MEGA BREAD - Servo Backup Capacitor Pack

Do you have a bunch of servos? What about a couple of big ol' motors, or even a ton of LEDs? You will probably need a capacitor pack.

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MEGA BREAD - Servo Backup Capacitor Pack

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Capacitor 470 µF

I used 1 470uF capacitor for every 3 servos to be safe

Servos (Tower Pro MG996R)

Li-Ion Battery 1000mAh

Software apps and online services

Arduino IDE

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Soldering iron (generic)

Story

Introduction

A needed addition to almost any project with multiple servos. Allows for even power and lessens the surges. A simple solution to a very large problem.

Voltage Fluctuations

This little handy idea saves a bit of juice from the batteries, and allows the servos to NOT induce a voltage fluctuation.

Stabilizer

It stabilizes the movements of the servos when MANY are operating at the same time. This will also work for stepper motors and regular DC motors.

Credits

Pigeon-Kicker

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Computer guru from the 80's, currently disabled veteran. Building this stuffs for my son to learn robotics.

MEGA BREAD - Servo Backup Capacitor Pack