Servo 2040 – 18 Channel Servo Controller

Kenmerken Servo 2040

• Aangedreven door RP2040 (Dual Arm Cortex M0+ draait tot 133Mhz met 264kB SRAM)
• 2 MB QSPI-flash met ondersteuning voor XiP
• 18 sets pin-headers voor het aansluiten van 3-pins hobbyservo's
• Ondersteunt servo's met een hoger voltage (tot 11V) *
• 6 adresseerbare RGB-LED's/Neopixels
• 6 sets pin-headers voor het aansluiten van analoge sensoren
• Spannings- en stroomdetectie aan boord
• Reset- en BOOT-knop (de BOOT-knop kan ook als gebruikersknop worden gebruikt)
• USB-C connector voor programmering en voeding (3A max)
• Schroefklemmen voor voeding van externe voeding (met beveiliging tegen omgekeerde polariteit) (10A max continue stroom)
• Qw/ST (Qwiic/STEMMA QT) connector voor breakouts
• Volledig gemonteerd (geen solderen nodig)
• C++/MicroPython libraries
• Schematic
• Mechanical drawing

Software

Because it's a RP2040 board, Servo 2040 is firmware agnostic! You can program it with C/C++, MicroPython or CircuitPython.

Our C++/MicroPython libraries will help you get the most out of Servo 2040, they're packed with powerful features for working with servos. You'll get best performance using C++, but if you're a beginner we'd recommend using our batteries included MicroPython build for ease of getting started.

• Download Pirate brand MicroPython
• MicroPython API documentation
• MicroPython examples
• C++ examples

You can also use CircuitPython on your Servo 2040, if you want access to all the nice conveniences of Adafruit's ecosystem (note that you will only be able to control up to 16 servos with CircuitPython).

• Download CircuitPython for Servo 2040
• Getting Started with CircuitPython
• CircuitPython examples

Connecting Breakouts

If your breakout has a QW/ST connector JST-SH to JST-SH cable, or you can easily connect any of our I2C Breakout Garden breakouts with a JST-SH to JST-SH cable; coupled with a Qw/ST to Breakout Garden adaptor.

• List of breakouts currently compatible with our C++/MicroPython build.

Notes

• Measurements: 62mm x 42mm x 12mm (L x W x H, including connectors). The mounting holes are M2.5 and 2.7mm in from each edge.
• * If you want to run servos with a higher voltage than 5V, you'll need to cut the 'Separate USB and Ext. Power' trace on the back of the board to prevent the RP2040 being damaged by the increased voltage.
• If you cut this trace you'll need to provide separate power for the board logic (through USB or the 5V on the broken out header).
• When programming a battery powered robot through USB we'd recommend using something like a data only USB adaptor to avoid back-powering your computer, or the battery.

About RP2040

Raspberry Pi's RP2040 microcontroller is a dual core ARM Cortex M0+ running at up to 133Mhz. It bundles in 264kB of SRAM, 30 multifunction GPIO pins (including a four channel 12-bit ADC), a heap of standard peripherals (I2C, SPI, UART, PWM, clocks, etc), and USB support.

One very exciting feature of RP2040 is the programmable IOs which allow you to execute custom programs that can manipulate GPIO pins and transfer data between peripherals - they can offload tasks that require high data transfer rates or precise timing that traditionally would have required a lot of heavy lifting from the CPU.