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Add RC Servo

Description: How to Add servo to ric Board

Tutorial Level: INTERMEDIATE

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Please run RiC Configurator

GUI

Fields

  1. Publish Hz: To determine the servo publish message rate per second
  2. Name: The ID name
  3. Initial position: If the user wishes move to a specific position at the start. NOTE: The Initial position is in radius measures.
  4. Minimum and Maximum: The maximum and minimum positions that the servo can move to. NOTE: also in radians.
  5. A and B parameters: Those parameters convert the incoming radians command to a 0-180 servo command range. the formula is : servo_command A + (B*radians_command)
  6. Port: The port which the servo connected on.
  7. Enable initial position: Is to enable the servo to go to the initial position which the user want.

GUI

Service:

<Servo Name> - The same name that was entered in the Servo name field in the ric configurator.

Wiki: ric_board/Tutorials/Add Servo (last edited 2016-04-12 17:06:37 by yamgeva)

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