Bottango Controls Lineup

Available Now: The best way to build with Bottango!

A new generation of animatronic and robotic control boards from Bottango.
Powerful, intuitive, and built for creators.

Take the guesswork out of control hardware.
Bottango boards let you focus on animating and bringing characters to life.

Bottango Solar

Bottango Solar is the all-in-one animatronic control mega board.

Audio playback, SD card reader, Servo control, animation trigger buttons and more come together to make Bottango Solar the most advanced way to animate with Bottango’s animatronic software.

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Bottango Nova

Run your show with Bottango Nova.

Bottango Nova is the show control board of the Bottango lineup, built to make multi-board projects easier to run, connect, and coordinate.

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Bottango Impulse

Expand your servo count with Bottango Impulse.

Servos and Bottango, more powerful and easier than ever! Use stand-alone or to expand your connected Bottango controls board project.

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The best boards to build with Bottango!

Bottango’s control lineup is the easiest and most powerful way to build with Bottango. Deeply integrated with Bottango’s animatronic control software, these boards remove the guesswork from control hardware. Configure your setup and create animations directly in Bottango’s design studio.

Want to customize? Every board in the lineup ships with open-source firmware, ready to flash with your own tweaks and modifications. Or simply plug in and start animating your show right away.

Made to work together. You can designate one board as a low-latency wireless “bridge,” connected to your computer, while the rest of your boards link wirelessly through it. Want to go computer-free? Export animation data directly to the bridge and let it act as a standalone show controller for all connected boards. Bottango Nova is purpose-built to be the perfect bridge and show controller, but any board in the lineup can take on that role.

Part of a community. You’re not on your own! Join other makers, builders, and animatronic show-stoppers already using Bottango control boards to create amazing animatronic art.

Bottango Solar

Bottango Nova

Bottango Impulse

‎ Big Idea
All-in-one animatronic control
Wireless show controller
Servo expansion
Servo Headers and Motor Power

Yes (10 Servos)

Yes (10 Servos)

Audio Playback

Line-out and 3 Watt Amp

Micro SD Card Slot

Yes (audio files and playback animations)

Yes (playback animations)

Animation Trigger Buttons

Yes (3)

Yes (3)

Additional GPIO

Yes (8)

Wireless Control

Yes

Yes

Yes

Microcontroller

ESP32 (240 MHz, 520 KiB RAM)

ESP32 (240 MHz, 520 KiB RAM)

ESP32 (240 MHz, 520 KiB RAM)

Firmware

Open source

Open source

Open source

Pro Builder Control Board Bundle

All three control boards in one bundle at the best price.

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