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πŸ”Œ Adafruit 16-Channel PWM/Servo Shield with 12-bit Resolution - I2C Interface Review

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Revainrating 4.5 out of 5  
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Description of πŸ”Œ Adafruit 16-Channel PWM/Servo Shield with 12-bit Resolution - I2C Interface

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, a total of 992 outputs - that's a lot of servos or LEDs. 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

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Revainrating 5 out of 5

Great Buy: Computers and Accessories

Assembly Required. Soldering everything onto the board took about 20 minutes. Works great with 4 SG90 servos for the robotic arm.

Pros
  • Best in Industry
Cons
  • Some Difficulty

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Works perfectly. good for computer components

This servo shield attaches easily to the Arduino, although some soldering is required to assemble it. Using the servo code to test the servos and shield did the trick.

Pros
  • A pleasure to use
Cons
  • Not bad, but...

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Excellent documentation

Well designed and electrically protected, very well finished circuit board and very good documentation. Overall a very good selection of shields. Keep providing good documentation. Many Thanks

Pros
  • New
Cons
  • Modern

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Note that about 90 solder joints need to be made.

Remember that you have to make about 90 solder joints to assemble all the connections. But this is a very powerful shield for controlling servos with the Arduino. Up to 16 servos and expandable so you can control hundreds. It also doesn't use all of your Arduino pins.

Pros
  • An absolute legend
Cons
  • I'll write later

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Nice little control tool

Extremely easy to use, makes working with the microcontroller and servo easier. I would recommend buying separate connectors and using this board alongside the controller as it blocks a lot of connectors that are not implemented. Also, don't forget to select the appropriate capacitor for the number of servos to be driven!

Pros
  • Still satisfied
Cons
  • No instructions

Revainrating 2 out of 5

ignore description. Will be delivered disassembled!

Description says "Comes with shield fully tested and fitted". That is not right. It comes pre-assembled and you will need to solder all the connections (servo connectors, power connectors and I/O connectors). That's 90 solder joints and it will take me a long time. I'm assuming whoever tested it connected something to the pads if tested at all.

Pros
  • Great for me
Cons
  • Low repairability