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[Reply #15 on:]

To connect power to the ssc-32, there is a small +-+- pin header on the ssc-32 that you can connect the arduino +5v and ground to power the ssc-32 (servos will still need an independent power supply). For communication connect the arduino tx/rx to the ssc-32 TTL serial inpit pins and you are done.

[Reply #16 on:]

To connect power to the ssc-32, there is a small +-+- pin header on the ssc-32 that you can connect the arduino +5v and ground to power the ssc-32 (servos will still need an independent power supply). For communication connect the arduino tx/rx to the ssc-32 TTL serial inpit pins and you are done.

Sounds good! Do you have an image or any simple code for communication? I'd like to try it. Thanks a million.

[Reply #17 on:]

Below is some info on the ssc-32. Using the arduino you just form the appropriate control strings per the ssc-32 user's manual and send them to the ssc-32. The strings need to be terminated with a carrage return, but println seems to take care of this. On the Lynxmotion forum there is a lot of info for using their ssc-32 with all types of bots. I'll have to look around and see if I saved any ssc-32 code.

http://www.lynxmotion.net/viewforum.php?f=2
http://www.lynxmotion.com/images/html/build136.htm
http://www.lynxmotion.com/p-395-ssc-32-servo-controller.aspx
http://www.lynxmotion.net/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=6343&start=0

[Reply #18 on:]

Cool~ thanks for these info. Wondering if that will be conflict if I use Xbee and SSC-32 because both of them uses RX/TX?

[Reply #19 on:]

There may be some useful info in the below discussion.

http://www.lynxmotion.net/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=6730

[Reply #20 on:]

Best it to use a Arduino Mega if you need both xBee and SSC32. Also do not connect any of them on UART0, so you can program your board without any problems.

If you want to use both with Arduino Uno or Diecimila, I advise you to connect the SSC32 to UART (115200 baud) and xBee to some other pins and use NewSoftSerial (9600 baud or more, to be determined what works best). You will need to unplug the SSC32 (or use a switch) when you program your Arduino board or you will get an error.

[Reply #21 on:]

Best it to use a Arduino Mega if you need both xBee and SSC32. Also do not connect any of them on UART0, so you can program your board without any problems.

If you want to use both with Arduino Uno or Diecimila, I advise you to connect the SSC32 to UART (115200 baud) and xBee to some other pins and use NewSoftSerial (9600 baud or more, to be determined what works best). You will need to unplug the SSC32 (or use a switch) when you program your Arduino board or you will get an error.

I just got my SSC32 yesterday. RoBotX, if you don't mind, could you show me how you wire up SSC32 with mega or uno and some simple code how to control servo? I really need help on this one. Thanks a lot~

[Reply #22 on:]

Below is the link to the ssc-32 user's manual where you can get info on how it works.

http://www.lynxmotion.com/images/html/build136.htm

[Reply #23 on:]

I'm a beginner of using arduino..
I also want to control 16 servos in a servo shield and I've a lot of problems
but don't know how to deal with the power supply...
so I can't go to the coding part....
Is it a must to use lipo battery for the shield?
or I can use other method?
Can anyone give me some suggestions?
thanks

[Reply #24 on:]

I think you are the same guy I met on Youtube. You don't have to use lipo. As long as you have 6V extra power for servos should be good. You can use NiMa NiCd or whatever you like. over 6V might burned your servo easily. I learned that lesson by burring 4 servos in the row.