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 [http://www.pololu.com/docs/0J42]

• Pololu Mini Maestro and Arduino Tutorial [http://www.darrenfeetham.com/18ssc.html]

• 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.

• polstro [https://code.google.com/p/polstro/]: This is a cross-platform C++ library for controlling a Maestro over its

serial 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]

• 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]

• PHP serial example code [http://forum.pololu.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=5951]

• MATLAB serial example code [http://forum.pololu.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=5090&p=24142#p24142]

• LabVIEW VI for Micro Maestro [http://forum.pololu.com/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=4538]

• libusc [https://github.com/mojocorp/Pololu_Maestro]: This project contains a library named libusc that is written in

C and uses libusb to expose almost every part of the Maestro’s native USB protocol. It also has an example GUI

written with Qt.

• Pololu USB SDK [http://www.pololu.com/docs/0J41]: This is the official source for information about the

Maestro’s native USB interface. It contains example code written in C#, Visual C++, and Visual Basic .NET.

More information is in Section 8.

Commercial software

These software packages have integrated support for the Maestro:

• Maestro support for RoboRealm [http://www.roborealm.com/help/Pololu_Maestro.php]

• Robodyssey Servo Scriber Software [http://www.robodyssey.com/servo-scriber-software-free-4-channel-release/]

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