Remote Dynamixel wizard

CCGSRobotics / RoboHUD

The RoboHUD GUI stack developed by CCGS Robotics

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Remote Dynamixel wizard #44

Open Finchiedev opened 4 years ago

Finchiedev commented 4 years ago

To extend the functionality of the new servo system, client-side code to read and write to all items in the control table would be exceptionally useful for debugging and general usage. This would emulate some of the functionality present in Robotis' Dynamixel Wizard 2.0, providing a quick & easy way for anyone to control all parts of the Dynamixel

Finchiedev commented 4 years ago

The majority the content proposed in this issue has been added with #45, with the following updates needed before this issue can be closed:

Update style & improve UI
Implement relevant real-time value updates
Add to menu (see #43)

Finchiedev commented 4 years ago

For real-time value updates, some considerations need to be made:

The U2D2 cannot iterate through the entire control table at a high speed without sacrificing latency
The only items in the control table that change without the user are Present Position and Present Temperature
The code could continuously check for the above 2 values as well as the last updated value (if applicable)

Finchiedev commented 4 years ago

This has not yet been closed with #45 as I feel it is very lacking in terms of features. Currently the page is a glorified table, which does not mimic the Dynamixel Wizard made by Robotis. At the moment, the best course of action seems to be to nuke the JS file and start from scratch.

The features I consider to be needed for this issue to be resolved:

List of connected Dynamixel servos
Bulk assign tool to ID a fresh batch of servos
Graphs to plot any value specified over a period of time
Visual positioning indicators

The above features are in addition to the current table.