Hi, how should we mount our distance and sharp sensors to the robot arm and to SSC32 as well. I could not find any assembly information in its package… We need make 3D scan analysis with AL5A robot arm. What are main issues for that? Is there any predefined mounting position on the robot arm for sensors?
Thank you Robot dude. But the actual problem is how we can mount it to the arm. Is there any predefined position for that. I would very pleased if you can explain also the process of assembly of sensors. I saw that there was a mounting for force sensor. But, I thought also that 3D sensor would be different from that one.
The document I linked you to illustrates attaching the sensor to the gripper open/close servo using a rubber band. Any reason you can’t do this with the gripper we are using now?
I see that, but we don’t have a gripper like that. Our arm is AL5A arm for heavy duty application. And also, since we are students who work for the thesis, we don’t have any background information about electricity and cable connections. We don’t know how to connect GP2D12 sensor to SSC-32.
In that file you shared, there is only one sentence for 3D analysis and connecting. (“The 3D scanner module needs a Sharp GP2D12 IR sensor, mounted on the Gripper servo and connected to the SSC-32 Analog Input #A.” )
But, we need to know how we can connect to SSC-32 and mount it to the heavy duty (with wrist) arm ?
Look at the manual for the SSC-32. Look at ABCD auxiliary inputs. (analog) This is illustrating connecting a pot. Remove the wires from the black connector on the GP2D12 and put heat shrink over them. Put the black one where you see the little “-”, put the red wire where you see the “+” and put the yellow wire where it says “A”.
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Just attach the sensor so it points forward. Glue, tape, rubber band, or weld with focused laser vision it just doesn’t matter. If the above description doesn’t help I will be making some better diagrams for the SSC-32 manual. Good luck! 8)
hi again. we were in holiday for one week and now we are in lab again. To be honest we did not still understand how to connect sensors to SSC32.
Actually after looking at your last link, we understood which cable should be placed on SSC32 (red “+” , black “-” , yellow “A”). Now we connected to the sensor GP2D12 one cable which has three wires (black,red and yellow). In this case, the problem is that we do not know how to connect also IR DISTANCE ADAPTER. There are two inputs for the adapter which are black one and white one. We also found three cables of which photos we put below.
We put some photos of our unknown cables and sensors… If you can look at them below, maybe you can help us better.
cables and distance adapter: imageshack.us/photo/my-images/69 … dapte.jpg/
IR distance adapter : imageshack.us/photo/my-images/19 … apter.jpg/
Sensor GP2D12 : imageshack.us/photo/my-images/60 … ensor.jpg/
Thank you. 
I have no idea what this is.
This is the sensor you use to do the scanning. Connect it as shown above.
fuzzy pix looks like a Philbrick (?)
Supply link to the data sheet. I don’t remember who sells them. If it’s what I think it is, you don’t need it. Just use the 3-wire cable that’s terminated in mating connectors for the SSC-32 board as has been suggested.
Alan KM6VV
Thank you so much for your kindly helps. Now, after connecting the sensors, we are able to do 3D scanning analysis with AL5A arm. The last step for our thesis is to combine this robot arm with “Lab-View Robotic Module” program. Since we are studying for a thesis in research field of “Measurement and Experimental Techniques”, we need also have an interface between AL5A and Lab-view program. Is there anyone who can give us some advices for this??? How can we manage this kind of interface ?
Thanks again 
If there is anybody to know this kind of interface, can he/she help us???
What have you tried? What problems are you having?
can I use robot arm(AL5A) with labview?? I would like to try the gripper of the robot arm by writing the positions. I mean maybe I need to have simple codes.
Search this forum for labview. There are a lot of posts for controlling the arms with labview…