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Mini Maestro 24-Channel USB Servo Controller (Partial Kit)
Getting started with the Maestro Servo Controller
Overview
The Mini Maestros are the newest of Pololu's second-generation USB servo controllers, offering
more channels and features than the smaller six-channel Micro Maestro. The Mini Maestros are
available in three sizes, and they can be purchased fully assembled or as partial kits:
Mini Maestro 12 — fully assembled
Mini Maestro 12 — partial kit
Mini Maestro 18 — fully assembled
Mini Maestro 18 — partial kit
Mini Maestro 24 — fully assembled
Mini Maestro 24 — partial kit
The Mini Maestros are highly versatile (and compact) servo controllers and general-purpose I/O
boards. They support three control methods: USB for direct connection to a computer, TTL serial
for use with embedded systems, and internal scripting for self-contained, host controller-free
applications. The channels can be configured as servo outputs for use with radio control (RC)
servos or electronic speed controls (ESCs), as digital outputs, or as analog/digital inputs. The
extremely precise, high-resolution servo pulses have a jitter of less than 200 ns, making these
servo controllers well suited for high-performance applications such as robotics and animatronics,
and built-in speed and acceleration control for each channel make it easy to achieve smooth,
seamless movements without requiring the control source to constantly compute and stream
intermediate position updates to the Mini Maestros. The Mini Maestros also feature configurable
pulse rates from 1 to 333 Hz and can generate a wide range of pulses, allowing maximum
responsiveness and range from modern servos. Units can be daisy-chained with additional Pololu
servo and motor controllers on a single serial line.
Maestro family of USB servo controllers: Mini 24,
Mini 18, Mini 12, and Micro 6.
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- Page 1 Maestro family of USB servo controllers: Mini 24, Mini 18, Mini 12, and Micro 6. The Mini Maestros are the newest of Pololu’s second-generation USB servo controllers, offering more channels and features than the smaller six-channel Micro Maestro. The Mini Maestros are available in three sizes, and they can be purchased fully assembled or as partial kits: Mini Maestro 12 —...
- Page 2 The Status tab in the Maestro Control Center. A free configuration and control program is available for Windows and Linux, making it simple to configure and test the device over USB, create sequences of servo movements for animatronics or walking robots, and write, step through, and run scripts stored in the servo controller. The Mini Maestros’...
- Page 3 0.086″ diameter mounting holes that work with #2 and M2 screws. Micro Maestro 6-channel USB servo controller (fully assembled) controlling three servos. Main Features Three control methods: USB, TTL (5V) serial, and internal scripting 0.25µs output pulse width resolution (corresponds to approximately 0.025° for a typical servo, which is beyond what the servo could resolve) Pulse rate configurable from 1 to 333 Hz (2) Wide pulse range of 64 to 4080 µs (2)
- Page 4 Virtual COM port makes it easy to send serial commands from any development environment that supports serial communication Pololu USB Software Development Kit allows use of more advanced native USB commands and includes example code in C#, Visual Basic .NET, and Visual C++ TTL serial features: Supports 300 –...
- Page 5 Micro Maestro as the brains of a tiny hexapod robot. Serial servo controller for multi-servo projects (e.g. robot arms, animatronics, fun- house displays) based on microcontroller boards such as the BASIC Stamp, Orangutan robot controllers, or Arduino platforms Computer-based servo control over USB port Computer interface for sensors and other electronics: Read a gyro or accelerometer from a computer for novel user interfaces Control a string of ShiftBrites from a computer for mood lighting...
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