Servo control woes

[Acetronics2]

Hi, Eris

Seem strange ...

There's one last thing we didn't had a look to : Your supply !!!

Could you describe it or better send a scheme.

On my side, I try your code on my 628 R/C testboard ... just to be sure!.

Alain

[Acetronics2]

Hi, Eris

Bad news ... I copied and pasted your code, just changed portB N°s as required here ... put a 6LR1 cell ( there's a regulator on the board !!! ) and a futaba servo.

Every thing goes as you programmed it : the led blinks and the windscreen wiper does its job ...

The problem is not ( no more ... humour ) in your code ...

So, What to do ??? ...

First verify your servo supply ( good common ground w/Pic ... enough current to feed the servo ...)

Second verify the signal lead of the servo ... servo behaviour smells no received signal !!!
In that way I would recommend you !!! SOFORT !!! to add a 1k resistor between Portb.0 and your servo connector.

I keep the line
Alain

[Eriswerks]

Many thanks to you smart and helpful people - I've finally got this working. I was spending all my time checking and rechecking the code, and it seems that the problem (or the final one, anyway) was that the servo and PIC didn't have a common ground. And here I thought that breadboard with two separate bus strips would be *helpful*.

I did, at least, pick up a lot of PicBasic tips while working on this, so I should be better equipped for the rest of my project. Thanks again!