{"id":19933,"date":"2020-02-11T10:53:20","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T09:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19933"},"modified":"2020-02-11T10:53:20","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T09:53:20","slug":"new-kickstarter-from-sb-components-for-metal-gear-servos-controllable-from-various-single-board-computers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19933","title":{"rendered":"New Kickstarter from SB Components for metal-gear servos controllable from various single board computers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/servos.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19934\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/servos.jpg?resize=560%2C556&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/servos.jpg?w=680&amp;ssl=1 680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/servos.jpg?resize=300%2C298&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/servos.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/servos.jpg?resize=560%2C556&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/servos.jpg?resize=260%2C258&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/servos.jpg?resize=160%2C159&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.sb-components.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SB Components<\/a> has just launched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/127134527\/sb-servo-powerful-open-source-digital-serial-servo-motor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a new Kickstarter<\/a> for two types of servos with metal gears. These are perfect for robotics projects where you need something strong:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"bold\">SB-SS023<\/span> has a max torque of 2.3 Kg.cm helpful in lightweight robotic projects. This servo has dimensions of 23.2 x 12 x 25.5 mm(on the left and right).<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"bold\">SB-SS15<\/span> has a max torque of 15 Kg.cm with dimensions 40 x 20 x 40.5 mm is for heavier applications(in the middle).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can see the campaign video below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/127134527\/sb-servo-powerful-open-source-digital-serial-servo-motor\/widget\/video.html\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"> <\/iframe><br \/>\nAnd you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/127134527\/sb-servo-powerful-open-source-digital-serial-servo-motor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">read more about the campaign here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SB Components has just launched a new Kickstarter for two types of servos with metal gears. These are perfect for robotics projects where you need something strong: SB-SS023 has a max torque of 2.3 Kg.cm helpful in lightweight robotic projects.&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19933\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13],"tags":[731],"class_list":["post-19933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crowdfunding","tag-sb-components"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New Kickstarter from SB Components for metal-gear servos controllable from various single board computers - Raspberry Pi Pod<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19933\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Kickstarter from SB Components for metal-gear servos controllable from various single board computers - Raspberry Pi Pod\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SB Components has just launched a new Kickstarter for two types of servos with metal gears. 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