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The 640 board is used to drive up to 6 DC motors and 2 Servo motors.
## Getting started
![640](/images/640-450.png)
Welcome to the 640 board - this guide will describe all the features of the 640 board and show you how to control up to 6 motors or 3 stepper motors very simply.
## Board layout
## Setup
### Attaching the power
### Attaching a Servo
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#### Select a Servo
There are two servo ports on the 640 board
There are two servo ports on the 640 board. They are numbered 1 and 2 with number 1 to the left hand side and number 2 the closest to the motor ports.
You select a servo in the same manner as you select motors, by requesting a servo object from the controller - to select the first servo we use:
``` python
s1 = dw.getServo(1)
```
#### Servo control
Once you have a servo object there are currently three commands you can run.
##### off()
The off command will switch off your servo and stop any signals being sent to it.
``` python
s1.off()
```
##### setPWMuS( *microseconds* )
This command will allow you to set the PWM pulse to the Servo in microseconds.
Most standard servos use a parameter value of 1000 for fully counter-clockwise, 2000 for fully clockwise, and 1500 for the middle - though you may have a wider range on your servo, so you should check the technical documentation for it to get the finer details.
``` python
s1.setPWMuS(1500) # middle
s1.setPWMuS(2000) # fully clockwise
s1.setPWMuS(1000) # fully counter clockwise
```
##### setPWMmS( *milliseconds* )
This command allows you to specify the PWM pulse in milliseconds rather than seconds.
``` python
s1.setPWMmS(1.5) # middle
s1.setPWMmS(2.0) # fully clockwise
s1.setPWMmS(1.0) # fully counter clockwise
```
#### Select a Stepper motor
You can control up to 3 stepper motors with the 640 board - each stepper motor uses two motor ports for 4 wire stepper motors and three motor ports for 5 wire stepper motors.