Controller servo 24 vs Arduino for SERVOS

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Hello engineers,

I want to command 24 servo motors from a Raspberry PI board (is a humanoid robot).

I found two solutions but do not know which would be better:

1. Controller servo 24 canale USB Micro Maestro

2. Arduino Mega2560 v3 + PWM shield => 30 PWM

 

:)

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Mega vs Maestro

The Mega is a pretty powerful microcontroller which can certainly control servos. The Maestro is more of a dedicated servo controller. If you want to add sensors or other inputs, the Mega is the way to go, but will cost more.

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Thanks for answer.In terms

Thanks for answer.

In terms of energy consumption which is the best option?

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The electronics will consume

The electronics will consume a fraction of the current of one servo - it’s negligieable. 

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You might want to take a

You might want to take a look at this: https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-16-channel-servo-driver-with-raspberry-pi/overview It can control 16 servo’s by I2c. however you could simply buy 2 of them as they are addressable. You also can find cheap versions of these on ebay: http://m.ebay.com/sch/i.html?LH_PrefLoc=2&_sop=15&isRefine=true&_pgn=1&_nkw=16+servo+i2c&LH_BIN=1&loadLocalAspects=true