16-Channel 12-bit PWM/Servo Shield turn servo off

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16-Channel 12-bit PWM/Servo Shield turn servo off

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hello,

i have a smal question.
is it possible to turn a servo off ?
i mean setting the the power voltage of one specific servo to zero.

i am using the 16-Channel 12-bit PWM/Servo Shield with an arduino uno.

the reason, why i want to do it is, that my servo gets very hot, even if it does not rotate.

thanks in advance,
lee

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Re: 16-Channel 12-bit PWM/Servo Shield turn servo off

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You can't turn off power to individual servos, since the power pins are all on the same bus. What you can do is turn off the control signal which will turn off power to the motor. To turn off the control signal for a specific servo channel call setPWM(channel, 0, 0);

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