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Universal radio replacement interface compatible with over 3000 vehicles 2003 and up. Maestro RR connects to iDatalink-compatible Alpine, JVC, Kenwood, Pioneer and SONY radios to enhance your multimedia experience with exclusive Gauges, Vehicle Info, Parking Assistance, Climate Control and Radar Detection screens while retaining all the factory infotainment features you love such as steering. Duet 3 Mini provides two 2x5 ribbon cable headers for connecting a Fysetc 128 Mini Panel version 1.2 or 2.1 (not 2.0) or compatible controller. When using a version 2.1 controller, the colours of the three Neopixel LEDs built into the display can be set using the M150 command with LED type parameter X2.
The Maestro | |
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The Maestro as he appears in The Incredible Hulk: Future Imperfect #1. Art by George Pérez. | |
Publication information | |
Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance | The Incredible Hulk: Future Imperfect #1 (December 1992) |
Created by | Peter David George Pérez |
In-story information | |
Alter ego | Dr. Robert Bruce Banner |
Species | Human Mutate |
Place of origin | Earth |
Abilities | Super strength, speed, stamina and durability, immortality, Genius-level intellect, Regenerative healing factor, Radiation absorption, Resistance to mind control, and Ability to see astral forms |
The Maestro is a fictionalsupervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Peter David and artist George Pérez, the character first appeared in The Incredible Hulk: Future Imperfect #1 (December 1992). Depicted as a version of the Hulk from an alternate future (designated by Marvel Comics as Earth-9200), the Maestro possesses Bruce Banner's intelligence and the Hulk's more malevolent personality traits.
Publication history[edit]
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The Maestro first appeared as the main antagonist in The Incredible Hulk: Future Imperfect #1-2 (December 1992 – January 1993). The character was created by Peter David and George Pérez.
The term maestro is an Italian/Spanish word meaning teacher.
Fictional character biography[edit]
After a devastating nuclear war destroyed most of the human race, the Hulk and a group of other radiation-empowered heroes were captured by A.I.M. and MODOK with the goal of eventually analysing their physiologies to recreate their immunity to radiation. However, about one hundred years afterwards, the Hulk (now operating in a state where he basically had Bruce Banner's intelligence) broke out of the VR machine they were using to keep him contained and decided to work on rebuilding the world himself[1]. Travelling America, he became disheartened with the state of the country, including the destruction of the Hoover Dam and Mount Rushmore, until he found people still alive under Washington. The initial entrance was guarded by the Machine Man, who led the Hulk to the 'Maestro' who ruled this group of survivors, the Hulk swiftly recognising him as Hercules[2].
Driven insane by the devastation of everything he has lost, along with the excess radiation he absorbed after the nuclear fallout, the Hulk eventually adopted the new name 'Maestro'. Gaining even greater strength than before from absorbing the excess radiation after the nuclear holocaust, this new Hulk eventually built the new city state of Dystopia apparently by himself, including field generators to protect the human population from the excess radiation.
