Manual

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LynxmotionSSC32UServoControllerBoard
ElectronicsGuide
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Commands
Command Types and Groups.
Single Servo Commands
InorderfortheSSC32topositionaservo,itmustreceiveaserialcommandinthefollowing
format.Notethatthelessthanandgreaterthansignsarenotneeded.Valuesinitalicare
optional.
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#<ch>P<pw>S  <spd>  T  <time><cr>
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● <ch>:pin/channeltowhichtheservoisconnected(0to31)indecimal
● <pw>:desiredpulsewidth(normally500to2500)inmicroseconds
● <spd>  :servomovementspeedinmicrosecondspersecond*
● <time>  :timeinmicrosecondstotravelfromthecurrentpositiontothedesiredposition.
Thisaffectsallservos(65535max)*
● <cr>:carriagereturn(ASCII13)**
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Example1:#5P1500S750<cr>
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Thiswouldhavetheservoconnectedtopin#5oftheSSC32Umovetoposition1500(0
degrees/centered)atarateof750uSpersecond*.NumericargumentstoallSSC32
commandsmustbeASCIIstringsofdecimalnumbers,e.g."1234".Somecommandsaccept
negativenumbers,e.g."5678".ASCIIformatisnotcasesensitive.Useasmanybytesas
required.Spaces,tabs,andlinefeedsareignored.
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*Forabetterunderstandingofthespeedargument,considerthat1000uSoftravelwillresultin
around90°ofrotation.Aspeedvalueof100uSpersecondmeanstheservowilltake10
seconds(divide1000by100)tomove90°.Alternately,aspeedvalueof2000uSpersecond
equatesto500mS(halfasecond)tomove90°(divide1000by2000).Notethatservosdohave
amaximumspeed(indegreespersecond),soalthoughyoumaytryassigningafasterspeed,
theservowillalwaysbephysicallylimited.
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**AllSSC32commandsmustendwithacarriagereturncharacter(ASCII13).InArduinothis
canbedonebyusingtheSerial.println();command.Multiplecommandsofthesametypecan
beissuedsimultaneouslyinaCommandGroup  .Allofthecommandsinacommandgroupwill
beexecutedafterthefinalcarriagereturnisreceived.
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Example2:#3P1600T1000<cr>
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