{"id":500,"date":"2022-12-05T18:04:58","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T02:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/animatronicsworkshop.com\/?page_id=500"},"modified":"2022-12-09T15:06:23","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T23:06:23","slug":"hardware-for-paper-animatronics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/animatronicsworkshop.com\/?page_id=500","title":{"rendered":"Hardware for Paper Animatronics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>Power<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/animatronicsworkshop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/BatteryPack.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-530\" src=\"http:\/\/animatronicsworkshop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/BatteryPack-300x284.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"645\" height=\"611\" srcset=\"http:\/\/animatronicsworkshop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/BatteryPack-300x284.jpg 300w, http:\/\/animatronicsworkshop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/BatteryPack-1024x968.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/animatronicsworkshop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/BatteryPack-768x726.jpg 768w, http:\/\/animatronicsworkshop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/BatteryPack-1536x1453.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/animatronicsworkshop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/BatteryPack-2048x1937.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our boards are designed to use a 4-6VDC power supply (5.5 mm OD, 2.1 mm ID, center positive plug). Our 4xAA battery pack uses extra thick wire (20ga) to better handle the high current draw of up to 6 small servos. This pack uses four standard AA cells. We recommend the use of Ni-MH rechargeable batteries because these are better for the planet, and provide a more consistent voltage as they discharge.<\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, a 5VDC, 5A (5.5 mm OD, 2.1 mm ID, center positive plug) AC adapter can be used.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Servos<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Zip Servos<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Continuous Rotation Servos<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Servo Tester<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/animatronicsworkshop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ServoTester-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-537\" src=\"http:\/\/animatronicsworkshop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ServoTester-2-291x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"662\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"http:\/\/animatronicsworkshop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ServoTester-2-291x300.jpg 291w, http:\/\/animatronicsworkshop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ServoTester-2-992x1024.jpg 992w, http:\/\/animatronicsworkshop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ServoTester-2-1488x1536.jpg 1488w, http:\/\/animatronicsworkshop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ServoTester-2-1984x2048.jpg 1984w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Servo Tester is multi-purpose tool for working with servo motors. It has three modes selected by the mode switch:<\/p>\n<p>Manual: This manually controls the servo position with the knob. The LEDs follow the position of the knob.<\/p>\n<p>Center: The servo is set to its neutral position. The center LED flashes to indicate this mode.<\/p>\n<p>Sweep:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Mic2Servo<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Audio2Servo<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Arduino UNO<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Mini Servo Shield<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Mini LED Shield<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Crafting Supplies<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Power Our boards are designed to use a 4-6VDC power supply (5.5 mm OD, 2.1 mm ID, center positive plug). Our 4xAA battery pack uses extra thick wire (20ga) to better handle the high current draw of up to 6 &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/animatronicsworkshop.com\/?page_id=500\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":490,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-500","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/animatronicsworkshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/animatronicsworkshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/animatronicsworkshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/animatronicsworkshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/animatronicsworkshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=500"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/animatronicsworkshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":541,"href":"http:\/\/animatronicsworkshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/500\/revisions\/541"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/animatronicsworkshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/animatronicsworkshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}