I will be building a system with multiple servos, but the servos won't constantly be moving. For example, many of the servos will frequently move to a position then hold it for seconds at a time.
It would be nice to be able to send a control signal once, telling the servo to move to that position, then hold it, without having to constantly emit a PWM signal.
Do servo controller boards typically handle this? Can they take in a serial signal indicating position, then handle the constant transmission of the PWM to that server until a new signal is received? This would free up the primary processor to do other things. I'm very green on this so it's not clear to me whether this is a standard servo controller functionality or not.
It would be nice to be able to send a control signal once, telling the servo to move to that position, then hold it, without having to constantly emit a PWM signal.
Do servo controller boards typically handle this? Can they take in a serial signal indicating position, then handle the constant transmission of the PWM to that server until a new signal is received? This would free up the primary processor to do other things. I'm very green on this so it's not clear to me whether this is a standard servo controller functionality or not.