Bioloid Premium (Type A) Balancing issue
by i-Bot
Wed Dec 21, 2011 12:46 pm
I have a Beaglebone, but did not play with it very much so far. First impressions:
Usual problems setting up serial interface over FTDI USB at beginning!
Rebuilding software is fairly simple, but does take a loooong time!
From what I tried, it does seem to present a more complete and simple development environment than other embedded Linux boards I tried. Other boards require a more complex cross build environment.
For use with the Bioloid, the serial ports do not have support for a signal to change the Dynamixel bus direction automatically.This prevents their use to drive the Dynamixel bus. The USB signals are not present on the cape interface, so a large USB cable to the USB hub and USB2Dynamixel is needed.
Usual problems setting up serial interface over FTDI USB at beginning!
Rebuilding software is fairly simple, but does take a loooong time!
From what I tried, it does seem to present a more complete and simple development environment than other embedded Linux boards I tried. Other boards require a more complex cross build environment.
For use with the Bioloid, the serial ports do not have support for a signal to change the Dynamixel bus direction automatically.This prevents their use to drive the Dynamixel bus. The USB signals are not present on the cape interface, so a large USB cable to the USB hub and USB2Dynamixel is needed.
