Development Board for PWM Servo Shield,16-Channel

e14-publisher — Fri, 05 May 2023 16:06:43 GMT

Current Revision posted to Documents by e14-publisher on 5/5/2023 4:06:43 PM

Development Board for PWM Servo Shield,16-Channel

Manufactured By:adafruit industries

Part Number:1411

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Driving servo motors with the Arduino Servo library is pretty easy, but each one consumes a precious pin - not to mention some Arduino processing power. The Adafruit 16-Channel 12-bit PWM/Servo Driver Shield will drive up to 16 servos over I2C with only 2 pins. The on-board PWM controller will drive all 16 channels simultaneously with no additional Arduino processing overhead. What's more, you can stack up to 62 of them to control even more servos - all with the same 2 pins!

The Adafruit PWM/Servo Driver is the perfect solution for any project that requires a lot of servos!

Features

Using only two I2C pins, control 16 free-running PWM outputs! You can even stack up 62 shields to control up to 992 PWM outputs. Because I2C is a shared bus you can also connect other I2C devices and sensors to the SCL/SDA pins as long as their addresses don't conflict (this shield has address 0x40)
There's an I2C-controlled PWM driver with a built in clock. That means that, unlike the TLC5940 family, you do not need to continuously send it signal tying up your microcontroller, its completely free running!
It is 5V compliant, which means you can control it from a 3.3V Arduino and still safely drive up to 6V outputs (this is good for when you want to control white or blue LEDs with 3.4+ forward voltages)
6 address select pins so you can stack up to 62 of these on a single i2c bus. 12 out of 16 output pins can be accessed when stacked.
Adjustable frequency PWM up to about 1.6 KHz
12-bit resolution for each output - for servos, that means about 4us resolution at 60Hz update rate
Configurable push-pull or open-drain output
We wrapped up this lovely chip into a shield with a couple nice extras
Terminal block for power input (or you can use the 0.1" breakouts on the side)
Reverse polarity protection on the terminal block input
Green and red power-good LEDs
3 pin connectors in groups of 4 so you can plug in 16 servos at once (Servo plugs are slightly wider than 0.1" so you can only stack 4 next to each other on 0.1" header
Stackable design. You'll need to pick up stacking headers and right angle 3x4 headers in order to stack on top of this shield without the servo connections getting in the way.
A spot to place a big capacitor on the V+ line (in case you need it)
220 ohm series resistors on all the output lines to protect them, and to make driving LEDs trivial
Solder jumpers for the 6 address select pins
A lot of extra space remaining? Let's turn it into a prototyping area. You get a 5x20 proto area for any extra wiring you'd like to add

Ships With

Development Board for PWM Servo Shield

Required Tools

Accessory Tools

Documents

User Manual/Guide

PWM/Servo Shield, 12-Bit, 16-Channel, I2C interface (html)

Downloads

Design Package

PWM/Servo Shield, 12-Bit, 16-Channel, I2C interface (html)

Tags: Servo Shield, pwm, mcu, daughter_addon_boards, development_platforms_kits, adafruit, arduino

Development Board for PWM Servo Shield,16-Channel

e14-publisher — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 23:37:43 GMT

Revision 3 posted to Documents by e14-publisher on 12/16/2021 11:37:43 PM

Development Board for PWM Servo Shield,16-Channel

Manufactured By:adafruit industries

Part Number:1411

Buy Now

Features

Using only two I2C pins, control 16 free-running PWM outputs! You can even stack up 62 shields to control up to 992 PWM outputs. Because I2C is a shared bus you can also connect other I2C devices and sensors to the SCL/SDA pins as long as their addresses don't conflict (this shield has address 0x40)
There's an I2C-controlled PWM driver with a built in clock. That means that, unlike the TLC5940 family, you do not need to continuously send it signal tying up your microcontroller, its completely free running!
It is 5V compliant, which means you can control it from a 3.3V Arduino and still safely drive up to 6V outputs (this is good for when you want to control white or blue LEDs with 3.4+ forward voltages)
6 address select pins so you can stack up to 62 of these on a single i2c bus. 12 out of 16 output pins can be accessed when stacked.
Adjustable frequency PWM up to about 1.6 KHz
12-bit resolution for each output - for servos, that means about 4us resolution at 60Hz update rate
Configurable push-pull or open-drain output
We wrapped up this lovely chip into a shield with a couple nice extras
Terminal block for power input (or you can use the 0.1" breakouts on the side)
Reverse polarity protection on the terminal block input
Green and red power-good LEDs
3 pin connectors in groups of 4 so you can plug in 16 servos at once (Servo plugs are slightly wider than 0.1" so you can only stack 4 next to each other on 0.1" header
Stackable design. You'll need to pick up stacking headers and right angle 3x4 headers in order to stack on top of this shield without the servo connections getting in the way.
A spot to place a big capacitor on the V+ line (in case you need it)
220 ohm series resistors on all the output lines to protect them, and to make driving LEDs trivial
Solder jumpers for the 6 address select pins
A lot of extra space remaining? Let's turn it into a prototyping area. You get a 5x20 proto area for any extra wiring you'd like to add

Ships With

Development Board for PWM Servo Shield

Required Tools

Accessory Tools

Documents

User Manual/Guide

PWM/Servo Shield, 12-Bit, 16-Channel, I2C interface (html)

