Saturday, 17 August 2013

Human-powered motion control v1


Here is my camera on a Lego 'dolly'. I didn't realise it was so heavy it would make the rails bend! I think metal rails might be a better option.

Sunday, 11 August 2013

Controlling stepper motors

According to the following articles, we need a ULN2003/2803 Darlington transistor array to control a stepper motor, for moving the camera:

http://www.tigoe.net/pcomp/code/circuits/motors/stepper-motors/

http://www.adafruit.com/blog/?p=21958

This driver board might be a good option:

http://bildr.org/2011/06/easydriver/

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10267

This might be a suitable motor:

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9238







Thursday, 8 August 2013

Hello, world!

Just a test (from David). Will be things about Arduino projects from me & Pete.