Thanks Denny.

Someone offlist also recommended Pololu.com , especially this 12 ch USB
Servo Controller:

https://www.pololu.com/product/1352

It's the Mini Maestro line of servo controllers and looks really nice
because of simpleness and development enviroment integration. I think I
will give it a try, as you have also used it, thanks.

On a related matter, I will have to run the controlling lines for the sevos
around 10 to 20 meters from the base controller so I believe I will need
some sort of line enforcing buffer/booster device to avoid mis-shaping of
waveforms and/or voltage drops that could lead to bad controlling of the
servo. ServoCity show to have these:

https://www.servocity.com/html/boosted_servo_extensions.html#.VUuTK_l_NHw

It looks like a choke of sorts and I'm not quite sure that's what I need,
any ideas on this?

Thanks in advance!

Regards,

Carlos.


2015-05-07 10:57 GMT-04:30 Denny Esterline <desterline@gmail.com>:

> Can't have a conversation involving servos without mention of these guys:
> https://www.servocity.com
> They have a UART to servo controller that might fit your bill: (and lots =
of
> other fiddly bits)
> https://www.servocity.com/html/servo_controllers.html#.VUuCdvlVhBc
>
> Then there's these guys
> https://www.pololu.com
> They have several servo controller options:
> https://www.pololu.com/category/12/rc-servo-controllers
>
> I've bought other stuff from both of them in the past. They seem decent.
>
> But I have to say - controlling an RC servo is pretty much dead easy.
> Pretty much any microcontroller and about ten minutes of code...
>
>
> -Denny
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