@Matthew, I like your little cute yellow cubes very much. I would give 5 stars (Top 1%) to your question. I guess, from your concise question and the use of the words "transistor chip", "splitting power", "servo motor" that it is very likely that you are like me, a hobbyist. You remind me of a recent StackOverflow blog saying the following: "It is a good idea to guide the newbie to arrive at a good question, and let them know what they don't know that they don't know. / to continue, ...
@Matthew, / continued, ... It is only when the newbie sees the big picture, knows the basic things that he should know, and then uses a hobbyist friendly language to ask the question, then other newbies, ninjas, and pros can all join in to contribute a newbie language.
@Matthew, / continue, ... When I first read your question, I was surprised of two things: (1) How come this guy presents his question so succinctly and effectively, (using eye catching little yellow cubes etc), (2) But at the same time, this guy is using electronics amateurish language (eg, "transistor chips" instead of "transistor", "servo motor" instead of, in short, "servo" which we hobbyists always use). / to continue, ...
@Matthew / to continue, ... One of my hobbies is "technical presentation" and "effective communication", so before I start answering any question, I almost always check the asker's profile, to make sure we are talking the same "language". When I skimmed your profile, I was surprised of another two things: (3) Your educational and career background, (4) Your long history with EESE and your very short list of questions and answers here. My surprise #3 of course make Surprises #1, #2 no longer surprising. / to continue, ...
@Matthew /continued, ... And before I make an answer, I sometimes also let the asker know myself, a little bit more than my short profile in this EE SE. (1) I also have a MSc IT, at Imperial College London. I also once studies, (but dropped out after a year), in the Cybernetics Dept in Reading (UK's Reading. :)) (2) It is only two years ago that I bought my first toy servo. I am a poor hobbyist, and I never played any RC toys, not to mention drones. / to continue, ...
@Matthew / continue, ...The price of drones dropped so very much these years, that it has become a popular toy, and I would lose face if my 10 year old niece discovers that I don't know nothing about drones. I know that drones use servos, but also BLDC (BrushLess DC) motors, which is another thing I don't know nothing about (I do know toy DC motors very well, though).
@Matthew, /continued, ... (3) Now, my 3 year hobbyist learning and project plan:
Make a cyber cat using 4 servos (You can find more details about my cyber cat project in the chat room chatting here:
chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/112589/… ).
@Matthew. / continue, ...I will stop my TLDR pre-answer introduction here. You might like to tell me your learning/project plan, so that I can tailor my answer to fit the plan of yours and other future newbies. Cheers.