Wiring help for a robotics newbie?
Hi! I'm new to boe-bots, and am undertaking a (relatively simple) project where I intend to have four standard servos operating the controls to a guitar hero guitar so that it plays the song "Here Comes the Sun" from the Beatles RockBand. I would really appreciate some advice on how to wire them to the board, as the ports provided only fit the continuous rotation servos that I have. I have only the most basic understanding that the school-provided manual can provide, and I'd really like a more experienced opinion before I fry my electronics. Thanks!
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First, educate yourself on how servos work. Try a Google search. Parallax has a ton of resources too. See the Boe-Bot manual.
My kid has Rock Band. This is NOT a simple project. How will you time the notes on the flying by on the TV? It would be much easier to play Taps on a real guitar since all of the notes are open except one.
However, it is fairly easy to bread board a header for a servo. Put the three pin header into the bread board and run a jumper from Vbatt to the center pin, Gnd to one side, and signal to the other. Just plug the servo into the header matching the wires as I mentioned above.
And hey...
It's on easy mode and I've got the layout/timing/rig all set up. Humor me.
oh, the song has a constant meter and it's a simple beats per second thing. and the syncopation is pretty minimal