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07-30-2020, 04:02 AM

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Originally Posted by A. J. Clark

You can use a servo tester to rotate the servo but it doesn't work exactly like your thinking. You need a power supply. 5v would do it for most servos. Plus you need a signal that can be pulse width modulated with the right pulse width that can also be veried to put on the signal wire. Check this site out it explains how servos work.

Thanks for the reply. I guess I was thinking of some simple circuit that would mimic x-mitter control stick input using 0-5vdc.

I could probably kludge together something using a servo tester etc... though I guess.

Thanks again for the input!

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