Microbit-Servo-Driver
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Micro:Bit Servo Driver
16 Channel Servo Driver for micro:bit is a motor driver from which one can control up to 16 motors simultaneously. If you're building a robot with a lot of moving parts, or if you need to monitor a lot of servo motors with PWM yields, the microcontroller's limited PWM yields will be a big problem. The most important thing you can do to solve this problem is to obtain a 16-Channel 12-Bit PWM/Servo Driver.
Features
- Adjustable frequency PWM up to about 1.6 KHz
- Up to 16-Channel servo/PWM outputs, 12-bit resolution for each channel (4096 scales)
- 3 pin connectors in groups of 4 so you can plug in 16 servos at once
- This board/chip uses an I2C 7-bit address
- Expansion Headers for easy connections
- I2C controlled and external power supply connector
- Compatible with Micro:bit and Micro:bit V2
Specifications
- External Power supply: 5V OR 6V (Via power supply connector)
- Servo voltage: 5V
- Logic voltage: 3.3V
- Driver: PCA9685
- Control interface: I2C
File:Microbit servo driver.png
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Pinout
| PIN | Micro:bit Pins |
|---|---|
| VCC | Power (5V/6V) (Via External source) |
| GND | Ground |
| SDA | P20 |
| SCL | P19 |
Programming
Drag and Drop
- Before starting, you need these components :
- Servo driver x 1
- Micro:Bit x 1
- Servo Motor x 1
- External Supply (6-12V) x 1
- Connect micro:bit on stackable connector of Servo driver board as shown below.
- Visit the official programming website of Micro:bit https://makecode.microbit.org/
- Now create a new project by clicking on the "New project" tab and enter the name of your project.
- A user needs to add an extension for Servo driver via clicking on the tab Advanced >> Extensions and enter the mentioned URL below in the search box.
https://github.com/sbcshop/pxt-servo-microbit
- Click on the Search button after entering the above URL, Now look for the search result to add the extension to the project(current).
