Connecting the servo controller to the BeagleBone Black

You've checked the servomotor controller and the servos. You'll now connect the motor controller to the BeagleBone Black and make sure you can control the servos from it. Remove the USB cable from the PC and connect it to the BeagleBone Black. The entire system will look like this:

Let's now talk to the motor controller by downloading the Linux code from Pololu at www.pololu.com/docs/0J40/3.b. Perhaps the best way is to log in to your BeagleBone Black using PuTTY, then type wget http://www.pololu.com/file/download/maestro-linux-100507.tar.gz?file_id=0J315. Then move the file by typing mv maestro-linux-100507.tar.gz\?file_id\=0J315 maestro-linux-100507.tar.gz. Unpack the file by typing tar –xzfv maestro_linux_011507.tar.gz. This will create a directory called maestro_linux. Go to that directory by typing cd maestro_linux and then type ls. You should see something like this:

The README.txt document will give you explicit instructions on...