hexapod PS2

Lynxmotion Legged Robots
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goodnight

I’m building a hexapod and I am thinking to buy the boards to work with the command of the PS2, you must be two board right to work with 24 servo motors?
the board are:
Lynxmotion SSC-32U USB Servo Controller
Lynxmotion BotBoarduino Shield-Compatible Robot Controller

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Hi,

The SSC-32U can control up to 32 servo motors. But, it is a dedicated servo motor controller and therefore you do need a separate board to take input from the PS2 and manage high-level things such as walking patterns and such.
The BotBoarduino is perfect for this case and indeed these two boards together is the setup used in the Lynxmotion hexapod kits.

You can check out an assembly guide for a Lynxmotion hexapod as reference, if you wish.

Sincerely,

3

can give me a hand to choose the kit in order to use the command of the ps2 hexapod 4DOF T-Hex

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Hi,

To build a Lynxmotion 4 DoF T-Hex, you would need a few key components:

]The hardware & motors: RB-Lyn-734/:m]
]The servo controller board: RB-Lyn-850/:m]
]The microcontroller board: RB-Lyn-363/:m]
]The PS2 controller kit: RB-Lyn-578/:m]
]A battery pack (6 V DC): RB-Sta-08/:m]
]A battery pack charger: RB-Ten-02/:m]

This would give you the basic parts required to have a fully functional 4 DoF hexapod. But, please note this is a complex project and may require a lot of work to get up and running (don’t expect it to take only 1-2 hours).

We have some sample code that could help you get started on our GitHub, available here. You may have to change some settings in the files based on your setup, such as the amount of servos per legs, for example (might be 3 by default).

To calibrate your robot (with the SSC-32U), we recommend that you use our free SSC-32 diagnostic tool, Lynxterm. You can download it here.

Sincerely,

5

thank you very much for your time, tell me one thing only am new at this I have yet to see how things work, and the code to put on the Arduino library yes? then and it sends into the board yes?

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Hi,

Short answer: Yes to both questions! :slight_smile:

Please also read the long answer below:

Here are the common steps for such a kit:

  1. Build the hardware up and servos using the appropriate assembly guide (found on Lynxmotion.com, under Information/Assembly Guides).
  2. Connect the SSC-32U to the servomotors and to the (charged up) battery. Connect it to your computer by USB and run Lynxterm to calibrate the robot’s legs.
  3. Connect the BotBoarduino to the SSC-32U (using a software serial connection). Program the BotBoarduino using the example code mentioned earlier with the Arduino IDE software.
  4. Connect the PS2 adapter to your BotBoarduino.
  5. Figure out what went wrong and fix it! :slight_smile: You will probably have a lot of troubleshooting to do at this step.

This is a complex project to start with as a beginner. While it is not impossibly hard, it will require a lot of thinking, trying things out (and failing) before you get a fully functional robot.

Sincerely,

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the hardware is the end of the ride did everything in 3D printer I lack two legs I’m using 4 servo motors per leg, the part of the program and that will give me problems but I will try to thank you for your time