# Servo works differently

**URL:** <https://forum.xod.io/t/servo-works-differently/3830>\
**Category:** Hardware Interfacing Questions\
**Created:** [April 22, 2020, 10:54am UTC](https://forum.xod.io/t/servo-works-differently/3830 "2020-04-22T10:54:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![sumerfat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sumerfat](https://forum.xod.io/u/sumerfat)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 10:54am UTC](https://forum.xod.io/t/servo-works-differently/3830/1 "2020-04-22T10:54:24Z")

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hi,  
I was following this video for servo motor,

 ![bandicam 2020-04-22 01-58-53-962](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/uploads/xod/original/2X/d/d95f82957030df82061377362b2220b061b249ca.jpeg)

I put exactly the same values,but in the video it rotates continously,then stops when letting the button, while my motor rotates just a to a certain degree and stops when pressing the button, then gets back and stops when letting the button ,does it have with motor type to do ? my motor is micro servo sg90.

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**Author:** ![gweimer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a9adbd/32.png) [@gweimer](https://forum.xod.io/u/gweimer)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.xod.io/t/servo-works-differently/3830/2 "2020-04-22T13:59:00Z")

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That is difference in service type. Normal servos use value to move to a specific position and cannot move much more than 180 degrees. Continue rotation servos have the stops removed and disconnect the position potentiometer from the server motion so that “center position” is stopped and sending signal to move “farther from center position” causes the servo to start spinning faster in that direction.

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**Author:** ![sumerfat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sumerfat](https://forum.xod.io/u/sumerfat)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.xod.io/t/servo-works-differently/3830/3 "2020-04-22T15:23:32Z")

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ok…so it supposed to be right…but my motor rotates only about 30 degrees, is that its value ?

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**Author:** ![gweimer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a9adbd/32.png) [@gweimer](https://forum.xod.io/u/gweimer)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.xod.io/t/servo-works-differently/3830/4 "2020-04-22T16:01:28Z")

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There is a slim chance that is all your servo is capable of. More likely, it is the values you are feeding it. If you want full motion, you have to move from 0 to 1.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/uploads/xod/original/1X/eb7348baa04192c2ef932d1db54d44f09f8a7888.png) [@system](https://forum.xod.io/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.xod.io/t/servo-works-differently/3830/5 "2020-05-22T16:01:29Z")

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