Hi i was wondering if an ultrasonic sensor or any type of sensor can be attached to the ssc-32 which will change the movement of the servos depending on its surroundings exp. wall avoiding robot and also where would the sensor be attached to the ssc-32?
thanks!
Thanks a lot that really helped, but i have just one more question: Can you build a rover driven by servos with the GP2D12 sensor that is all controlled by the ssc-32?
If by “all controlled byt the ssc-32” you mean without any sort of PC or microcontroller attached to the ssc-32 then no, not really. The ssc-32 is a servo controller… it abstracts the low-level hardware requirements necessary to control r/c hobby servos and compatible devices from a more complex program or controller. It has some nice features like allowing multiple servos to be moved in sync with each other, or a certain distance over a specified period of time. It isn’t programmed so much as commanded by another device running a program.
So if i use a pc with it the board and rover ALWAYS has to be attached to the pc? and what micro controller do you recommend using? Does the Arduino Diecimilla sound good?
and if i buy the arduino diecimila do i even need the ssc-32?
No, the SSC-32 is a very powerful advanced servo controller. However you still need a microcontroller or PC to tell it what to do.
“need” is a very relative term; I suspect it depends largely on your programming and electronics skills. the ssc-32 makes a nice hands off way to control lots of servos intelligently. you can always buy the ardino thing and discover if your skills are up to the task… and if you discover you’re not having any fun then step back and punt by buying an ssc-32 so you only have to think about sending simple command strings out the serial port.
One should be able to interface the below ultrasonic sensor to the ssc-32 analog input.
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After reading this thread again I don’t see a mention of an arm, pan and tilt, or anything servo based being added to the rover, so the SSC-32 probably would not be required for your rover.