The different boards I am playing with are up at: https://github.com/KurtE/Teensy3.1-Breakout-Boards/tree/master/T41_LSS
That board should be up there with names like: T41SimpleLSSArduinoShieldV02.dch
There is the schematic, board, zip file with gerbers and xls file with most of the parts list.
Yes although sometimes I live dangerous and not cur the trace. But in this case I cut and then used a jumper (shunt) to close it off most of the time.
Solder the 7 pin to the center such that You have Serial2 pins connected up to XBEE
Yes Arduino position.
Only need to put it in, if you wish for the T4.1 to keep the RTC clock running when Teensy not running.
Jumpers? Maybe not, however the two QWIIC connectors are the wrong one for the pattern I used on the board. They should be horizontal and not verical, which causes the cable to plus in the opposite direction and not work. You can ignore and not use. Or if you have some of the other connectors, you can carefully un-solder those and solder in the horizontal.
Test programs.
I have another github project: LSS_Test_sketches which have a few things I have played with including:
a) LSS_ChangeServoBaud. - I used this to change all of the servos baud rates.
b) LSSTestServos - my continuously hacked up program for listing servos, trying things out and the like.
c) LSS_Phoenix - This was my first attempt of fixed point conversion to these servos… It is setup to use commander
d) a start of a USB one although the Beta github project is where I am working on a newer one with your code.
That pretty much describe all serial interfaces since… non-RS-232 interfaces became more prominent
Yeah, not a bad plan.
I suppose the three main places we could use that I can think of are:
Community here (the project/tutorial types of posts). Don’t know if we can have multiple editors though.
The GitHub private repos README.md files (or similar). The markdown is pretty neat and we can easily track changes/contribute/etc. (can the be posted as tutorials or something here afterwards/public repo?)
The Lynxmotion Wiki directly. We could have private pages in a “tutorial” section that we edit and prepare and when ready we can launch 'em publicly.
Got my break out boards and other bits and pieces.@kurte That board is very well done… really nice!
I see the order for my brackets has been shipped! Eagerly awaiting those now. I was wondering if there is a guide for assembling the full SES v2 hexapod using the brackets and the frame. I have seen some pictures somewhere but cant remember where… We really do need that wiki
I think it might be worth it if we start having some shared wiki or someplace with just useful info… guides etc… so that anyone starting off has the knowhow of necessary things…
The second, third and fourth posts at the very start of this thread were intended for that purpose (helping others get up to date and started quickly).
@zenta and others - I have been playing around some with the code you uploaded. So far I have not run it… Probably need to get an Bioloid based hexapod setup with T4.1…
But what I have done, was to convert the sketch to not build as one big thing, where everything is header files, but instead build several pieces like the main code, the servo driver and the input driver.
During this I made sub-classes of the InputController and ServoDriver classes and while doing that start moving a bunch of the globals and make then instance variables of the sub-classes.
I have also started hacking up a PS3/PS4 version of input controller which builds…
I have uploaded that version to the beta project under KurtE Zetnta_LSS_Phoenix_PhantomX_float.
Currently the main .ino file is configured for USB PS3/4 but should be easy to change back to your controller. Just comment out the one class uncomment the other and tell the input controller which one to use…
If you get a chance you might see what you think. And maybe even see if it still runs
Note; I removed most/all of the GPSeq code. I don’t think any of us are going to want to work with those types of sequences… Could be wrong
I just received the board and I’m really impressed with the design and how it was put together. All the different levels make it look like a small city
When putting everything together on the hexapod I noticed that my LSS adaptor board has an issue with the XBEE connection. One of the female headers has a connection clogged up with solder or something. Due to this, I cannot place the xbee module in its slot. Does somebody know the type of the female header pins? They are smaller than the regular ones.
Might it be possible to also place some PDF files of the board in there? This would make it easier for me to read the files as I don’t have the software for PDB designs.
As mentioned you can install a free version if you want. You may not be able to edit these with the free version as I don’t remember if the number of pins or the like exceed the limits.
But I did upload a PDF of the schematic to that directory, which looks like:
Thank you for the offer @dialfonzo, I’ve found a local store that sells the headers. I hope to receive them tomorrow. I think I will be able to solve it like this.
@kurte
I started assembling you kitchen sink LSS board today - man never want to solder 805 components again :). After getting all the SMD parts on the board realized that the substitute regulator I picked up wasn’t going to work. So did a bit more of a search and found the Microchip regulator still available through Allied Electronics. According to Mouser new stock will be available January 2022! So ordered a few just in case. Looks like they my still have some BSS138s available as well. My order should be here Friday and then I can finish the board up and start playing. Do have 2 servos to test with
Do have a couple of questions though. There is a J3 3,3v jumper not sure what to do with that or what thats for. Also there is another set of jumpers on the bottom side: 10-Gnd-36, not sure what this is for. Suggestions.
Question: I saw there are a couple different versions of test legs available, if I were to get one which should it be - Open question.
Good afternoon, evening: My V0.2 of the board arrived yesterday… Have not started building yet. Waiting for package from Mouser. Only differences is I changed the footprint of the Qwiic to be the vertical ones that you plug in from Top, plus I changed the VBAT stuff to be like the MicroMod where it is a rechargeable circuit…
This jumper is there when you say screw it, I don’t use that much 3.3v, especially if you are not going to use an XBee or at least a high powered XBee. You can solder jumper it and not need to populate the 3.3v VR.
Actually in my case a Via is in the middle of the text, but GND is actually SND
So for the simple sound output, you can jumper to 36 (some random PWM pin) or to pin 10 which is MSQR
Or you can do neither in which case there is another pin to the right in this picture in the 2x5 pin group which in
my case I did not move the SND label to a good place, after I moved some things around.
Note: I hear you on the 0805, although they are giants as compared to the MicroMod or Himax ribbon connector pin outs!
