ATMEGA1280 SPIDER Controller (Driving up to 48 Servos!)
Item No. : MT0203401Harga; 2.000.000
1. Introductions :
This tip/walkthrough will work with all Arduino Mega PCBs and their clones. I have found the instructions for the servo command to be a little vague so in this tip I will share my research.
The Spider controller is an Arduino Mega compatible PCB. Unlike the Arduino Mega the Spider controller was designed specifically to drive a large number servos. This made it ideal for this tip/walkthrough.
The Arduino servo library is capable of driving up to 48 servos. After a bit of experimenting I found that the servos can be assigned to any of the digital pins from D0 to D63. For those thinking that the digital pins only go to D53, analog pins A0 - A9 are digital pins D54 - D63.
For those who have never used the servo command before I will start at the beginning using the attached code as my example. The first line of the code "#include " means that the instructions needed to generate the servo control signals will be included in the code to be uploaded to the microcontroller.
Before the setup() function you must define your servos same as you define your global variables. I've simply called my servos s00 to s47. You should name your servos with descriptive names to make your program easier to read.
The Servo command uses a timer for each 12 servos used starting with Timer 5. As these timers are also used for commands like PWM you need to plan your pin assignments to avoid conflicts.
1 to 12 servos use timer 5
disabling PWM on pins 44,45 and 46.
13 to 24 servos use timers 1 & 5
disabling PWM on pins 11,12,44,45 and 46.
25 to 36 servos use timers 1, 4 & 5
disabling PWM on pins 6,7,8,11,12,44,45 and 46.
37 to 48 servos use timers 1,3,4&5
disabling PWM on pins 2,3,5,6,7,8,11,12,44,45 and 46.
Once you have defined your servos you need to attach them to the physical pins of the controller. In the setup() function you can attach your servos to any of your digital outputs. In my sample I have avoided digital pins 0 and 1 as they are used for serial communications. At this point even thought the servos have been attached to a pin they are not receiving any signals.
The first time you write to a servo using either the servo write() or writeMicrosecond() command the pin will be initialised and the servo will receive a control signal. depending on your application you may need to initialise the servos in the setup() function. In my example I initialise the servos in the loop() function.
2. Features :• ATmega1280 MCU with 128K FLASH, 8K SRAM and 4K EEPROM
• Drive up to 48 servos
• 3A, 5V switch mode power supply
• Input voltage: 7V to 30V
• Arduino compatible• 70 I/O pins terminated with a servo compatible 3 pin male header and a female header
• USB interface and ISP socket
• Power switch and reset button
• Pin spacing allows custom shields to be made using standard prototype PCB's
• Comes with Arduino bootloader installed
• 16x 10 bit analog inputs
• Up to 15x PWM outputs (depends on the number of servos in use)
• 4x serial ports (1 used by USB interface)
• 1x I²C interface
• Can drive up to 48 servos using the Arduino servo library
