There are folks connecting directly to Herkulex Servos with Arduino boards, so I imagine it is possible with a BeagleBone but I would not do it directly to a GPIO pin.
https://wiki.dfrobot.com/Herkulex_DRS-0101_SKU_SER0032 Jon On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 10:00 AM amf <fittere...@gmail.com> wrote: > page 17 of the manual that Dennis attached implies that a serial interface > module is needed. see the second caution on that page. > > > On Friday, March 19, 2021 at 7:24:31 AM UTC-5 Dennis Bieber wrote: > >> On Thu, 18 Mar 2021 08:27:40 -0700 (PDT), in >> gmane.comp.hardware.beagleboard.user Adnane Dinar >> <adnane.341-re5jq...@public.gmane.org> wrote: >> >> >I need someone who know how control a herkulex servo with my beagle bone >> in >> >python or c >> >> Typically, servos are controlled by using a PWM signal. cf: >> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50203064/pwm-on-beaglebone-black-v4-14 >> >> However, the documentation for this servo >> >> https://www.robotshop.com/media/files/pdf2/_eng_herkulex_manual_20140218.pdf >> indicates that this servo uses 115200bps 8n1 TTL level SERIAL >> communication >> -- eg: a UART. >> >> Unfortunately, the diagram on page 51 indicates that "TTL" means >> original 5V TTL. 5V will kill a Beagle -- the pins are limited to 3.3V. >> The >> diode/resistor set shown at the top left /might/ imply that the TTL is >> using a pull-up circuit -- in which case feeding 3.3V instead of 5V may >> be >> sufficient. >> >> >> -- >> Dennis L Bieber >> >> -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/eba5bae0-eb23-4798-a8ed-c19e2efafaffn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/eba5bae0-eb23-4798-a8ed-c19e2efafaffn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/CAG99bkqWa%2BXJjC7RBYsD4k4kfhx0WcwmXGiX29xqQ5Lxif%2BkVw%40mail.gmail.com.
