Will analog servo work with Arduino servo library?

Question

I ordered some cheap servos from Amazon before I noticed that there seemed to be two different kinds (digital & analog).

Mine are Tower Pro SG90 Analog (http://www.towerpro.com.tw/product/sg90-analog/)

I was trying to get mine to work with an extremely simple sample code (below) using the Arduino Servo library (using digital pin 3) and I was experiencing the jitters.

I read over the solutions at : https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/77502/is-there-a-way-to-stop-servos-from-shaking

While reading that I learned that there is also a digital flavor of the servo: http://www.towerpro.com.tw/product/sg90-7/

I'm wondering if that is part of the problem I'm seeing with the servo jittering. I haven't seen this addressed elsewhere.

My questions are:

1. Are those servos even different? Maybe that is just a marketing thing??
2. Do I need to switch to using an analog pin for the servo data connection?
3. Is it even possible to use the Arduino Servo library for this purpose or do I need to use some manual code (like analogWrite()) and move the servo to an analog pin?
4. Or, should it work completely fine and the jittering is just some unrelated problem?

Here's the simple code I'm using:

#include <Servo.h>
Servo myservo;  // create servo object to control a servo
// twelve servo objects can be created on most boards

int pos = 0;    // variable to store the servo position

void setup() {
  myservo.attach(3);  // attaches the servo on pin 3 to the servo object
}

void loop() {
  for (pos = 0; pos <= 180; pos += 1) { // goes from 0 degrees to 180 degrees
    // in steps of 1 degree
    myservo.write(pos);              // tell servo to go to position in variable 'pos'
    delay(15);                       // waits 15ms for the servo to reach the position
  }
  for (pos = 180; pos >= 0; pos -= 1) { // goes from 180 degrees to 0 degrees
    myservo.write(pos);              // tell servo to go to position in variable 'pos'
    delay(15);                       // waits 15ms for the servo to reach the position
  }
}

Answer 1

Jitter can be caused by a lack of power, in which case it will be an irregular pattern that leaves the servo in the wrong place or it can be caused by the increment commands not being sent to the servo smoothly enough.

Have you got enough power for the servo? Where is the power coming from, does this output match the datasheet?

This analog servo requires PWM, so is pin 3 of you board PWM capable?

How fast does you servo rotate? At the moment you are saying 1degree every 15ms, I suspect that is too slow and that's why the arm is coming to a stop and then rotating again which is making it jitter.

Answer 2

There's a discussion here about the difference. The short answer is they both are commanded by a PWM signal but differ in the internal control circuitry that responds to it.