Hi everyone, I have a project wher I need to control two servos via a pc to operat an ornithopter… problem is I never controlled anything with a computer and after researching I found that servo controllers do the job so I found this SSC 32 where i live in Sweden.
it is the SSC 32 (it is for 32 servos and i only will use 2 servos:( . so my question is :
what do I exactly need to controll two servos via a pc… is it just to buy that
SSC 32 board, connect the servos, the computer and software? what about the powerource for the servos… I really appreciate your help
Below is information on the ssc-32 that may answer most of your questions on how it operates with servos. How to use it with an ornithopter could be somewhat more difficult.
I really doubt the ssc-32 is well suited to the type of control I consider necessary for controlling an r/c aircraft. you might do better using a controller like the basic atom pro and its hservo output if all you need to control is two servos.
I am still dont know which controller to use, simply what I want do is to make two servos to go back and forth continuesly, the pattern of how they go back and forth is the thing I want to modify to see the effects so I dont need to use any rc equempment… just servos+board connected to the pc can this be don with the Pololu serial 8 servo controller
so i want to adjust the speed and rotation of the two servos and after that i want to make them go backa and forth whole the time.
I am making an animationto show you what I want to do
If the ornithopter a is very simple display type, then a single servo modified for continous rotation could be used to operate both wings at varying speeds. Either controller could do this. The ssc-32 has the capability to perform timed servo moves that the Pololu controlled probably can’t do on its own.
It probably would be easiest to use the ssc-32 for what you want to do. You might be able to perform the servo movements by using the the ssc-32 hexapod sequencer commands.
Bzzzzt!, not what I said. You should be able to use the pololu controller, but you need to think about your servo control program that will operate the servos. The ssc-32 has more control features that might be useful for your project depending on how you plan to have the servos operate.
