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v0.4 – Pololu Maestro protocols, travel limits, stored settings

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@Lukasz-Juranek Lukasz-Juranek released this 29 Sep 08:09
v0.4
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Pololu Maestro compatible. The board now speaks the Maestro serial protocols (Compact, Pololu, Mini SSC), so Maestro libraries – Python maestro.py, ROS drivers and others – work unchanged: point them at the board's serial port. Pololu's Maestro Control Center is not supported (it only talks to Pololu's own USB IDs).

New in 0.4

  • Maestro commands: set target(s), speed, acceleration, get position / moving state / errors, go home – with speed and acceleration ramps running on the board
  • Per-channel travel limits, 64–4080 µs (default 500–2500), set with R or the GUI's gear button
  • 0.5 µs output resolution
  • Settings stored on the board with W (limits and Maestro start-up speed/acceleration); they survive power-off and firmware updates. W D restores defaults.
  • The ASCII protocol, GUI, scripts and MCP server work as before

Files

  • USBServoController-ch32.bin – application. Update a board with the GUI's Firmware tab or python tools/flash.py; your stored script and settings are kept.
  • USBServoController-ch32-full.bin – bootloader + application, for a blank chip or recovery (JP2 + wchisp)
  • ServoGUI-windows-x64.zip, ServoGUI-linux-x64.tar.gz – desktop GUI, includes firmware 0.4

Documentation: USER.md §3.7 (Maestro software) and §4.3b (Maestro protocol reference).

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v0.3 – firmware and GUI

v0.3 – firmware and GUI

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@Lukasz-Juranek Lukasz-Juranek released this 29 Sep 07:02
v0.3
835c1fa

First release: firmware 0.3 and the desktop GUI.

Firmware (CH32V203)

  • USBServoController-ch32.bin – application. Update an already-flashed board over USB with the GUI's Firmware tab or python tools/flash.py. No jumper needed.
  • USBServoController-ch32-full.bin – bootloader + application, for a blank chip or recovery: fit JP2 (BOOT0_SEL), plug in USB, wchisp flash USBServoController-ch32-full.bin, remove JP2, replug.

Servo GUI – single executable, no install

  • ServoGUI-windows-x64.zip – Windows 10/11
  • ServoGUI-linux-x64.tar.gz – Linux x64. Add your user to the dialout group for serial access.

Both archives include the application firmware and example scripts. Run with --mock to try the GUI without a board.

Product page: https://ucandevices.github.io/servo.html

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