We do not support the Tic software on Windows XP, but we can help you troubleshoot the Mac issue if you post on the forum and provide a screenshot of the error message that you are seeing:
You can change the period for the Tic's command timeout feature (or disable it) from the "Input and motor settings" tab of the Tic Control Center. This information can be found in the "Error handling" section of the Tic's user's guide.
As for your question, the settings under the "Input and motor settings" tab and "Advanced settings" tab in the Tic Control Center will be saved on the Tic's EEPROM (after clicking the "Apply settings" button), so each time the Tic is reset or power cycled, those settings will persist.
If you have more questions, I recommend posting about it on our forum.
Yes, you can use libpololu-tic on the Raspberry Pi, but not on the Arduino, since the C library uses USB commands to interface with the Tic. We have a separate library for the Tic designed to work with Arduino products:
We do not have any C examples using the library for the Tic. You would need to read the documentation of the library in the include/tic.h file to understand how to use it.
For the ATmega32U4, Serial is reserved for USB communication, so Serial.Write() should transmit the data out of the A-Star's USB interface. If you are trying to send data via the A-Star's UART pins (pins 0 and 1), you should use Serial1. If you continue to have trouble, our forum is a better place for troubleshooting, so please post a detail description of your issue there.
Another customer recently shared a blog post with us that contains a breakdown of the code from Shahmir Javaid's blog post. You can find the blog here.
There are also some customer-contributed examples in the "Related Resources" section of the Maestro user's guide with code for using a Raspberry Pi to control a Maestro that you might find helpful.
Our forums are generally a better place to do troubleshooting like this; please post a description of your issue, including details on any changes you made to your system since 2017, on to our forum.
We do not have those dimensions from the manufacturer, but I expect them to be similar to the many other LEDs out there with this kind of package. I just measured a few of the 5 mm ones, and the leads were approximately 0.5×0.5 mm thick and spaced on a 1.3 mm pitch. The leads of the 8 mm version look to be about the same.
Now available: VL53L1X library for Arduino
- 8 June 2020Hello, DarthVader.
You might look at the VL53L1X Time-of-Flight sensor datasheet and the VL53L1X API user manual for details on how the GPIO1 pin can be used for interrupts.
As for counting people, you can see our response here to a similar question on our forum.
- Amanda
New product: Tic T834 USB Multi-Interface Stepper Motor Controller
- 17 January 2020Hello.
We do not support the Tic software on Windows XP, but we can help you troubleshoot the Mac issue if you post on the forum and provide a screenshot of the error message that you are seeing:
https://forum.pololu.com/
- Amanda
PyTic - Python interface for Pololu Tic Stepper Motor Controllers
- 5 June 2019Hello.
The blog is not an appropriate place for troubleshooting code-related issues; we would be happy to help you troubleshoot on our forum:
https://forum.pololu.com
- Amanda
Video: Getting Started with the Tic Stepper Motor Controllers
- 6 December 2018Hello.
You can change the period for the Tic's command timeout feature (or disable it) from the "Input and motor settings" tab of the Tic Control Center. This information can be found in the "Error handling" section of the Tic's user's guide.
As for your question, the settings under the "Input and motor settings" tab and "Advanced settings" tab in the Tic Control Center will be saved on the Tic's EEPROM (after clicking the "Apply settings" button), so each time the Tic is reset or power cycled, those settings will persist.
If you have more questions, I recommend posting about it on our forum.
- Amanda
Video: Introducing the Tic Stepper Motor Controllers
- 1 November 2018Yes, you can use libpololu-tic on the Raspberry Pi, but not on the Arduino, since the C library uses USB commands to interface with the Tic. We have a separate library for the Tic designed to work with Arduino products:
https://github.com/pololu/tic-arduino
If you have further questions, please post on our forum:
https://forum.pololu.com/
- Amanda
Video: Introducing the Tic Stepper Motor Controllers
- 31 October 2018Hello, Helge.
We do not have any C examples using the library for the Tic. You would need to read the documentation of the library in the include/tic.h file to understand how to use it.
- Amanda
New product: A-Star 32U4 Micro
- 19 June 2018Hello, Anand.
For the ATmega32U4, Serial is reserved for USB communication, so Serial.Write() should transmit the data out of the A-Star's USB interface. If you are trying to send data via the A-Star's UART pins (pins 0 and 1), you should use Serial1. If you continue to have trouble, our forum is a better place for troubleshooting, so please post a detail description of your issue there.
- Amanda
Controlling a Maestro in C using a Raspberry Pi
- 9 May 2018Hello, Lesley B.
Another customer recently shared a blog post with us that contains a breakdown of the code from Shahmir Javaid's blog post. You can find the blog here.
There are also some customer-contributed examples in the "Related Resources" section of the Maestro user's guide with code for using a Raspberry Pi to control a Maestro that you might find helpful.
New product: Pololu Dual MC33926 Motor Driver for Raspberry Pi
- 22 January 2018Hello.
Our forums are generally a better place to do troubleshooting like this; please post a description of your issue, including details on any changes you made to your system since 2017, on to our forum.
Amanda
Addressable through-hole RGB LEDs are back
- 30 October 2017We do not have those dimensions from the manufacturer, but I expect them to be similar to the many other LEDs out there with this kind of package. I just measured a few of the 5 mm ones, and the leads were approximately 0.5×0.5 mm thick and spaced on a 1.3 mm pitch. The leads of the 8 mm version look to be about the same.