An elderly Rick Jones encounters the reality-hopping mutantProteus, who has possessed the body of an alternate reality Hulk from the year 2099. Proteus intends to discard his current body and possess the Maestro. Jones, unaware of his plan, provides a weapon created by the X-ManForge, which might be able to kill Maestro. However, the plan fails when the Maestro is warned by the Exiles, who are pursuing Proteus. Proteus possesses a new host and flees to another world, breaking the Maestro's neck during his escape.[3]
Years later, the Maestro (fully recovered from his injury) encounters a time travelingGenis-Vell and Spider-Man from 2099. Manipulated by the supervillain Thanatos, the three battle. Genis-Vell and Spider-Man 2099 eventually return to their own time, with no consequence for the Maestro, when the elderly Rick uses his ability to wield Thor's hammer Mjolnir to defeat Thanatos.[4]
Acquiring Doctor Doom's time machine, the rebels opposing the Maestro bring the Professor Hulk forward from the past, hoping that he can defeat the Maestro. Although Hulk's ability to improvise allows him to score some effective blows against the Maestro, the Maestro's superior strength and experience, combined with his knowledge of the Hulk's strategies, allow him to easily dominate the Hulk and break his neck. Knowing Hulk will soon heal, he shows Hulk around the city, attempting to convince his younger self to side with him, but realizes that the Hulk is pretending to be more injured than he is with the intention of launching an attack. The Maestro is defeated when the Hulk lures him back into the rebel's base—the Maestro throwing Rick Jones into Wolverine's skeleton in the process— subsequently using Doom's time machine to send the Maestro back to the time and place that the Hulk was created: ground zero during the testing of the atomic Gamma Bomb. Appearing next to the bomb itself, Maestro is killed in the same moment that creates the Hulk.[5]
Hulk learns that the 'homing sense' that has always allowed him to locate ground zero, his 'birth' place, is actually attracted to the Maestro's spirit and remains. The Maestro has been absorbing gamma radiation from the Hulk each time he returns to the site, gradually restoring himself. He emerges, initially in a weakened and emaciated form.[6] The exhausted Maestro attempts to use the Destroyer against the Hulk, but he is driven out when the Hulk manages to transmit his soul into the Destroyer as well, exploiting the fact that the Maestro is still technically him, and forces the Maestro back into his body, which is last seen buried in a small rockslide.[7]
When the Hulk was 'upgraded' to the persona of Doc Green (a version of the Hulk with access to Banner's intellect after being treated with Extremis following being shot in the head), he began to experience dream-like visions of the Maestro while hunting down and 'curing' all over gamma-based mutations, creating the possibility that Doc Green would eventually become his dark future self, starting with him contemplating growing a beard.[8] However, Doc Green eventually recognized the potential dangers of the 'Maestro' aspects of his personality when he realized that part of him enjoyed eliminating his 'rivals', deciding to accept the eventual loss of his intellect as Extremis wore off rather than risk that persona emerging. He leaves the last injection of the cure with She-Hulk, who is the only gamma mutation whose life he felt had been legitimately enhanced by her condition. He instructs her to use it on him if he goes too far.[9]
Variations[edit]
At some point, the Maestro (or possibly an alternate universe version of him) is sent back in time alongside the 'Days of Future Past' version of Wolverine as part of a secret assignment. The two end up battling their present-day Earth-616 counterparts before being forced to flee. They are sent back to an alternate future where Red Hulk is the president of the United States of America, where it is revealed that he sent the two to kill the Earth-616 version of Red Hulk in order to save the world.[10]
When Spider-Man 2099 attempts to return to his own time after the events of Spider-Verse, he ends up in a world accidentally devastated by Alchemax and ruled by the Maestro, who mistakes Miguel for the original Spider-Man. The Maestro beats Miguel into submission, and places him in a cell with Strange 2099.[11] The Maestro then travels back to present day by having the demon possessing Strange manipulate Miguel into repairing Doctor Doom's Time Platform.[12] The Maestro timeline is described by Miguel O'Hara as having overwritten the 2099 timeline he originated from. Miguel seemingly manages to slay the Maestro with a weapon from the villain's trophy room, but it is later shown that the Maestro feigned defeat in order to follow Miguel back to the present.[13]
A Maestro from an unidentified alternate reality arrived in the Old Man Logan reality where he rounded up the surviving members of the Hulk Gang as he makes plans to help them build a paradise for all Hulks on Earth-616. With help from Cambria Banner, Logan and Hawkeye of Earth-616 were able to defeat Maestro and the surviving members of the Hulk Gang went their separate ways.[14] Later on, it is revealed Maestro recovered from his wounds and went on to conquer a small town in Northern Canada, ruling as 'the King' and executing anyone who defies him. Logan eventually tracks him down, and after injecting himself with the dangerous regenerative drug Regenix, cuts Maestro's head off, ending his reign of terror. It's revealed he was one of the surviving Hulks as in the Old Man Logan story called Bruce Jr. Logan took 'Baby Banner' from the Gang's territory and took him under his wing in his search to take back America from the super-villains.
