Re: Dev Boards for a nub
 

If you are only looking for on/off control of your motors then the board you linked will certainly meet your needs. To get variable speed control of your motors using that board without a speed controller, you would have to use the high current digital output as a PWM style output. Depending on the speed of the controller and what other software you running this may or may not work. Someone else may be able to shed more light on the feasibility of this.

If you are planning on using a speed controller this board only has 4 dedicated PWM ports and you would need 8 for both 4 servos and 4 motors. Your Arduino would be closer to meeting your specs with 6 PWMs.

If you're fine with relay style control, I'm not familiar with BEST, so the size comparison doesn't help me much. It looks like the high current outputs on the board are limited to 1A, will that be enough for your motors?

Re: Dev Boards for a nub
 

Im not really sure what I was thinking when I posted that...
I decided on two of these, http://www.robotshop.us/dimension-en...th-2x10-1.html, which I will use in combination with my Arduino. I own a radio with mixing, and because the majority of my autonomous functionality will come at a later date, I will hook my drive motors right up to my receiver. Thanks for all of your help gents, and I have one last question: What do you think the best board is above an arduino? Ignoring my previous request for integrated speed controllers lol

Re: Dev Boards for a nub
 

You could take a look at the Microchip PIC line of microcontrollers as an alternative to Arduinos. They are dirt cheap; if you have a university e-mail address, you can actually get the microcontrollers as free samples.

I don't have very much experience with microcontrollers, but you can see a simple board I made here:
http://www.roboticsguy.com/electroni...30f4011-board/