Nice work Aaron!
Cool idea about the inverted servo for a panning servo, innerbreed. Gives me some ideas.
Hopefully I can get back to working on my Phoenix this weekend! 
Duane
Aaron, where did you get the nylon braid you used to cover the servo wires from?
Frys had the wire wrap.
Try automotive stores, or look online for it, im pretty sure in your area you can track something down.
–Aaron
and THANKS!
So I have my phoenix working! with the ps2 controller with xan’s ps2 controlling code,
I took a look at how the code is processed seems quite neat! there is one section that looks like it takes care of the IK and it simply loops through it with each leg interesting way of doing that.
I had recently ebay’ed 50 of those futaba servo wire extenders “happened to be very VERY inexpensive… from china of course”
anyway The goal would be to remove ps2 controller support and replace it with 4 individual channel inputs on a bunch of the unused pin’s of the BB2 … nearly 13 of them minus the 2 the go to the ssc32.
So I guess reading pwm data seems like it would be pretty easy to translate that pwm data un modified to servo’s connected to the bb2 directly or have them go to the ssc32 as xan’s RC control part where he controlled an individual leg.
There is a lot of feature’s that are very cool in the ps2 remote code but a lot would be interesting to see if i removed if it improved speed/calculation.
anyway was looking for some tips on how to read that data and do something with it.
–Aaron
Where to start?
*Edit Innerbreed – The battery works fantastic! Just need to find a non “southern engineered” way of of mounting it to the phoenix’s bottom plate, was possibly thinking Velcro?
velcro is a good clean easy way i use it on most application. even on my rc helicopter.
best way to install them in tight spaces is to slide a peice of paper in the body over the velcro and then put the battery in over the paper, and then whip out the paper allowing the velcro to make contact! gettig ti out is the hard part. does this make sence?
wow that makes perfect sense… good tip, its so stupid easy, I’m ashamed I didn’t think of it! GENIUS!
glad to help. i managed to grab two reels (hook & loop) cheap on abay
copy and paste this:
(VELCRO SELF ADHESIVE BLACK STRIPS 20MM X 1000MM PACK)
heh Yeah “Not sure I need that much Velcro”
I just ended up getting these
50x 150mm RC servo extension cord wire for JR futaba
something like 15 bucks… I’ll have like 46 extra 
HAHA
I’ve been a lurker for a while. I just bought the Phoenix kit and HD servo upgrade, been very interested in robots for as long as I can remember.
My background. Not in robotics but a lot in industrial design and Injection molded product design. I’ve also been into RC craft of any sort since I was very young.
I have a huge CNC 4 axis mill and there isn’t much I can’t do in SolidWorks (and a handfull of other CAD/CAM programs).
I have a lot to learn with regard to robotic coding though. I’m reading threads like mad and anything else I can get my hands on.
I’m planning on building my Phoenix as a learning experience. After it’s up and running I’m planning on designing a new Leg for the Phoenix. I will post pics and share the design as soon as I can.
You all seem like a great bunch of people, hopefully I can add some to this forum.
Thanks,
Laszlo
HI Laszlo.
Welcome to Lynxmotion.
the phoenix kit is an excelent choice as a starter kit or advanced users.
look forward to seeing your progress and ideas on this.
Thanks.
Also reading about the Blackwidow project, also very nice.
As a side note, for what I want to do I really want to incorporate presure sensors in the feet for adapting to uneven surfaces. Can anyone point me in the right direction for some info on that?
Thanks,
Laszlo
Thanks a lot, been looking around a while for that info.
Thanks,
Laszlo
Has anyone had any issues with the HSR-5990TG or for the purposes of the phoenix design is it interchangable with the 645?
Not sure if the extra money for the 5990 is well spent on the Phoenix. The legs use only the output shaft of the servo as the pivot. This inherently limits the payload the bot can safely carry. Sort of like putting a V12 in a Ford Escort…
The A,B,CH3-R bots have a much stronger leg assembly where the 5990’s additional strength can actually be utilized for more payload on the bot.
The program would likely need to be modified a bit, and the 5990 has a slightly different range of pulses it responds to.
Great thanks, I got them for my next leg design where I’m looking to use the added strength.
Yea, I figured they were overkill for the Phoenix, but what’s wrong with a v12 Escort??? Would be the only Escort worth owning
Thanks,
Laszlo
Hi,
Your background sounds very interesting and I’m looking forward to see what you are planning to do with the leg design. Feel free to start your own thread about that when you have something to share.
Zenta, your project page has grow so large!!! 28 pages…
Do you have a direct link to the pics that I remember you posting a while ago that has your battery and the two BEC all crammed into the body of the LM Phoenix chassis? I would love to borrow (copy) that idea!!!
No problem, here is a link to the post.
The pics can be found at Trossen Robotics, but I believe the actual post was more interesting.
Thank you Zenta!!! Did you have any issues with the 15A BECs?
I figured, with a dual 15A BEC, the Phoenix would never see anything above 30A peak current right? More then voltage regulation, it’s probably a great idea to limit the peak current through these BECs since the LiPos are capable of INSANE burst currents…
I’ve had one issue and that was a “human error” I had replaced the wires on one of the servos for the mandibles on A-Pod and for one “very strange reason” 
the “+” and “-” wires was shorted! 
The UBEC didn’t like it, no magic smoke though (only some smell 
)… After that the UBEC got hot under normal load (it still worked though), so I replaced it.
Conclusion: They don’t like beeing shorted. 