Pi Servo pHAT (v2) Hookup Guide
Contributors:
QCPete, santaimpersonator
Resources and Going Further
For more information, check out the resources below:
- Schematic
- Eagle Files
- PCA9685 Datasheet (PDF)
- GitHub Repos:
- CH340C Hookup Guide (for Drivers)
- Qwiic Landing Page
- SFE Product Showcase
Need help getting started with your Raspberry Pi? Check out these resources here:
- Setting up your Raspberry Pi
- Using your Raspberry Pi
- Documentation:
Need help getting started with Python and I2C? Check out these resources here:
- Python Programming Tutorial: Getting Started with the Raspberry Pi
- Raspberry Pi SPI and I2C Tutorial
Need some inspiration for your next project? Check out the tutorials below:
Raspberry Pi Tutorials
Headless Raspberry Pi Setup
Configure a Raspberry Pi without a keyboard, mouse, or monitor.
How to Use Remote Desktop on the Raspberry Pi with VNC
Use RealVNC to connect to your Raspberry Pi to control the graphical desktop remotely across the network.
Graph Sensor Data with Python and Matplotlib
Use matplotlib to create a real-time plot of temperature data collected from a TMP102 sensor connected to a Raspberry Pi.
How to Run a Raspberry Pi Program on Startup
In this tutorial, we look at various methods for running a script or program automatically whenever your Raspberry Pi (or other Linux computer) boots up.
Robotics Tutorials
SparkFun Line Follower Array Hookup Guide
Learn how to connect the RedBot Line-Following Sensor Bar to an Arduino-type microcontroller. Use the example sketches to read data from the bar, and try out a simple line-following algorithm.
Wireless Joystick Hookup Guide
A hookup guide for the SparkFun Wireless Joystick Kit.
Garmin LIDAR-Lite v4 (Qwiic) Hookup Guide
Connecting the Garmin LIDAR-Lite v4 to a microcontroller just got easier! Check out our hookup guide to get started.
Jetson Nano + Sphero RVR Mash-up (PART 1)
We took two of our biggest robotics partnerships from the previous year and shazamed them together into one robot to rule them all!
Servo and Motor Control Tutorials
Building an Autonomous Vehicle: The Batmobile
Documenting a six-month project to race autonomous Power Wheels at the SparkFun Autonomous Vehicle Competition (AVC) in 2016.
Setting Up the Pi Zero Wireless Pan-Tilt Camera
This tutorial will show you how to assemble, program, and access the Raspberry Pi Zero as a headless wireless pan-tilt camera.
SparkFun Inventor's Kit Experiment Guide - v4.0
The SparkFun Inventor's Kit (SIK) Experiment Guide contains all of the information needed to build all five projects, encompassing 16 circuits, in the latest version of the kit, v4.0a.
IMU Data to Motion: Tutorial for Translating Sensor Data into Real-World Movement
Sometimes we want to do more with our data than just watch the values roll by on a screen. In this tutorial, we'll take a look at one way we can translate that data to movement.