AL5A arm - SSC-32 servo controller alternative

Lynxmotion Robot Arms
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Hello,
I had ordered an AL5A robot arm. At the time of ordering, I didn’t order the controller board (SSC-32 Servo controller) to make it work.

  1. I need to know if the arm can work with any of the arduino or galileo board.

  2. If yes, then how?

  3. Or is it a must to have this particular SSC-32 Servo controller to control the arm?

  4. I want to know how many days will it take to order it urgently to Germany

Regards
Saher Maqsood

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Yes, you can connect the SSC-32U to either of these boards. Note that we do not have sample code for using the two together, but the communication protocol for the SSC-32U is quite straightforward.
Alternatively, you can use the microcontroller directly to control the arm, without the SSC-32, as is the case with the BotBoarduino.

Connect the Tx and Rx (and GND) lines from the microcontroller to the Rx and Tx (and GND) pins on the SSC-32U.
If you only want to use the microcontroller, the main issue will be the connections to the servos (ideally each pin is broken out to include ground and power).

Not absolutely necessary, and you can really use any RC servo controller, or microcontroller. The SSC-32U is directly compatible with the software suggested.
Some people prefer these programs to working with the Arduino IDE.

You can add the product to your cart on www.robotshop.com/eu and you will see several shipping options.

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Thank you for your reply.