User Manual

10. Related Resources

This section lists resources that might help you use the Maestro. Please note that these resources are

of varying quality and most are not tested or supported by Pololu.

Tutorials and example code

• Sample Project: Simple Hexapod Walker [https://www.pololu.com/docs/0J42]

• Obstacle avoider robot [http://forum.pololu.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2756]: This robot features a

Maestro as its main controller.

• Mini Maestro 24 as an LCD Driver [http://forum.pololu.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7402]

• PMCtrl [https://github.com/gNSortino/PMCtrl]: This is a library for the Arduino platform that uses

the SoftwareSerial library to control the Maestro.

• node-pololumaestro [https://npmjs.org/package/pololu-maestro]: This is a module for the Node.js

platform for controlling a Maestro over its serial interface.

• RapaPololuMaestro [https://github.com/jbitoniau/RapaPololuMaestro]: This is a cross-platform

C++ library for controlling a Maestro over its serial interface.

• maestro.py [https://github.com/frc4564/maestro]: This Python class can control a Maestro over

its serial interface.

• android-pololu-maestro-ssc [https://github.com/pryan1068/android-pololu-maestro-ssc]: This is an

example Android app written in Java that controls the Maestro over its native USB interface.

• RPi Android HTML5 Realtime Servo Control [http://martinsant.net/?page_id=479]: This project

features a Python program running on a Raspberry Pi that controls a Maestro over its serial

interface.

• C++ UDP server [http://forum.pololu.com/viewtopic.php?p=38801#p38801]: This server receives

data over UDP and uses libusb to control two servos.

• Joystick-controlled servos under Windows 7 in Perl [http://forum.pololu.com/

viewtopic.php?f=16&t=4766]

• iamcontent-pololu-servo-controllers.jar [http://forum.pololu.com/

viewtopic.php?f=16&t=9882#p44558]: A Java library from Greg Elderfield for controlling servos

using the Maestro’s USB interface.

• C++ libusb example code [http://forum.pololu.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=3620]

• Visual C++ serial example code [http://forum.pololu.com/

viewtopic.php?f=16&t=3729&p=17585#p17585]

• Visual Basic 6 (VB6) serial example code [http://forum.pololu.com/

viewtopic.php?p=24711#p24711]

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