Component: Servo Motor Template (Mechatronics): Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 14:23, 13 July 2026

Author	Matrix Ltd
Version	1.1
Category	Mechatronics

Servo Motor Template component

Base component for creating custom servo motor simulations. Recieves messages from the the 'Servo Controller' component. Macro 'SetTarget' allows external objects to be moved by the servo for mechanical simulations.

Component Source Code

Please click here to download the component source project: FC_Comp_Source_Servo_Motor_Base.fcfx

Please click here to view the component source code (Beta): FC_Comp_Source_Servo_Motor_Base.fcfx

Detailed description

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Examples

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Macro reference

SetTarget

	SetTarget
Set a panel object to be 'connected' to the servo's. The connected object will then move as if connected mechanically to the servo's actuator.
- HANDLE	Target
Object to be moved by the motor
- VOID	Return

Property reference

	Properties
	Moving Part
Set an object on the System Panel to be the servo's actuator. The object's position at the moment of selection is taken to be the 'rest' position of the actuator - the maximum and minimum angles will be measured from this position.
	Axis Object
Set a panel object to be the centre of rotation of the servo's actuator.
	Move Around
Set the axis around which the actuator will revolve. If an 'Axis Object' is chosen, this will be a local axis of the chosen object, otherwise it will be the current world axes.
	Movement Type

	Minimum (degrees)
Angle that the servo turns when the PWM signal is at its minimum. Measured from the actuator object's 'rest' position, chosen at the time of connecting the object.
	Maximum (degrees)
Angle that the servo turns when the PWM signal is at its maximum. Measured from the actuator object's 'rest' position, chosen at the time of connecting the object.

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 ==Servo Motor Template component==
 Base component for creating custom servo motor simulations. Recieves messages  from the the 'Servo Controller' component.  Macro 'SetTarget' allows external objects to be moved by the servo for mechanical simulations.
+==Component Source Code==
+Please click here to download the component source project: [https://www.flowcode.co.uk/wiki/componentsource/FC_Comp_Source_Servo_Motor_Base.fcfx FC_Comp_Source_Servo_Motor_Base.fcfx]
+Please click here to view the component source code (Beta): [https://www.flowcode.co.uk/FlowchartView/?wfile=componentsource/FC_Comp_Source_Servo_Motor_Base.fcfx FC_Comp_Source_Servo_Motor_Base.fcfx]
 ==Detailed description==
 ''No detailed description exists yet for this component''
 ==Examples==
 ''<span style="color:red;">No additional examples</span>''
-==Downloadable macro reference==
-{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%; background-color:#FFFFFF;"
+==Macro reference==
+===SetTarget===
+{| class="mtx-class-macrotable wikitable"
 |-
-| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
+| width="10%" align="center" class="mtx-class-macrohead" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
-| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''SetTarget'''
+| width="90%" class="mtx-class-macrohead" | '''SetTarget'''
 |-
 | colspan="2" | Set a panel object to be 'connected' to the servo's. The connected object will then move as if connected mechanically to the servo's actuator.&nbsp;
 |-
 |-
-| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:]] -
+| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-h32-icon.png]] - HANDLE
 | width="90%" | Target
 |-
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 | width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
 |}
 ==Property reference==
-{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%; background-color:#FFFFFF;"
+{| class="mtx-class-macrotable wikitable"
 |-
-| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" | [[File:Fc9-prop-icon.png]]
+| width="10%" align="center" class="mtx-class-macrohead" | [[File:Fc9-prop-icon.png]]
-| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''Properties'''
+| width="90%" class="mtx-class-macrohead" | '''Properties'''
 |-
 |-
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 |-
 | colspan="2" | Angle that the servo turns when the PWM signal is at its maximum. Measured from the actuator object's 'rest' position, chosen at the time of connecting the object.&nbsp;
-|-
-| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" | [[File:Fc9-conn-icon.png]]
-| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''Connections'''
-|-
-|-
-| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" | [[File:Fc9-conn-icon.png]]
-| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''Simulations'''
-|-
 |}

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