Question about Servo Drives

Hi,

I've started building one of the UHU-Servo drives with the circuit board
from Embeddedtronics.com and the processor from Uli in Germany. When
all was said and done, the cost of parts along with shipping has
exceeded the price of a Gecko 320 on sale and pretty well matches the
Gecko 340.

The transistors I've chosen are good to 200V and 50A. I've also
selected connectors that are removable so I don't have to turn clamping
screws while playing around with it. With the right set of resistors
the UHU-Servo can drive a much larger motor.

Looking at the Gecko block diagram it appears to be a totally hardware
solution while the UHU-Servo has an ATMEL processor and setup is done
via the serial port.

So is the biggest advantage to the UHU-Servo over a Gecko that it can
drive a bigger motor or does the software capable tuning also make it
more versatile?

Thanks

John Dammeyer