Reading multi channel RC controller data

How to interface a multi channel Radio Control unit to a PC to read channel
data (servo motor positions)?

 

[Grant Edwards]

In article <408f8908$0$12033$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>, <Phil> wrote:

How to interface a multi channel Radio Control unit to a PC to read channel
data (servo motor positions)?

There are two commonly used approaches:

1) Hook the pulse train up to a serial port line or parallel
port line and do the timing on the PC. There are Linux and
Windows drivers for both of those approaches. Schematics
for the H/W interface can be found in various places on the
web, like this:

http://www.heliguy.com/nexus/fmsinterface.html

2) Buy or build a "cable" that contains a microprocessor (it
usally seems to be a PIC of some flavor) that doest the
timing and sends a data stream via USB or RS-232. There are
a bunch of these to choose from as well:

http://www.tti-us.com/sim/prod-USB.html
http://www.rctrainer.com/
http://www.rc-electronics.co.uk/jsim.htm
http://jadac.dynip.com/prod01.htm
http://www.mh.ttu.ee/risto/rc/electronics/pc2rcv2.htm

The one I use, I bought from:

http://www.mattclement.freeservers.com/fms/fms.html

There are a bunch more links at

http://n.ethz.ch/student/mmoeller/fms/index_e.html

look for Commercial Radio-Interfaces/Radio-Joysticks

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[Blueeyedpop]

I didn't see the cross posting.

Is this for robotics, or FMS? I have written some code to read an analog
joystick, and takl to FMS.


Mike
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How to interface a multi channel Radio Control unit to a PC to read
channel
data (servo motor positions)?