Battleworld Maestro[edit]
After Doctor Doom incorporates the 'Future Imperfect' timeline into his new Battleworld as seen in the Secret Wars, the Maestro resurfaces as the ruler of one of the planet's domains called Dystopia. He poses as a depowered Odin in order to gain the trust of the resistance movement, and confronts the resistance's leader Thunderbolt Ross (this reality's version of Thing).[15] After a brutal fight, the Maestro offers to release Dystopia from his tyrannical rule if Ross can help him kill God Emperor Doom.[16] To this end, the Maestro sets out to find the Destroyer in another zone of Battleworld. Although he tracks it to a region of Asgardia where it is guarded by Ulik, he is shocked to learn that its final line of defense is the 'Ancient One'.. an elderly Rick Jones.[17] After merging with the Destroyer, the Maestro kills God Emperor Doom and conquers Battleworld. However, it is revealed that the entire battle was an illusion that has ensnared Maestro. Believing himself to be victorious, Maestro reverts to his human form, with Rick stating that he'll now remain trapped in the illusion until he eventually withers and dies.[18] Maestro was eventually released from the illusion he was trapped on by God Emperor Doom[19] and is seen helping him against the riots in Doomstadt.[20]
Eight months later as part of Marvel's All-New, All-Different Marvel branding, the Maestro is seen working for the Collector as his 'Summoner' in the new Contest of Champions.[21] The Collector apparently saved the Maestro from his fate and feels the villain owes him his life as a result, though the Maestro is less than grateful. He is seen scheming to find a way to kill the Collector and escape his servitude.[22] After assuming control of the Power Primordial contained within the Iso-Sphere that the Grandmaster and Collector were competing for, Maestro recreates Battleworld since he had previously vowed that he would become the God-King of Battleworld.[23] The Maestro is ultimately thwarted when Outlaw, one of the heroes who had previously been captured and forced to fight, destroys the Iso-Sphere. An outraged Maestro later awakens to find himself as a captive in the Collector's display room.[24]
Powers and abilities[edit]
The Maestro largely possesses the same powers as the Hulk, but to a greater degree than most incarnations due to the century's worth of radiation he has absorbed as a result of the nuclear wars that decimated his Earth (the present Hulk speculated that his insanity might also contribute to his greater strength). This includes certain mental powers, such as the Hulk's ability to see and interact with astral forms, as shown in The Defenders series. Although he possesses Banner's intellect, and has been implied to have built Dystopia himself, he has rarely demonstrated Banner's technical expertise, such as once manipulating Miguel O'Hara into repairing a time machine for him rather than doing it himself.[13]
In other media[edit]
Television[edit]
- Maestro is alluded in the Avengers Assemble animated series. In the episode 'The Age of Tony Stark', the Time Stone's disruptions due to being equipped to Iron Man's arc reactor brought a group of future robots to the present which identify the Hulk as Maestro before opening fire. In the episode 'Thanos Triumphant', Thanos uses the Time Stone to age Hulk into a much older version of himself, donning a long white hair and a beard which apparently resembles Maestro.
- Maestro makes his animated debut in Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H., voiced by Fred Tatasciore. Unlike the comics, this version has a full head of hair. In the episode 'Enter the Maestro', he first appears where he helps the Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. stop a Gamma Meteor (which was previously forewarned by the High Evolutionary in 'Future Shock') before it can hit the Earth. The other Agents of S.M.A.S.H. first referred to Maestro as Old Man Hulk. What none of the other Agents of S.M.A.S.H. members know is that Maestro is in the present to make sure that Hulk is infected by the asteroid's gamma radiation which is the resulting power surge and insanity leading him on the path to become Maestro. This lasted until A-Bomb's future self proved this to the other Agents of S.M.A.S.H. members. With their help keeping Maestro at bay, the future A-Bomb uses the Gamma Neutralizer to get rid of the Gamma Infection in Hulk. With even Maestro freed from the Gamma Infection as a result of his past self being cured, both Maestro and future A-Bomb fade away upon their future being rewritten.
