Hey!
Hope I posted this in the right section.
I just received the first parts on my Arduino journey and there are some things that I'm not certain about. I ordered an Arduino UNO, 16 servo shield and some other things and here are the links:
Arduino: https://www.banggood.com/Arduino-Compatible-R3
Servo Shield: https://www.banggood.com/2-Channel-Motor-16-
Power adapter: https://www.banggood.com/Digoo-DG-UA10
The main video I've watched is this one: How to Control Servo Motor Up To 16 with Arduino Uno R3 - YouTube
First of all: I don't know how to supply the servo shield with the adapter I have. I guess you're supposed to insert two wires into the board but that's not possible atm. Do I have to cut the wire to get access to the two wires? Are there even any inside it?
Also, it can be set to different voltages. Is it supposed to be at 5 V no matter how many servos/DC-motors I use or do I have to higher the voltages if I use x amount of actuators? How do I know the voltage that it requires? In the video he writes 5V - 18V. Does that have to do with the number of actuators? I've shorted VIN and VS since I'm only going to use servos atm. This is correct?
In the video he also mentions that you have to "solder of (off I guess?) the female header" to use the Arduino IO. Is this basically to use the default input and output on the Arduino itself? If I want to use some sensors and other input signals, is this what I have to do and where is this "female header"?
The Arduino works and I've tested the "Blink" program.
This is my first post and I hope I haven't made any mistakes on this forum!
Grateful for all answers!
// Eophex