Hi,
Just wondering what the correct electrical set up is to operate an A4WD1 combined with the Robotic Arm using a PS2 controller? More specifically, I am just wondering if I can purchase a AL5A/B/D with no electrical and hook it directly up to the Sabertooth/Botboarduino A4WD1 set up that I currently have, or if the better solution is to purchase a AL5A/B/D SS-32U Combo Kit with no software and connect the SS-32U to my Botboarduino? There is a tutorial showing this sort of set up on the Lynxmotion website, however it uses a Bot Board, not BotBourduino, so I am not exactly sure if this tutorial is helpful or not. Your assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Jonah
Hi Jonah,
To control the A4WD1 along with a AL5 Robot Arm, you would need the electronics to control the motors of the A4WD1 and the servos on the AL5 Robot Arm.
Therefore, you would need a setup containing a DC Motor Driver, a Servomotor Controller and a microcontroller controlling both the motor driver and the servomotor controller and interfaced with the PS2 Controller receiver.
But since the BotBoarduino can control up to 15 servos and you will need to control 6 servos at max (if your setup has wrist rotate), you can use it both to control the AL5 servos and the Sabertooth and to be interfaced with the PS2 Controller receiver.
So, your setup could work with only a BotBoarduino and a Sabertooth controller.
The AL5 Programming Tutorial - PS2 RC and the A4WD1 Tutorial for PS2 Control v1.0 tutorials could help you for this.
Hope this helps,
Here is a Github link to an Arduino example for controlling an AL5 Robot Arm and a A4WD with a PS2 Controller.
The pin definitions of the example are here.