Video games[edit]
- Maestro appeared as an opponent in the PlayStationvideo gameThe Incredible Hulk: The Pantheon Saga.
- Maestro appears as a playable character in the 2008 The Incredible Hulk video game, serving as a new 'skin' that can be unlocked when the player has collected all the Landmark tokens in the game.
- Maestro appears as an unlockable costume for the Hulk in the 2012 mobile game Avengers Initiative.[25]
- Maestro appears as an alternate costume for the Hulk in Marvel Heroes.[26]
- Maestro is featured as a villain character in Kabam's Marvel Contest of Champions for iOS and Android. This version has his own 'Iron Hulk' armor additionally equipped with Magik's Soulsword and Ronan the Accuser's Universal Weapon.
- Maestro appears as an alternate costume for the Hulk in Marvel: Future Fight.
- Maestro appears in Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2.[27] In story mode, Maestro appears as a member of the World Breakers alongside Hulk, Red Hulk and Greenskyn Smashtroll when Captain America, Captain Marvel, Doctor Strange and Thor were flushed from Lemuria that dropped them into Red King's arena on Sakaar by Attuma. Maestro can be unlocked by completing a foot race around Sakaar in less than 95 seconds. In addition, Skaar's quest that requires him being unlocked involved the players helping Skaar get a selfie with Maestro.[28]
Toys[edit]
- Maestro was part of the Marvel Legendsaction figure series. His figure came with the left arm of Apocalypse.
Novels[edit]
- An alternate timeline version of Maestro appears in Peter David's novel Hulk: What Savage Beast.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^Maestro #1 (2020)
- ^Maestro #2 (2020)
- ^Exiles vol. 1 #80 (July 2006). Marvel Comics.
- ^Captain Marvel vol. 3 #27-30 (March – May 2002). Marvel Comics.
- ^David, Peter (w), Pérez, George (a). The Incredible Hulk: Future Imperfect #2. Marvel Comics.
- ^The Incredible Hulk vol. 2 #460 (Jan 1998). Marvel Comics.
- ^The Incredible Hulk vol. 2 #461 (Feb 1998). Marvel Comics.
- ^Hulk vol. 3 #9. Marvel Comics.
- ^Hulk vol. 3 #16. Marvel Comics. Marvel Comics.
- ^A+X#1. Marvel Comics.
- ^David, Peter (w), Sliney, William (a). Spider-Man 2099 v2, #9 (April 2015), United States: Marvel Comics
- ^David, Peter (w), Sliney, William (a). 'Misery at the Hands of the Maestro!' Spider-Man 2099 v2, 10 (May 2015), United States: Marvel Comics
- ^ abSpider-Man 2099 (Vol. 2) #10. Marvel Comics.
- ^Old Man Logan Vol. 2 #25-30. Marvel Comics.
- ^Future Imperfect #1. Marvel Comics.
- ^Future Imperfect #2. Marvel Comics.
- ^Future Imperfect #4. Marvel Comics.
- ^Future Imperfect #5. Marvel Comics.
- ^Secret Wars #6. Marvel Comics.
- ^Secret Wars #7. Marvel Comics.
- ^Contest of Champions vol. 2 #1. Marvel Comics.
- ^Contest of Champions vol. 2 #2. Marvel Comics.
- ^Contest of Champions vol. 2 #6. Marvel Comics.
- ^Contest of Champions vol. 2 #10. Marvel Comics.
- ^Thompson, Mike (September 5, 2012). 'Marvel gears up to launch Avengers Initiative for iOS and Android'. Adweek.
- ^'Hulk Maestro Costume'. Marvel Heroes. Retrieved June 17, 2017.
