{"id":14786,"date":"2016-05-22T13:34:05","date_gmt":"2016-05-22T12:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14786"},"modified":"2016-05-22T13:34:05","modified_gmt":"2016-05-22T12:34:05","slug":"controlling-a-mearm-with-the-raspberry-pi-and-the-picon-zero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14786","title":{"rendered":"Controlling a MeArm with the Raspberry Pi and the Picon Zero"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MeArm Robot driven by Rasberry Pi with PS3 controller\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rjIuksEs-gM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I recently reviewed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14715\" target=\"_blank\">Picon Zero<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/4tronix.co.uk\/store\/index.php?rt=product\/product&amp;product_id=552\" target=\"_blank\">4tronix<\/a>. It&#8217;s a motor controller board with the ability to drive six servos and two DC motors. It&#8217;s a great little board and Robin Newman has done something with it that just appeals to my robotics brain \ud83d\ude42 He&#8217;s used the Picon Zero together with the Raspberry Pi and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mearm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">MeArm<\/a>. He&#8217;s then hooked up a PS3 controller (I\u00a0<em>think<\/em> by Bluetooth) and programmed everything to worth together. He has therefore got a very controllable, very smooth-operating robot arm. You can see it at work in the video above. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rjIuksEs-gM\" target=\"_blank\">Visit YouTube and give it a thumbs-up!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently reviewed the Picon Zero from 4tronix. It&#8217;s a motor controller board with the ability to drive six servos and two DC motors. 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