I have a project i'm thinking of that would have about 12 servos, so i want to make sure its feasible. From a control standpoint, absolutely, I think the limit is 18 with a Demi, and with a Mega it is even more more pins. Servos are one of the easiest things to control, it is literally like 3 lines of code. But with 12 at once you will very likely need external power, it would be better to separate the load for 12 motors from the power for the board. Much cleaner and easier.
Do a find for "Crab bot" or "walker robot" or "hexapod" all those robots with crab legs have tons of servos one for each joint on each leg and you can see how many people have connected successfully, and very likely see the code they used.
If you can, I would definitely try to go with a wall wart power supply, less of a hassle trying to find a battery that will drive tons of servos.
I have used one that can do 2A 12v and it works well with 8 servos with voltage regulator obviously. And if you make your own regulator circuit, definitely don't connect the power wires of the servos to the 12v supply instead of the regulator output.
Hmm, found something interesting The sweep example says this:. Depending on the regulator you are using, you could well be wasting a lot of power as heat in the regulator. Most regulators have a certain "turn on" voltage; you want to try to stay as close to that as possible with your power supply. For instance the is around 7 volts; using a 12V supply with that, that extra drop of voltage goes somewhere, out the regulator as heat.
Using a 9 volt supply would be better. Also - if you are running servos, its best to use a 6 volt regulator; most servos are designed to run at a peak voltage of 6 volts to get the most torque and performance from them. Finally - regarding using the Arduino alone to control 12 servos: Yes, this can be done, and I believe with the built-in servo library I don't think there are any limitations with this library. The only issue is that as you add servos and other code to your system, you may run into timing issues that can cause the servos to "jitter"; periodically, or sporadically it depends on what is going on in the code, as well as the power supply and the servos themselves.
Generally, when controlling a large number of servos, it is better to use a servo controller device, which generally takes the form of a dedicated microcontroller hooked up using a serial control system. They aren't very expensive, and they can generally be daisy-chained for more servos if needed each board is addressable in some manner determined by the manufacturer. I tend to favor Pololu's offerings, but there are other manufacturers as well.
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Upvote 0. Pins 5,6,9. Click to expand Toley Active Member Licensed User. This library can control a great number of servos. It makes careful use of timers: the library can control 12 servos using only 1 timer.
On the Arduino Due you can control up to 60 servos. This library allows an Arduino board to control RC hobby servo motors. Servos have integrated gears and a shaft that can be precisely controlled. Standard servos allow the shaft to be positioned at various angles, usually between 0 and degrees.
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