# Ways to increase servo count above 8

**URL:** <https://forum.theavr.org/t/ways-to-increase-servo-count-above-8/790>\
**Category:** AVR Drone Hardware\
**Created:** [November 22, 2023, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.theavr.org/t/ways-to-increase-servo-count-above-8/790 "2023-11-22T17:52:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![HPT1-Row\_Dyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ce7236/32.png) [@HPT1-Row\_Dyer](https://forum.theavr.org/u/HPT1-Row_Dyer)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.theavr.org/t/ways-to-increase-servo-count-above-8/790/1 "2023-11-22T17:52:00Z")

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Hi there, we wanted to see if there were any ideas for ways to increase the number of servos to greater than 8.

Much appreciated,  
HPBT-1

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**Author:** ![Tylr](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.theavr.org/tylr/32/310_2.png) [@Tylr](https://forum.theavr.org/u/Tylr)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.theavr.org/t/ways-to-increase-servo-count-above-8/790/2 "2023-11-23T22:08:53Z")

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I’ve heard of people using PWM controlled servos. [Servo control - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servo_control) where you control servos using your transmitter; I know betaflight supports this but not sure if QGround Control does.

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**Author:** ![HPT1-Row\_Dyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ce7236/32.png) [@HPT1-Row\_Dyer](https://forum.theavr.org/u/HPT1-Row_Dyer)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2023, 12:46am UTC](https://forum.theavr.org/t/ways-to-increase-servo-count-above-8/790/3 "2023-11-24T00:46:55Z")

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well after extensive research I have discovered how to do it. For all future people interested, the Servo Featherwing is designed to be able to be chained together. I would imagine that there is some coding change required, to ensure each servo message is sent to the right servo, but I havent gotten that far yet, but the documentation/tutorial should walk you through it (not a direct link but its on that documentation chain)

> **[Adafruit 8-Channel PWM or Servo FeatherWing](https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-8-channel-pwm-or-servo-featherwing)**
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> You want to make a cool robot, maybe a hexapod walker, or maybe just a piece of art with a lot of moving parts. Or maybe you want to drive a lot of LEDs with precise PWM output. What now? You could give up OR you could just get our handy PWM and...