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Adafruit DC and Stepper Motor HAT for Raspberry Pi

Stackable Steppers and DC motor control for your Raspberry Pi

Let your robotic dreams come true with the new DC+Stepper Motor HAT from Adafruit. This Raspberry Pi add-on is perfect for any motion project as it can drive up to 4 DC or 2 Stepper motors with full PWM speed control.

Adafruit 16-Channel PWM/Servo HAT for Raspberry Pi

16 channels of servo-bustin' power for your Pi

The Raspberry Pi is a wonderful little computer, but one thing it isn't very good at is controlling DC Servo Motors - these motors need very specific and repetitive timing pulses to set the position. Instead of asking the Pi Linux kernel to send these signals, pop on this handy HAT! It adds the capability to control 16 Servos with perfect timing. It can also do PWM up to 1.6 KHz with 12 bit precision, all completely free-running.

Servo Animatronic Tail

Why wiggle when you can wag?

Add a touch of awesome to your interactive displays, costumes, or art projects with an animatronic tail comprised of 3D printed parts, a silicon tube, a servo, and minimal hardware.

Pixy Pet Robot - Color vision follower

A frisky little friend you can build in an afternoon!

This project pairs the super-awsome Pixy CMUCam-5 vision system with the high performance Zumo robot platform. Combining the powerful object tracking capabilities of the Pixy camera with the nimble Zumo robot base, you can create a responsive little bot that will chase balls and follow you around like a pet!

3D Printed Adabot Figurine

Make your own Adabot Toy!

Customize the electronics inside your own Adabot pose-able figurine. A great friend to all engineers and engineers-to-be!

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Adafruit Motor Selection Guide

Choose the right motor (and controller) for the job!

There are many types of motors. Big ones, small ones, fast ones, strong ones. Whether you need brute strength, blinding speed or delicate precision movement, there is a motor designed for the task. This guide will help you find to the right motor for your project.

ROBOTICS

Line Following Zumo Robot Using Simulink

Program your Zumo Robot to follow lines using PID control

This tutorial describes how you can use Simulink to program a PID controller which would enable a Zumo robot to follow lines on the basis of data received from the reflectance sensors.

How to program a Zumo Robot with Simulink

Make the Zumo Robot move along a trajectory using Simulink

Use Simulink to simulate and control the motors in an Arduino Uno powered Zumo Robot to make it move along a curve. This is the second tutorial in a series on using Simulink with Arduino Uno.