RE : [tlug] anyone played with Phidgets usb servo drivers and linux?

[leon calvaud <enae95@example.com>]

scott <scott@example.com> a écrit :
> Anyone
> else in TLUG using linux to do something like this? 
> Geek out,
> Scott VanDusen
> Tokyo
Hi Scott,
for a couple of year ago, a friend of me passionated in aeromodelism wanted to build a machine that automated contruction of plane pieces.
His machine were based on stepper motor reused from old printers.
For command them, he used a pc interface board+ stepper motor card.
link for specification of pc interface board:

http://www.velleman.be/fr/en/product/view/?id=9383

link for stepper motor card:

http://www.velleman.be/fr/en/product/view/?id=337828

As he had already a software made for this, i thought he could interact with it to the cards, but he couldn't. At this time, he and i didn't have much time, and he were not
 experimented in programming and electronics, so after much months, he gave up.
I found some pages for this using linux, but i didn't tried by myself soing something (not having the cards)

For a year i tried another card: the K8055 card

link for the card:

http://www.velleman.be/fr/en/product/view/?id=351346

I tried it especially for experiment easily the PWM function (i'm in electrical domain) via usb. But i didn't try it via linux, because less of time (i still were learning for school), but i think this will be an interesting step for me when i'll come home; and of course, i plan to use the card for "kind of an API" (industrial programmable automat) for some of my (future) projects.
Anyway, i think that when i'll come home, i'll really can good work about electronics (unlike here in Japan where i don't have tools/docs/material i have at home)

On the bottom of the webpages linked,  you'll can find  links for
 softwares/linux drivers/things for the product. Maybe can these be helpful for you.
About your servo motors linked by usb, i think they should give some driver more, or some piece of software that make it works with a pc.
But maybe if you know more about it, like witch chips are used, how this chips work, and how you can access to it, i think you could make it work. 

Cheers,
Chris

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