Arduino Servo Controller

Software to control the servos attached to the PWM pins of an Arduino Mega and Uno.

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Arduino Servo Controller

About this Project

Arduino servo controller is a Windows Form Application that is programmed in C#.NET. It is used to control the servos that are connected to the PWM pins on an Arduino Mega or Uno. It uses serial communitcation to communicate with the Arduino on a specified COM port. In case of Mega, there are 13 PWM pins, and 3 or 4 PWM pins on an Arduino Uno, hence there are two versions (one of them coming soon) Uno, and Mega.

This application can find its usage in controlling servo-controlled robots, like humanoids.

Getting Started

Note: The software has not been thoroughly tested yet. Use at your own risk.

  1. Download the ZIP file, or checkout/clone the repo and then extract it.
  2. Open the Solution in you Visual Studio IDE (best to use 2012, others may/may not work, express will).
  3. Build the whole solution.
  4. Upload the sketch "RemoteCont.ino" onto the Arduino Mega/Uno using the Arduino IDE.
  5. Note the serial COM port on which the Arduino is present.
  6. Use the application.

Version Information

v1:

  • Provides basic servo control (only using Mega).

v2:

  • Fixed resize issue
  • Improved the user interface
  • More fixes have been made
  • Improved servo control (in code)
  • Added shortcut keys to menu actions

v3 (coming soon):

  • Actions and frames will be added
  • User will be able to save the actions in a file

Contact Information

Contact e-mail of author: suorees113@gmail.com

Suggestions, contributions and opinions are always welcome.

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2014 souris-dev

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.