Crofta 16-Channel 12-bit PWM/Servo Driver Module I2C Interface for Arduino

Feature:

• 12C input and control 16-Channel PWM output
• Independent power supply of steering engine, with V+ input, the maximal is 6V
• Individual output of logic signal and logic power: 3-5V
• Frequency: 40-1000Hz
• Number of channels: 16-Channel
• Resolution ratio: 12 bit
• Size: Approx. 62.23 x 25.4mm / 2.45 x 1 inch
• Location hole: Approx. 55.88 x 19.05mm / 2.2 x 0.75 inch, Pitch-row: Approx. 3mm
• Supply to arduino file (included arduino routine)
• The pin and amphenol connector, buyer should weld it by yourself

Description:

• 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? You could give up OR you could just get this handy PWM and Servo driver breakout.
• When we saw this chip, we quickly realized what an excellent add-on this would be. Using only two pins, control 16 free-running PWM outputs! You can even chain up 62 breakouts to control up to 992 PWM outputs (which we would really like to see since it would be glorious)
• 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 areslightly 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)
• 220 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 Includes:

• 1 x Module
• 3 x Row of Pin
• 1 x Green Connector