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CHAPTER 3 ■ MOTION 55

Figure 3-4. The Scott Edwards MiniSSC-II Servo Controller

You can connect to it with 2400 or 9600 baud and it has an output for up to 8 servos. For
more detailed information please refer to either www.lynxmotion.com or www.seetron.com/
ssc.htm. Make sure you refer to the manual to finalize your connections.

Code Objectives

The objectives for this example code are to:
• Use our serial port to control servo positioning (SerialSsc.java)

• Create a standardized protocol interface for stamp or other class implementations
(SSC.java)

Code Discussion

The first example showed how you could get an SSC to work by just using the StandardSerialPort
(implementing a JSerialPort) from the last chapter.
The class will move the servo from full CW to full CCW (0 to 255). I paused the servo for
100 milliseconds between positions so that we could see it stop at each position. Once this loop
is complete, I close the serial port. (See Example 3-2.)

Example 3-2. SerialSsc.java

package com.scottpreston.javarobot.chapter3;

import com.scottpreston.javarobot.chapter2.StandardSerialPort;

public class SerialSsc {

public static void main(String[] args) {