What is a continuous rotation servo?
A continuous rotation servo is a servo motor that is not locked to travel only 180 degrees of back-and-forth motion. Instead, it can rotate freely like a regular gear motor. For example, it can act as the drive motor of a car or robot. Continuous rotation servos are sometimes known as sail winch servos because they have been used by model boat builders to wind up the sheet rope on a model sailboat. With the Super Cricket, continuous rotation servos perform the same function as a DC gear motor. They cost more than DC motors, so why would you use one instead of regular DC gear motor? The main reason is that you can get a bit more power out of a continuous rotation servo than you can from a DC motor on the Super Cricket. Since the Super Cricket has 8 servo outputs and 4 DC motor outputs, you can mix and match as you like. Here is a supplier for continuous rotation servos: Parallax/Futaba Continuous Rotation Servo. (Last updated 2007-12-20) How do I install the Super Cricket libraries? To
