Hi, i was wondering if you need the ssc-32 in order to use the botboardII. Also, is the botboardII just a servo controller? and if i wanted to make a robot (biped) controlled by a ps2 controller which is the better choice to get?
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The Botboard II is a carrier for a general purpose microcontroller like the BS2 or the Basic Atoms. They can be programmed to control servos, but usually can’t do it for more than 6 servos before timing get’s to be too much, and programmers begin losing their sanity. The SSC-32 is a dedicated servo controller. It’s job is to take care of the complex servo pulse generation that goes hand in hand with projects that use a lot of servos. Bipeds are a perfect example. So to answer your question you really need both the Botboard II for the general behavior routines and PS2 control interfacing, and the SSC-32 for it’s servo timing pulse generation. Also the SSC-32 has a control method called the group move that makes controlling bipeds a snap. You can send as many servos as you want a new destination position, and a T (time) for the move to take. It will make sure the servos start and stop at the exact same time, even if the distance they are moving is dramatically different.
Oh thanks that really helped me 
Also i have one more question. If i get the ssc-32 do i have to have it connected to the pc for the program to work. For exp. if i programmed servoX to move to position Y and i have it connected to the pc will it work if i take the cable out, will it still move servox to PY?
Thanks for the quick reply
The SSC-32 has a cool feature called Startup String where it will do the command stored in the Startup String registers on power up. However there is no way to have it do other things without serial commands coming from something, either a PC or microcontroller.