Hello,
I’m new to this and I have a question I could not find the complete answer.
I understand the SSC-32 servo controller needs either a computer or a microcontroller to run it. I just ordered the Lynxmotion AL5D with FlowBotics, however I would like to be able to run the final program w/o the need of a PC.
Is BotBoarduino the right microcontroller I can “export” the FlowBotics program onto? Does FlowBotics have the ability to export code (or binary) to un on BotBoarduino? Or if not what other microcontroller is recommended for such an application?
Your help is much appreciated.
MuchHat
What are the news on Flowbotics support for microcontrollers?
The Botboarduino is a very good arduino board, Flowbotics a nice piece of software: that’s a powerful association.
Hi MuchHat,
FlowBotics doesn’t currently support exporting its projects to microcontrollers, but it is in the road map. Until then, if you would like to make your arm work without a computer, we would recommend writing a program for the BotBoarduino using the Arduino IDE (arduino.cc).
You can also make the arm wireless by using bluetooth instead of a serial cable: this will allow you to continue to run the project in FlowBotics on your computer, but without being limited to keeping your arm right next your computer. You would need the following parts to do so:
We hope this helps,
FlowBotics doesn’t yet support compiling its projects to run on the BotBoarduino, but it is still something that’s in the roadmap.
In the meantime, you can use the Firmata project as a base for creating a project in FlowBotics Studio that can control a BotBoarduino that is attached to the computer with USB. The Firmata firmware can be uploaded to the BotBoarduino (it already comes with the Arduino IDE, under File -> Examples -> Firmata) and then you only need to implement the relevant parts of the Firmata protocol in FlowBotics to be able to change pin modes, read inputs, or write outputs.