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Kaptah
Jan 27, 2007, 04:57 AM
Has someone measured the PWM input pin resistance or the current to the servo control pin, when driving the servo with for example 5V logic high signal?

I need this information to detemine the needed voltage level shifter circuit for the servo control of a typical RC servo.

Tom Harper
Jan 27, 2007, 07:04 AM
Never measured it, but it's signal level stuff - should be very small.

Tom

Kaptah
Jan 27, 2007, 07:41 AM
Ok, thanks. I was just thinking whether a 4.7k ohm pull-up resistor is enough to reliably generate the logic high state. An NPN transistor would then act as a pull-down.

Tom Harper
Jan 27, 2007, 08:57 AM
I use 10K with no problems.