Re: Honeywell KFC-225 autopilot - what could cause this failure?

From: Everett M. Greene (mojaveg_at_mojaveg.iwvisp.com)
Date: 06/13/04 

Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 20:30:56 PST

Peter <nospam@nospam9876.com> writes:
> The bottom line is whether servos should burn out, no matter what. The
> KFC-225 has only one processor (I have the schematics) and the
> software didn't appear to crash outright in any of the failures.

There was some discussion recently in one of the embedded
computing newsgroups about damage that can occur if motors
aren't driven properly (as in correct waveform, duration,
etc.).

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