I’m new to this forum so don’t flame me to bad if I’ve asked this the wrong area.
So far I’ve built the upper torso portion of johnny. Will wait a bit to build the platform to mount him on.
I’ve built a servo controller using a PIC18F4550 connected to a PC through the USB port. I’ve written some VB6 code to manipulate the servos using sliders with 256 positions of control (0-180 degrees). So far I’m able to control the servos manually.
I’m trying to figure out how to go about writing something to enter a sequence to save to memory for him to follow. Hope this makes some sense
Welcome! I don’t think you are going to get flamed here even if you do post in the wrong place. We don’t do things that way here.
Ooooh, pictures please!!
How are you interfacing to the PIC as far as having it receive commands to execute? I know it’s a USB hardware interface, but there is always a software side too. I have several different PICs (4620’s, 4680’s, and waiting on a 4685) I have received and am getting some 4550’s on my next order.
You should check out this thread kurte started in the Bipeds area. He is doing this sort of thing using an ATOM PRO microcontroller on his BRAT. He’s using VB, so this may timely for your application.
I like hearing of all the different ways people are going about controlling similar things. One of the things I hope to gain from this hobby is better understanding of different languages and interfaces. I’ve done VB6 for a few projects as a network admin but never used it for robotics.
I have several different PICs (4620’s, 4680’s, and waiting on a 4685) I have received and am getting some 4550’s on my next order.