- ^'Characters'. IGN Database. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- ^Sakaar Completion Guide at Bricks to Life
External links[edit]
- Maestro at Marvel Wiki
- Maestro at Comic Vine
- Maestro at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
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Getting started with the Maestro Servo Controller
For a full list of products shown in this video, see the blog post.
Overview
The Micro Maestro is the smallest of Pololu’s second-generation USB servo controllers. The Maestros are available in four sizes and can be purchased fully assembled or as partial kits:
Mweb powerful markdown app 2 2 6. Maestro family of USB servo controllers: Mini 24, Mini 18, Mini 12, and Micro 6. |
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The Mini Maestros offer higher channel counts and some additional features (see the Maestro comparison table below for details).
Micro Maestro 6-channel USB servo controller bottom view with quarter for size reference. |
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The Micro Maestro is a highly versatile servo controller and general-purpose I/O board in a highly compact (0.85'×1.20') package. It supports three control methods: USB for direct connection to a computer, TTL serial for use with embedded systems, and internal scripting for self-contained, host controller-free applications. The channels can be configured as servo outputs for use with radio control (RC) servos or electronic speed controls (ESCs), as digital outputs, or as analog inputs. The extremely precise, high-resolution servo pulses have a jitter of less than 200 ns, making these servo controllers well suited for high-performance applications such as robotics and animatronics, and built-in speed and acceleration control for each channel make it easy to achieve smooth, seamless movements without requiring the control source to constantly compute and stream intermediate position updates to the Micro Maestro. Units can be daisy-chained with additional Pololu servo and motor controllers on a single serial line.
A free configuration and control program is available for Windows and Linux, making it simple to configure and test the device over USB, create sequences of servo movements for animatronics or walking robots, and write, step through, and run scripts stored in the servo controller. The Micro Maestro’s 1 KB of internal script memory allows storage of servo positions that can be automatically played back without any computer or external microcontroller connected.
Because the Micro Maestro’s channels can also be used as general-purpose digital outputs and analog inputs, they provide an easy way to read sensors and control peripherals directly from a PC over USB, and these channels can be used with the scripting system to enable creation of self-contained animatronic displays that respond to external stimuli and trigger additional events beyond just moving servos.
Bottom view with dimensions (in inches) of Pololu Micro and Mini Maestro servo controllers. |
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The Micro Maestro is available fully assembled with 0.1″ male header pins installed as shown in the product picture or as a partial kit, which ship with these header pins included but unsoldered, allowing the use of different gender connectors or wires to be soldered directly to the pads for lighter, more compact installations. The Mini Maestro 12, 18, and 24 are also available fully assembled or as partial kits. The Micro and Mini Maestros have 0.086″ diameter mounting holes that work with #2 and M2 screws.
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Main Features
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- Three control methods: USB, TTL (5 V) serial, and internal scripting
- 0.25 μs output pulse width resolution (corresponds to approximately 0.025° for a typical servo, which is beyond what the servo could resolve)
- Pulse rate configurable from 33 Hz to 100 Hz (2)
- Wide pulse range of 64 μs to 3280 μs (2)
- Individual speed and acceleration control for each channel
- Channels can be optionally configured to go to a specified position or turn off on startup or error
- Channels can also be used as general-purpose digital outputs or analog inputs
- A simple scripting language lets you program the controller to perform complex actions even after its USB and serial connections are removed
- Comprehensive user’s guide
- Free configuration and control application for Windows makes it easy to:
- Configure and test your controller
- Create, run, and save sequences of servo movements for animatronics and walking robots
- Write, step through, and run scripts stored in the servo controller
