i have receved my new ssc32 and i tryit with my basic stamp, and i’m very happy to be able to connect ssc32 and PC togheter and command it directly the servomotors from the PC.
i think that commanding servomotors directly from PC is more easy, if you want to use inverse kinematics.
my questions are :
can i use sensor like switchs, gyros, accélérometres GPS?, how can i connect them to PC?
witch language have i use? i only know the basic. How i send data from PC to COM and to SSC32 if i choose visual basic?
thanks for help
The SSC-32 does have support for some simple/basic sensors: if you look at component 10 in the image in the manual, you will see that pins A-B-C-D can be used as either digital inputs or analog inputs.
This means that you can use switches, analog gyros, or analog accelerometers with the SSC-32 directly. Sensors that require I2C (some gyros and accelerometers) or UART-serial (GPS) cannot be done with the SSC-32. For these sensors, we would recommend to use a general purpose microcontroller like your Basic Stamp or an Arduino board. If you have some specific sensors in mind, we might be able to give better recommendations…
As for the programming, you should be able to use Visual Basic (or almost any other language) to open a serial connection on a COM port and then send it strings of commands. For example, you can reference this MSDN example for sending strings. To be able to read sensors, you will also need to receive strings.
