16 Channel 12-bit PWM Servo Drive Shield Board -I2C PCA9685 for Arduino

16 Channel 12-bit PWM Servo Drive Shield Board -I2C PCA9685 for Arduino

16 Channel 12-bit PWM Servo Drive Shield Board -I2C PCA9685 for Arduino

brand: DIYTECH SKU:DT4895-03
Regular price $8.87

Overview:
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?
Using only two pins, control 16 free-running PWM outputs! You can even chain up 62 breakouts to control up to 992 PWM outputs

Features:
? It'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 microcontroller 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 wire 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
? Configurable push-pull or open-drain output
? Output enable pin to quickly disable all the outputs. We wrapped up this lovely chip into a breakout board 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 power-good LED
? 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
? "Chain-able" design
? A spot to place a big capacitor on the V+ line (in case you need it)
? 330 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
?
Package Included:
1 x 16-Channel 12-bit PWM/Servo Driver
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Overview:
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?
Using only two pins, control 16 free-running PWM outputs! You can even chain up 62 breakouts to control up to 992 PWM outputs

Features:
? It'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 microcontroller 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 wire 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
? Configurable push-pull or open-drain output
? Output enable pin to quickly disable all the outputs. We wrapped up this lovely chip into a breakout board 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 power-good LED
? 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
? "Chain-able" design
? A spot to place a big capacitor on the V+ line (in case you need it)
? 330 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
?
Package Included:
1 x 16-Channel 12-bit PWM/Servo Driver