Hi,
I’m in the process of designing my own hexapod robot, as I’m a student on a budget I’m limited too what I can buy. I have all different arduinos, and instead of having to buy a botboarduino, is it possible just to use an Arduino that I already have?
Hello @RickyBurton,
Yes, you could use your Arudino. Which one exatly you have? Botboarduino is actually a mix of BotBoard II and Arduino Duemilanove so you will use Arduino programming environment. Have in minde, that on Botboarduino a lot of things are already included and it makes connecting servo motors simplified (It has an onboard speaker, three buttons and LED’s, a reset button, logic and servo power inputs, an I/O bus with 20 pins and power and ground, and a 5vdc 1.5amp regulator. Up to 15 servos can be plugged in directly.) And it really isn’t that much expensive.
Are you building hardware for your bot on your own? If not, you can find a lot of hardware here: https://www.robotshop.com/en/lynxmotion-hexapods-1.html
What is your budget? You can also share your robot here in Robots section, and maybe win a prize 
Thank you @igor_X it sounds like noted Hassel than what it’s worth, I have a botboard ii but struggling to find a basic micro pro 28, so may have to just invest in a botboarduino.
I’m sort of in the same predicament, I wanted to use an UNO, but would probably need to use a shield to accomplish what I want to do. I ended up purchasing the BotBoarduino last night, but also purchased the Adafruit 16-Channel 12-bit PWM/Servo Shield - I2C interface and the ARDUINO MOTOR SHIELD REV3 for a different project.
Did you end up getting the BotBoarduino?
Hey @bmoscato,
Are you also building a hexapod? 
We would like to see your project in Robots section.
No hexapod, not really a fan of the crawler. I’m messing around with something for tracking movement with multiple sensors.
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Hello @bmoscato no i didnt buy the botboarduino, im currently developing custom code on a raspberry pi that comunicates over serial to the ssc-32. Trying to make my project different and have its own unique touch plus i like to know the ins and outs of everything in the project. Be nice to see your project unfold.
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I will definitely share once I can find the spare time to actually wrap my mind around what I’m trying to develop and have something tangible that is somewhat working… I’ll be messing around with my rover until that coalesces.
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