Java Serial Servo Controller (SSC-32) Test by Joshua Chung

In the 1st part of the video, 2 servo motors are connected to the serial servo controller (SSC-32 by Lynxmotion), which connects to the notebook with a usb-to-serial cable. The software written in Java, using Processing, RXTXcomm, sends pulse width commands to SSC-32.
In the 2nd part of the video, the motors are controled by the scroll bar on the screen using mouse control. I set a little bit mathmatical damper in the software to smoothen the movement and eliminate the floating to integer error.
In the 3rd part, the motors are controlled by the wii remote by using wiiusej. The response of the servos is not as fast as our hands because the servos have limitation in speed in conjunction with my software noise reducing damper. However, this setup makes the servos look stable.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• Java
• serial
• servo
• ssc-32
• processing
• wiimote
• wii
• remote
• wiiusej
• JoshuaChung
• Joshua
• Chung
• motor

[joshuangrace]

Thank you for asking. Well, the PCB I used is called SSC-32(made by LynxMotion). It connects to PC through the USB-Serial convertor. The Java program here only sends commands throuth the USB port to set the servo positions. The SSC-32 commands is really simple, for example, "#2 P1750" means servo#2 moves to position 1750(range:500~2500). The other more effecitive way to control the servos is using byte array, for example, {0xFF,0x02,0x15} array tells the servo#2 to move to position 0x15(0~0xFF).

[pickle320]

thats awesome, i've been looking for a good servo controller compatible with java, i will be using NetBeans, how do you create the communications between the servo controller and the java program?

[ivanlj99]

Hi this is look very nice...and I have a question too....well I know this ssc-32 and did you use the analogic in to put the Wii control or is it just by software...and second...what can of software you reccomend to me to control this ssc-32 because I didn´t get none good...ok bye and go on...with this..... is really good !

[cordel]

:D:D..cool man..one question: u made it thru RS-232 port right?i see in the video u used a motherboard or just a PIC 16F877...could u tell me more about plss..is queit difficult 2 do it..thx ;)..realy like the video,i'll vote 4 it