Downloads

Design Package

PWM/Servo Shield, 12-Bit, 16-Channel, I2C interface (html)

Tags: Servo Shield, pwm, mcu, daughter_addon_boards, development_platforms_kits, adafruit, arduino

Development Board for PWM Servo Shield,16-Channel

e14-publisher — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 03:26:13 GMT

Revision 2 posted to Documents by e14-publisher on 12/16/2021 3:26:13 AM

Development Board for PWM Servo Shield,16-Channel

Manufactured By:adafruit industries

Part Number:1411

Buy Now

Features

Using only two I2C pins, control 16 free-running PWM outputs! You can even stack up 62 shields to control up to 992 PWM outputs. Because I2C is a shared bus you can also connect other I2C devices and sensors to the SCL/SDA pins as long as their addresses don't conflict (this shield has address 0x40)
There's an I2C-controlled PWM driver with a built in clock. That means that, unlike the TLC5940 family, you do not need to continuously send it signal tying up your microcontroller, its completely free running!
It is 5V compliant, which means you can control it from a 3.3V Arduino and still safely drive up to 6V outputs (this is good for when you want to control white or blue LEDs with 3.4+ forward voltages)
6 address select pins so you can stack up to 62 of these on a single i2c bus. 12 out of 16 output pins can be accessed when stacked.
Adjustable frequency PWM up to about 1.6 KHz
12-bit resolution for each output - for servos, that means about 4us resolution at 60Hz update rate
Configurable push-pull or open-drain output
We wrapped up this lovely chip into a shield with a couple nice extras
Terminal block for power input (or you can use the 0.1" breakouts on the side)
Reverse polarity protection on the terminal block input
Green and red power-good LEDs
3 pin connectors in groups of 4 so you can plug in 16 servos at once (Servo plugs are slightly wider than 0.1" so you can only stack 4 next to each other on 0.1" header
Stackable design. You'll need to pick up stacking headers and right angle 3x4 headers in order to stack on top of this shield without the servo connections getting in the way.
A spot to place a big capacitor on the V+ line (in case you need it)
220 ohm series resistors on all the output lines to protect them, and to make driving LEDs trivial
Solder jumpers for the 6 address select pins
A lot of extra space remaining? Let's turn it into a prototyping area. You get a 5x20 proto area for any extra wiring you'd like to add

Ships With

Development Board for PWM Servo Shield

Required Tools

Accessory Tools

Documents

User Manual/Guide

PWM/Servo Shield, 12-Bit, 16-Channel, I2C interface (html)

Downloads

Design Package

PWM/Servo Shield, 12-Bit, 16-Channel, I2C interface (html)

Tags: Servo Shield, pwm, mcu, daughter_addon_boards, development_platforms_kits, adafruit, arduino

Development Board for PWM Servo Shield,16-Channel

e14-publisher — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 20:28:22 GMT

Revision 1 posted to Documents by e14-publisher on 10/18/2021 8:28:22 PM

Development Board for PWM Servo Shield,16-Channel

Manufactured By:adafruit industries

Part Number:1411

Buy Now

Features

Using only two I2C pins, control 16 free-running PWM outputs! You can even stack up 62 shields to control up to 992 PWM outputs. Because I2C is a shared bus you can also connect other I2C devices and sensors to the SCL/SDA pins as long as their addresses don't conflict (this shield has address 0x40)
There's an I2C-controlled PWM driver with a built in clock. That means that, unlike the TLC5940 family, you do not need to continuously send it signal tying up your microcontroller, its completely free running!
It is 5V compliant, which means you can control it from a 3.3V Arduino and still safely drive up to 6V outputs (this is good for when you want to control white or blue LEDs with 3.4+ forward voltages)
6 address select pins so you can stack up to 62 of these on a single i2c bus. 12 out of 16 output pins can be accessed when stacked.
Adjustable frequency PWM up to about 1.6 KHz
12-bit resolution for each output - for servos, that means about 4us resolution at 60Hz update rate
Configurable push-pull or open-drain output
We wrapped up this lovely chip into a shield with a couple nice extras
Terminal block for power input (or you can use the 0.1" breakouts on the side)
Reverse polarity protection on the terminal block input
Green and red power-good LEDs
3 pin connectors in groups of 4 so you can plug in 16 servos at once (Servo plugs are slightly wider than 0.1" so you can only stack 4 next to each other on 0.1" header
Stackable design. You'll need to pick up stacking headers and right angle 3x4 headers in order to stack on top of this shield without the servo connections getting in the way.
A spot to place a big capacitor on the V+ line (in case you need it)
220 ohm series resistors on all the output lines to protect them, and to make driving LEDs trivial
Solder jumpers for the 6 address select pins
A lot of extra space remaining? Let's turn it into a prototyping area. You get a 5x20 proto area for any extra wiring you'd like to add

Ships With

Development Board for PWM Servo Shield

Required Tools

Accessory Tools

Documents

User Manual/Guide

PWM/Servo Shield, 12-Bit, 16-Channel, I2C interface (html)

Downloads

Design Package

PWM/Servo Shield, 12-Bit, 16-Channel, I2C interface (html)

Tags: Servo Shield, pwm, mcu, daughter_addon_boards, development_platforms_kits, adafruit, arduino