I had promised in a previous post to share with you an arduino robot arm project at a later date. Well, that date is today! However, instead of using a joystick to control the arduino robot arm, I am going to pre-program the arm movements. Why? Well, because for starters the arduino joystick i bought has not yet been delivered. However, I am going to redo the project using the arduino joystick once I get it

• Robot Arm
• SSC-32
• Arduino board (i used the arduino duemilanove)
• Battery (you can use a 5v power supply instead of the battery)
• Voltage regulator (not needed if 5v power supply is used)
• 2 USB to serial cables

Connecting the arduino board and SSC-32 is an easy procedure.
After successfully connecting the 2 boards, set the SSC-32 baud rate to 9600 so that the two boards can communicate.

Connect the servo motors to the servo channels/pins of the SSC-32. You can connect them whichever way you want, depending on your code.
This is how i connected the servo motors on the SSC-32.

Servo motor——-Pin

Once the servos are connected, power the setup. There are several powering options you can use.
I decided to power the arduino due and the SSC-32 logic via USB cable and the servos with a 5v battery as shown in the photos.

Now you can generate your code. Write your code on the arduino IDE and upload it onto the arduino board and watch your robot arm come alive. I have a sample code that i will share with you. However, it is important to note that it only works if you use the same SSC-32 servo pin configuration. Therefore, attach your servo motors to the pins i have specified above, if you are planning on dry running my example code.