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12v Servo Driver
Driving servo motors with the Arduino Servo library is pretty easy, but each one consumes a precious pin - not to mention some Arduino processing power. The Adafruit 16-Channel 12-bit PWM/Servo Driver will drive up to 16 servos over I2C with only 2 pins. The on-board PWM controller will drive all 16 channels simultaneously with no additional. Dec 28, 2020 Tuning Free Servo Motor Drivers; Hybrid Servo Motor / Stepper Motor Drivers. The ESI File for the AZ Series EtherCAT driver is available for download. CTB servo is unique large-scale production-oriented enterprises with combination of servo motor and drive. CTB equipped with domestic smart motor parts processing production line. Main production:Servo drive for automation and motion control CNC,Servo spindle motor for sale,servo spindle motor for CNC machine tool,5 Axis Desktop CNC Milling. File downloads Maestro Servo Controller Windows Drivers and Software (release 130422) (5MB zip) This ZIP archive contains the installation files for the Maestro Control Center, the Maestro command-line utility (UscCmd), and the Maestro drivers for Microsoft Windows. Maestro Servo Controller Linux Software (release 200102) (124k gz).
Pololu Maestro Servo Controller User’s Guide (Printable PDF)
User’s guide for the Pololu Micro Maestro 6-channel USB Servo Controller and the Pololu Mini Maestro 12-, 18-, and 24-Channel USB Servo Controllers.
Pololu USB Software Development Kit
The Pololu USB SDK contains example code for making your own applications that use native USB to control the Jrk Motor Controller, Maestro Servo Controller, Simple Motor Controller, or USB AVR Programmer.
Sample Project: Simple Hexapod Walker (Printable PDF)
This is a step-by-step tutorial showing you how to use the Pololu Micro Maestro to build a simple six-legged walking robot. The total parts cost is about $72.
Application Note: Using AutoHotkey with Pololu USB Products (Printable PDF)
An application note about using AutoHotkey for Windows to control Pololu USB products.
File downloads
Hobby Servo Driver
Maestro Servo Controller Windows Drivers and Software (release 130422) (5MB zip)
This ZIP archive contains the installation files for the Maestro Control Center, the Maestro command-line utility (UscCmd), and the Maestro drivers for Microsoft Windows.
Maestro Servo Controller Linux Software (release 200102) (124k gz)
This tar/gzip archive contains the binary executable files for the Maestro Control Center and the Maestro command-line utility (UscCmd) for Linux.
Pololu Maestro guia de usuario (1MB pdf)
A Spanish version of the user’s guide for the Pololu Micro Maestro 6-channel USB Servo Controller and the Pololu Mini Maestro 12-, 18-, and 24-Channel USB Servo Controllers, provided by customer Jaume B.
Dimension diagram of the Micro Maestro 6-Channel USB Servo Controller (228k pdf)
Micro Maestro 6-Channel USB Servo Controller drill guide (32k dxf)
This DXF drawing shows the locations of all of the board’s holes.
3D model of the Micro Maestro 6-Channel USB Servo Controller (9MB step)
Maestro Movement Calculator (7k html)
This program estimates how long the Maestro will take to perform a servo movement based on the configured speed and acceleration limits for the servo. It is packaged as an HTML file that you can run by downloading and then opening in any modern web browser.
Recommended links
Getting Started with the Maestro Servo Controller
In this short video, Pololu engineer Emily shows how easy it is to get started with Maestro servo controllers.
Getting started with the maestro servo controller.
Pololu Maestro Servo Controller library for Arduino
This library allows you to control Maestro Servo Controllers from an Arduino.
Polstro: C++ serial interface library for the Maestro
Polstro is a cross-platform C++ library for controlling a Maestro over its serial interface. Jacques Bitoniau created this library for his quadcopter control system, which is described in this blog post.
Maestro Support for RoboRealm
The Pololu Maestro RoboRealm module provides a way to interface the visual processing of RoboRealm into servo movements using the Pololu Maestro USB Servo Controller. Released February, 2010.
Paparazzi Autopilot for Linux
Patrick Hickey and Bradley Lord use a Pololu Micro Maestro for servo output and a Pololu 4 servo multiplexer to support manual control override in their model aircraft autopilot project. Published February, 2010.
Obstacle Avoider
A simple obstacle-avoiding robot based on the Maestro, using continuous-rotation servos and distance sensors. The robot is programmed using the Maestro’s internal scripting language, without the need for an additional microcontroller. By TomatoWire, June 2010.
Raspberry Pi – Real Time Control via Android HTML5
Demo code to do web-based real time control of the Pololu Micro Maestro 6 channel servo controller using the Raspberry Pi and the Tornado web server. By MartinSant, November 2012.
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
The Microsoft .NET Framework version 3.5 is required for many Pololu configuration, control, and utility programs under Windows. Most computers will have this installed already or can automatically install it over the internet, but you can also get .NET 3.5 directly from Microsoft at this link. If you are installing on a computer without internet access, make sure to get the Full Redistributable Package.