Arduino Mega 2560 REV3

by Arduino

★ Best for: Multi-joint arms with sensors

The genuine Mega — 54 I/O pins and ample memory for a multi-joint arm and its sensors.

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Why we recommend it

The Arduino Mega 2560 is a favourite brain for robotic arms because it simply does not run out of room: 54 digital I/O lines, 16 analog inputs and 256 KB of flash leave plenty of headroom for several joints, a gripper, limit switches and a serial link to a PC — without the cramped pin budget of an Uno. This is the genuine Arduino board (supporting the project), fully compatible with the Arduino IDE and every common servo and PCA9685 library. If you want one controller you will not outgrow as the build gets ambitious, the Mega is it.

At a glance

MCU	ATmega2560
Clock	16 MHz
Digital I/O	54 (15 PWM)
Analog in	16
Flash	256 KB

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