After having assembled my cool Phoenix hexapod (not yet working, but very soon!) I have some questions.
I see on the forum a lot of cool videos where the Phoenix is controlled by a remote control (Futaba, Hitec ?) instead of the PS2 controller.
How is the receiver connected to the Phoenix?
Is the Botboard 2 bypassed by the receiver, are all the movements programmed in the remote control??
I suppose (as a newbee) that you can do more with a remote controller than with the PS2 controller?
Maybe still a bit premature, how to connect f.i. a distance sensor to the botboard2 and which sensors are recommended for the botboard2?
The PS2 controller has 2 joysticks and 16 buttons for controlling many aspects of the robot. A standard RC stick radio has 2 joysticks and 2 to 5 additional channels that can be used for stuff. However nowadays they additional channels are hard coded for 1/3, 2/3 pulse values. That makes it pretty difficult to control more with them in stock condition.
It wouldn’t be fair not to mention that there isn’t any code for controlling the Phoenix from this D-I-Y radio and Zentas modified Futaba code is pretty specific to his configuration. So programming will be required, and it’s pretty involved code to say the least. The reason Zenta converted his radio for controlling the Phoenix is they have more resolution on the sticks. A little better response compared to the PS2 controller. I personally don’t think its a big difference.
No matter what you use to control the bot the Bot Board II and Atom Pro processor will be required.
