Electrical Actuators - quasics/quasics-frc-sw-2015 GitHub Wiki

Create and control motion... WITH ELECTRICITY and magnets_{how do they work}

These control the power flow from the PDP to the motors, allowing control of the speed/torque applied.

• Spark Max
• Spark
• Talon SRX
• Victor SPX
• Deprecated
  • Victor
  • Talon SR
  • Jaguar

Servos both control and generate their own motion. Most servos communicate over PWM, and the control on most is over position in a limited angle range, rather than speed/power over a continuous angle range.

• Servo
  • Set the rotational position in the general range
• L-16 Linear Actuator
  • Set linear extension from a minimum to a maximum
• Continuous Servo
  • Basically a small motor/motor controller pair. Continuous rotational motion with a set speed, rather than position

If it fits nowhere else...

• Spike Relay
  • Full forward motion, full backward motion, or no motion, and nothing else

The actual electrical motors driving robot motion

• NEO Brushless Motors
• CIM
• Mini CIM
• BAGMotor
• PG-71