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product:usb2ax:advanced_instructions [2014/02/10 20:10]
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 ===== USB2AX: Advanced instructions ===== ===== USB2AX: Advanced instructions =====
  
-The USB2AX can react to some specific commands as if it were a Dynamixel device.+The USB2AX can react to some specific commands as if it were a Dynamixel device, and much more.
  
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 SYNC_READ is used for reading data from multiple Dynamixel actuators with one command. SYNC_READ is used for reading data from multiple Dynamixel actuators with one command.
 This allows for a significant performance boost when reading the same values in a lot of devices. This allows for a significant performance boost when reading the same values in a lot of devices.
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 +An implementation in the DynamxelSDK library is availalbe in the [[https://​github.com/​Xevel/​usb2ax/​tree/​master/​pc_software/​usb2ax_DynamixelSDK|GitHub repository]]
  
 **Warning: Various implementations of custom Dynamixel multiple-read commands named SYNC_READ can be found over the Internet, this one is based on the one found in the arbotix_python ROS package by Michael Ferguson. **Warning: Various implementations of custom Dynamixel multiple-read commands named SYNC_READ can be found over the Internet, this one is based on the one found in the arbotix_python ROS package by Michael Ferguson.
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 +** Performances **
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 +On tests performed with the reference implementation (see above), reading the present positions (2 bytes) of 8 servos took around 2.7ms, on a Win7 64 bits desktop plateform. Each additional servos will add betwee 0.21 and 0.34ms.
  
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 //Based on documentation by Richard "​iBot"​ Ibbotson// //Based on documentation by Richard "​iBot"​ Ibbotson//
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