- Two ways to write software to control the Maestro from a PC:
- Virtual COM port makes it easy to send serial commands from any development environment that supports serial communication
- Pololu USB Software Development Kit allows use of more advanced native USB commands and includes example code in C#, Visual Basic .NET, and Visual C++
- TTL serial features:
- Supports 300 bps to 200000 bps in fixed-baud mode, 300 bps to 115200 bps in autodetect-baud mode (2)
- Simultaneously supports the Pololu protocol, which gives access to advanced functionality, and the simpler Scott Edwards MiniSSC II protocol (there is no need to configure the device for a particular protocol mode)
- Can be daisy-chained with other Pololu servo and motor controllers using a single serial transmit line
- Can function as a general-purpose USB-to-TTL serial adapter for projects controlled from a PC
- Our Maestro Arduino library makes it easier to get started controlling a Maestro from an Arduino or compatible boards like our A-Stars
- Board can be powered off of USB or a 5 V to 16 V battery, and it makes the regulated 5V available to the user
- Compact size of 0.85' × 1.20' (2.16 × 3.05 cm) and light weight of 0.17 oz (4.8 g) with headers
- Upgradable firmware
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Maestro Comparison Table
Micro Maestro | Mini Maestro 12 | Mini Maestro 18 | Mini Maestro 24 | ||||||||
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Channels: | 6 | 12 | 18 | 24 | |||||||
Analog input channels: | 6 | 12 | 12 | 12 | |||||||
Digital input channels: | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | |||||||
Width: | 0.85' (2.16 cm) | 1.10' (2.79 cm) | 1.10' (2.79 cm) | 1.10' (2.79 cm) | |||||||
Length: | 1.20' (3.05 cm) | 1.42' (3.61 cm) | 1.80' (4.57 cm) | 2.30' (5.84 cm) | |||||||
Weight(1): | 3.0 g | 4.2 g | 4.9 g | 6.0 g | |||||||
Configurable pulse rate(2): | 33 Hz to 100 Hz | 1 Hz to 333 Hz | 1 Hz to 333 Hz | 1 Hz to 333 Hz | |||||||
Pulse range(2): | 64 μs to 3280 μs | 64 μs to 4080 μs | 64 μs to 4080 μs | 64 μs to 4080 μs | |||||||
Script size(3): | 1 KB | 8 KB | 8 KB | 8 KB | |||||||
Price: | $19.95 | $29.95 | $39.95 | $49.95 | |||||||
1 This is the weight of the board without header pins or terminal blocks. 2 The available pulse rate and range depend on each other and factors such as baud rate and number of channels used. 3 The user script system is more powerful on the Mini Maestro than on the Micro Maestro. |
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The Micro and Mini Maestros are available with through-hole connectors preinstalled or as partial kits, with the through-hole connectors included but not soldered in. The preassembled versions are appropriate for those who want to be able to use the product without having to solder anything or who are happy with the default connector configuration, while the partial kit versions enable the installation of custom connectors, such as right-angle headers that allow servos to be plugged in from the side rather than the top, or colored header pins that make it easier to tell which way to plug in the servo cables. The following picture shows an example of a partial-kit version of the 24-channel Mini Maestro assembled with colored male header pins:
24-channel Mini Maestro (partial kit version) assembled with colored male header pins. |
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Application Examples and Videos
Micro Maestro as the brains of a tiny hexapod robot. |
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- Serial servo controller for multi-servo projects (e.g. robot arms, animatronics) based on BASIC Stamp or Arduino platforms.
- PC-based servo control over USB port
- PC-based control of motors by interfacing with an ESC over USB
- PC interface for sensors and other electronics:
- Read a gyro or accelerometer from a PC for novel user interfaces
- General I/O expansion for microcontroller projects
- Programmable, self-contained Halloween or Christmas display controller that responds to sensors. The picture to the right and the video below show a self-contained hexapod robot that uses three micro servos and two digital distance sensors for autonomous walking.
- Self-contained servo tester
An example setup using a Micro Maestro to control a ShiftBar and Satellite LED Module is shown in the picture below and one of the videos above. Maestro source code to control a ShiftBar or ShiftBrite is available in the Example scripts section of the Maestro User’s guide.
Connecting the Micro Maestro to a chain of ShiftBars. A single 12V supply powers all of the devices. |
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People often buy this product together with:
Mini Maestro 12-Channel USB Servo Controller (Assembled) |