Simple wiring tip

[billyzelsnack]

In my experience the knee wiring is very easily damaged if wired how the instructions tell you to wire it. A very simple change makes damage much less likely..



Just swap the wires. Bottom goes to top and top goes to bottom. If you give it a try you'll immediately notice why this counter-intuitive placement is so much nicer. You can also go the next step and tuck it into the clip as in the picture, but it's not required. I usually don't do it since it is so tricky to do.

[UncleBob]

cannot see photo, can you post again. thanks

[billyzelsnack]

That's the best pic of the bunch. haha.

[Suicidal.Banana]

Is it a premium kit?

The reason im asking; it looks like your cables are flattened, and melted together?? i have a comprehensive kit, and later got me a frame/cable kit, and neither of the cables look like that, the original ones from the kit were 3 seperate quite sturdy cables, from the frame-kit i got them as 3 seperate very soft cables.

Just wondering, its not that big of a deal

[billyzelsnack]

It's a comprehensive kit. All three of my comprehensive kits have different cables. It seems like the cables keep getting worse as time goes on.

Kit 1 : Very good white connectors and very good wires. White sockets on servos.
Kit 2 : Way too tight fitting black connectors and very good wires. Black sockets on servos.
Kit 3 : A little too tight fitting white connectors. Flat ribbon wires. Black sockets on servos.

I think the connectors got discontinued at some point and that's why the change. The wire was probably changed due to cost since the original was so high quality.

[UncleBob]

I think robotis should labels the different wire for use with the servos. I had to guess my wires during construction.

[Suicidal.Banana]

Okays, thanks for clearing that up

[PedroR]

in reply to UncleBob, in their instructions manual includes pictures of the cables in REAL size.

If you take a cable and put it over the picture of the cables, you can easilly see which image fits the cable/size you have and quicklly find out what cable it is.

[billyzelsnack]

The number is also the approximate size in cm.

[UncleBob]

I wish I knew earlier.

[UncleBob]

Hi guys

Have you notice how i run mines hip to knee wire. I run it from the inside.

When I run from outside, it cuts cut by the hip. Now it does not but the length just fall short by 1 cm. Do you guys find the same problems?

[billyzelsnack]

You can also run the wire down instead of up like the instructions show for the hip servos. It's better out of the way of the arms like this.

[billyzelsnack]