I am trying to use the SSC32 with an arduino nano to control a 12 servo hexapod. I am using a separate 9V battery for logic power, and a 6V pack for servo power.
Each leg, which is 2 servos, works fine on its own, and even 3 legs will work as expected. But any more than 6 servos, and they all start to glitch. Trying to run all 12 servos at once causes a complete loss of control and severe glitching of all servos.
Has anyone had this problem before when trying to run higher numbers of servos?
Let me know if you need any additional information to help figure it out.
Yes need more info, not much to go on. Pictures would be great. Sounds like power issue.
Things like you say you are using 9v battery for logic and 6v battery for servo (what Type? one of the battery packs from Lynxmotion?). Did you remove the VL=VS jumper (#5 in the diagram: lynxmotion.com/images/html/b … m#ssc32lay)
I will post some pictures later this afternoon when I have a sec.
I am using just a standard 9V Duracell battery for the logic power, and a 1800mah NiMH 5 cell AA batery pack (not a lynxmotion one) for the servos. Yes, the VL=VS jumper is removed.
Well, I ended up getting it working. The problem was indeed with the servo battery. I must admit, I was not very scientific in finding the root of the problem, as I tried an entirely different battery back that was also lower voltage, so will have to find the root of the problem at a later date. But it does work now, so I am glad about that! my first hexapod…
