 7 on the Aux I/O port will be providing the signals that control the servo motor. Connect the white (sometime yellow) wire from the servo motor to terminal 7 on the SensorDAQ's Aux I/O port.

 


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