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Adafruit CircuitPython ServoKit

  • Software
  • Robot arms and industry
  • Library

A CircuitPython helper library for driving servo motors through Adafruit's PWM/Servo FeatherWing, Shield, Pi HAT and Bonnet kits.

Made by Adafruit Industries, United States (checked on github.com/adafruit (opens in a new tab)).

Source on GitHub: github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_ServoKit (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 016b3fd (opens in a new tab).

Licenses

Code
MIT (opens in a new tab)

Read by Robotheca from LICENSE (opens in a new tab) (MIT) at commit 016b3fd (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.

Commercial use
Yes

What it does

  • Drives standard servos by angle and continuous-rotation servos by throttle.
  • Supports 8 servo channels on the FeatherWing and 16 on the Shield, HAT and Bonnet.
  • Depends on the Adafruit CircuitPython core, Bus Device and Register libraries.
  • Can be installed on Linux systems such as the Raspberry Pi from PyPI with pip.
  • API documentation is hosted on Read the Docs.

Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 016b3fd.

Getting started

Difficulty
Beginner
Hardware it needs, as the project states it
Adafruit PWM/Servo FeatherWing, Shield, Pi HAT or Bonnet kit, running CircuitPython; on a Raspberry Pi or other GNU/Linux system when installed from PyPI.

Maintenance

Status
Maintained: a commit in the last 12 months
Newest commit
23 Apr 2026 on main
Latest release
1.3.24 - Update Ruff Version (23 Apr 2026)

Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.

Links

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