[Openpilot-developers] Ability to control speed controllers and RC servos added!

[Tim B. <ti...@en...>]

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I realise that this mailing list has been quiet for the last few months, and 
this is largely because I have been concentrating on getting my house in 
order. It is getting there slowly. The good news is that I have added a little 
to OP over the last few months.

New code has been committed to CVS in the "Servo" directory. It provides 
capability to control one of these:

http://www.pololu.com/catalog/product/1352/resources

The USB control is done directly through libusb-1.0 and the commands sent to 
it have been deciphered from the POLOLU source. It is not fully featured, but 
it does allow you to set position. This might be useful for anyone who intends 
to use it for hobby or autopilot purposes.

I have an upcoming project to monitor and record various details of a racing 
dinghy, which will require improving the ADC support to handle MAX-11210 ADCs 
for load cells, as well as magnetometers, and possibly accelerometers. And of 
course, wind instruments and GPS. Don't hold your breath on this, but it is 
coming. I will photograph all of this and put together a presentation as it 
progresses.

Cheers all,

Tim B.
-- 
OpenPilot - Open-source Marine Chart Plotter
openDynamics - Open-source vessel dynamics
Lead Developer
http://openpilot.sourceforge.net
http://opendynamics.engineering.selfip.org