How to stop the servo

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rayzer
 
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How to stop the servo

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Hello,

So I followed this guide
https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-16- ... pi-for-i2c

I got through it but when the servo started moving I closed off the terminal I ran the script with
and now the servo won't stop spinning...

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Re: How to stop the servo

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When you tell the PWM driver to generate a signal, it will keep generating that signal until you tell it to do something else.

If you disconnect the PWM driver's power and reconnect it, that should put the board back into its default state.

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Re: How to stop the servo

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adafruit_support_mike wrote:When you tell the PWM driver to generate a signal, it will keep generating that signal until you tell it to do something else.

If you disconnect the PWM driver's power and reconnect it, that should put the board back into its default state.
I had to unplug it for an entire day...

I disconnected both the pi micro usb power and the power plug for the servo driver. It took about a day but the servo finally stopped. I'll post another topic in the forum if the issue progresses.

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