I built this crude Pan/Tilt Camera mount and used my servo controller and a joystick to control it. Pretty cool… Also, I completely re-wrote my servo controller code since the original code was pretty messy, new code looks a lot better. Also, I included a couple Perl scripts demonstrating how to control it from your computer, using a joystick or whatever. Download the new code on the servo controller page.
This is a work in progress, but I thought I would put out what I have so far. My 3 axis CNC is coming along nicely! Check out the link for some videos of my progress.
Here is my servo controller board I have been working. It can control up to eight servos, offers USB or TTL level serial for control and can be powered by the barrel jack or the USB (not the servos!). It has a menu interface over the serial, commands can be sent to it. Soon, it will have a simple scripting language to allow it to do stuff while not being sent commands! Check out the Link!
Top of Revision 2.0 Board
This was my senior project at Chico State (One Year Ago!). It is called The Automatic Pointing and Tracking Telescope (APTT). It is equipped with a solid state magnetic sensor (compass), GPS, two axis servo system and USB communication. It is capable of finding true north via the compass, your position and current time via GPS and then calculate the appropriate angle the telescope should be pointed at (on both axis) to view a star or planet! I have included source code as well. Check out the Link Below!
Telescope
I moved my website off of Chico States Engineering server and got my own domain! I am moving the content over and hopefully will be adding some more of my recent projects! Check out the menu on the right –>
-Eric