Should the $50 robot be able to have more servos?

[Hawaii00000]

Shouldn't the ATmega8 in the $50  robot have more connections for sensors and servos? In the circuit admin build, there's not that many. Can't the ATmega8 support more?

[Razor Concepts]

Yes it can, plug in more servos/sensors on the other ports.

[pomprocker]

Solder in the extra header pins to fill in the missing port

[jamort]

yes the atmega can support more the only thing about more motors is i dont know if i d try to add another one on to such a rigid base

[Webbot]

yes the atmega can support more the only thing about more motors is i dont know if i d try to add another one on to such a rigid base

Hi jamort - not quite sure what you mean by 'such a rigid base'. Do you mean choice of power supplies?

[pomprocker]

i think hes talking about adding more servos to a cardboard robot

[Webbot]

Ok - thats simple. Chuck away that 25 cent pizza cardboard base. Check out the forum for HDPE or similar. Build a 'real' base for a few $. Problem solved.

[jamort]

that or you could simply use the board for something else keep the electroncis

[Hawaii00000]

How many more... when I say "more servos" I mean soldering on more connections for servos/sensors not just plugging in more, because I know there are some free ones. Once those are used up are there any options.