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Module with the RP2040 microcontroller with two ARM Cortex-M0 + cores...
Kit containing Raspberry Pi Pico and Raspberry Pi 4B 4 GB. The kit also...
Module with the RP2040 microcontroller with two ARM Cortex-M0 + cores...
Kit containing Raspberry Pi Pico and Raspberry Pi 4B 4 GB. The kit also...
Kit containing Raspberry Pi Pico and Raspberry Pi 4B 4 GB. The kit also...
16-Channel 12-bit PWM/Servo Driver - I2C interface - PCA9685, RoHS
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Adafruit - 16-Channel 12-bit PWM/Servo Driver - I2C interface - PCA9685
Description
You want to make a cool robot, maybe a hexapod walker, or maybe just a piece of art with a lot of moving parts. Or maybe you want to drive a lot of LEDs with precise PWM output. Then you realize that your microcontroller has a limited number of PWM outputs! What now? You could give up OR you could just get this handy PWM and Servo driver breakout.
When we saw this chip, we quickly realized what an excellent add-on this would be. Using only two pins, control 16 free-running PWM outputs! You can even chain up 62 breakouts to control up to 992 PWM outputs (which we would really like to see since it would be glorious).
We wrapped up this lovely chip into a breakout board with a couple nice extras.
Includes
A little light soldering will be required to assemble and customize the board by attaching the desired headers but it is a 15 minute task that even a beginner can do.
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