I am trying to find a servo controller that can be sent commands over ethernet. To my surprise I cannot seem to find a nice simple one that will do this?! All I need to do is control 1 servo (if the device controls multiple servos that would be ok too).
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Routers
tend to have a few spare GPIO pins. Otherwise, I believe you will have to go with an ethernet shield/chip and your preferred microcontroller.
An arduino with an
An arduino with an ethernetsheild might work.
maybe POE will do?
If there is already an utp cable between point a and point b, there could be an other solution:
you could use the 4 wires that a normal pc network don’t need. Yes! There are too many cables in an utp cable. Its also used by people to power the router, and make a network connection over the same cable.
see this link: http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Power-Over-Ethernet-POE-Adapter-For-Rou/
This:
http://www.phidgets.com/products.php?category=21&product_id=1072_0
plus one of these:
http://www.phidgets.com/products.php?category=11
= your solution but super expensive thou.
