Hello,
I’m interested in flowbotics for a robot arm project that I’m working on. It uses 3D printed components and servocity power gearboxes. I have all the parts printed and have two of the five actuators. I was wondering if flowbotics supports the pololu servo controllers? Does it have the module component built in for this controller? I need to use flowbotics to develop a robot arm app that will talk with the micro maestro controller.
Hi,
FlowBotics Studio can be used with any device that has a virtual serial port. Indeed, this is how the Lynxmotion SSC-32U is connected to FlowBotics Studio. While there is no module (at this time) to directly control the Micro Maestro, you can use the general COM Port module to interact with the Maestro. You can check chapter 5 of the Maestro user guide (page 35-49) here. This chapter discusses the serial interface used to control the Maestro, including the commands and their format. You can then use one of the sample programs included with FlowBotics Studio and modify it to send commands using the Maestro protocol instead of the one for the SSC-32U.
If you need more information on FlowBotics Studio, you can check out the Developer Zone here. We also recommend reading the user guide, the component reference manual and checkout the example robotic apps that come with the software. There is also information on the FlowBotics studio support forum that you may find helpful and can help solve many common issues quickly.
Sincerely,
