I have tried a whole bunch of things, trying to get the Pololu Maestro Servo controller to work with the RPi. Although I was successful at loading the linux loads from the Pololu site, it turns out that it needs an i386 architecture which does not help me. So what do I do now? I have been searching all over the net looking for someone who has successfully used the RPi with this controller. I may have to go back to my SSC-32 to get it to work. I would really like to use the Maestro because the analog input has a lot more bits to play with. Time will tell.
Update: I did manage to load the Pololu Maestro controller onto my laptop yesterday and this morning I was able to get the servos to move and read the output from the distance sensor. So I at least know that the board works on a Windows 7 platform. I just need to do the same thing via the RPi.
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