Thanks to DialFonzo for the advice on joining these forums, here I am eager to learn, and soak up as much geekness as possible! My first task is understanding what is all needed for electronics to build a hexapod. So far I have the chassis, the servos, and the understanding that I need a controller to drive the servos. I wanna grab an arduino due to drive the 18 servos, but aside from that I’m unsure of anything else. I do want it to be driven by a transmitter of sorts, and not be autonomous. I’m coming from a multicopter background so I’m pretty clueless to these hexapods, and any help or pointing to what I need to get would be very much appreciated! Thanks, and congrates DialFonzo on your awesome new job! 
Welcome to the Forum…!!!
We will all help you get your Hexapod working, be assured…
You can take a look at my MiniHEXAPOD thread… not finish as you know but i had the code running on an Arduino Pro Mini and link to a SSC-32
I’m on page 8 with a hot coffee reading now! Does that sketch code from kurte work for all arduino based boards or just your mini pro?
I’m sure he will reply here shortly… lol
But it will work on most Arduino (if not all) board.
Not sure about the Mega based board…
Also is it possible to run just the arduino due board or is a combo such as botduino with ssc32 a requirement?
Oh, just got back 
I have or had my versions of the code base running on just about everything Arduinoish (github.com/KurtE/Raspberry_Pi
There are several threads up here talking about the different options. Likewise up on Trossen Robotics forum.
Update: For question posted as I was posting this. I don’t know with the Due these days. Not sure how well the servo library is working on it. Also issue of how to hook up all of the servos to Due. When I last played with the Due there were jitters when I tried to use it to drive the servos. More up on the thread: viewtopic.php?f=26&t=8563&p=89393
Ah I see. So Due is not all that great! So what would be you guys recommendation for something open-sourced to run my Hexapod?
I would not necessarily as they have been making changes to the code for a year now, so hard to say what the current state is.
Okay well still lots of time before I get to this project so plenty of time for researching!
Do you have anything on hand ?
Like Arduino, even a MultiWii board could do the trick. (Since i know where you are from… lol)
Really? Flightcontrollers work? I have a naze acro afro on hand, and a kk2.1 on it’s way over!
Humm… those might not work.
NAZE use a special 32bit processor…
You don’t have a normal MultiWii board ?
Nope, I opted for the Acro instead! I’m still interested in hearing about the multiwii though, and how it can work for this application!
A MultiWii board is basicaly an “Arduino Pro Mini 16mhz 5v” with sensors.
So it can to whatever an Arduino can do, just upload the right project to it.
MultiWii board
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robotshop.com/en/arduino-fli … 5-uav.html
Arduino Pro Mini board - robotshop.com/en/arduino-pro … 16mhz.html
This MultiWii board have the MPU6050 sensor (Gyro + Acc) and pins for easy connection.
I have not tested to connect a with a PS2 controller, not sure if it can work on a Pro Mini or need a bigger Mega board.
Oh man that’s awesome! Man I’m lovin these forums already!