User Manual

Micro Maestro as the brains of a tiny
hexapod robot.
Application Examples
• Serial servo controller for multi-servo projects
(e.g. robot arms, animatronics, fun-house
displays) based on microcontroller boards such
as the BASIC Stamp, Orangutan robot
controllers [https://www.pololu.com/category/8/robot-
controllers], or Arduino platforms
• Computer-based servo control over USB port
• Computer interface for sensors and other
electronics:
◦ Read a gyro or accelerometer
[https://www.pololu.com/category/80/
accelerometers-gyros-compasses] from a
computer for novel user interfaces
◦ Control a string of ShiftBrites
[https://www.pololu.com/product/1222] from a computer for mood lighting
• General I/O expansion for microcontroller projects
• Programmable, self-contained Halloween or Christmas display controller that responds to
sensors
• Self-contained servo tester
1.a. Micro Maestro Pinout and Components
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