Dynamixel Wizard vs RoboPlus Manager for Bioloid Premium CM-530 Dynamixel Scan

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As far as I can tell, you are trying to use a Premium Humanoid equipped a Pi2 Camera, and you have only 1 month to work on this project. So my suggestions are as follows:

1. The Premium already has lots of TASK and MOTION examples for the Premium that you can modify for your needs so I’ll stay with the CM-530 and TASK+MOTION.

2. If you only need to use a video camera, I have reservations about using the RPi4 or RPi5 because they are “heavy” so you will have issues trying to keep balance for your Premium, when it needs to walk. Because the robot’s CG will be shifted quite a bit due to the weights of the RPi modules, and then you will need to modify the MTN file and several Actuator Offsets of impacted AX-12A. So my suggestion is to use the Arduino Board OpenRB-150 + smart camera such as Pixy2 or HuskyLens if you just need to find objects of specific colors. These equipment are lighter and you can get rid of the Premium’s head to install them on its shoulder, as this configuration will minimize CG shift.

Overview

You can check the free Amazon Kindle sample of my Arduino book to have an idea how to use the RB-150

https://www.amazon.com/Using-ARDUINO-ROBOTIS-Systems-Ngoc-ebook/dp/B0BPXGQ6YX

3. The next issue is about communications between RB-150 and CM-530. As the CM-530 is a ROBOTIS proprietary controller, it will communicate with ROBOTIS Hardware only, i.e. BT-410 modules. The following post has all the details for the reasons and possible solutions.

Arduino serial data communication to Robotis CM-530 controller

Okay… Tried using the UART and Serial1 of the Arduino NANO 33 IoT into the CM-530 mini-USB port to no avail… Sent you an email with more info…

4. The last issue is about powering the RB-150 and its camera. I would suggest tapping into the Premium’s battery and use a Voltage Converter to drop the 12V to 5V to power the RB-150, and the lightest one that I use is described at this post

[lerobot_ojw] STL Files Are Now Public!

UPDATE 7/28/2025 I got my MP-1584s today, and the way I intend to use them is shown below: The MP-1584 is about 1/2 the size of the LM-2596 [image] You can notice that each pole has 2 wire connections. So first I soldered 90 deg. header pins on them, then soldered in 20 AWG wires (luckily, my sloppy soldering skills did not impact the final functionalities ) [image] And the final product is shown below: [image] Yes, you can say that I am partial to Spring Push Wire Connecto…

You can power the RB-150 at 12 V also, unless you want to use a pan-tilt module for the camera using the small actuators XL-330s (which operate at 5V).

Lastly, as you are affiliated with a University, you should be able to check Springer-Link via the university’s library for this book which should be free-access for you.

https://www.amazon.com/Exploring-Robotics-ROBOTIS-Systems-Thai-ebook/dp/B074GXWPZ8

This one is about CM-530 and TASK/MOTION/MANAGER tools from back in 2017.