Here is the motor that I’ll be using. I don’t know if I mentioned this already, but I’ve got a big bag of these things. I don’t know where they originally come from, and I can’t find any sort of datasheet or description on the internet. But that’s okay. I can work around that.… Read More: Closing the Loop »
I’ve opened up two sacrificial motors, and they definitely seem to have some sort of on-board Hall effect sensors. I haven’t looked for the pinout yet, but chips were all labelled 1036 for one of the motors, and J588m for the other one. Google turns up nothing about these (that I can find). The motor… Read More: Software »
At this stage in the game, this project is on a clear path to completion, with no major revisions in sight. What I’d like to do is identify some issues that have made themselves apparent during the build and tweaking processes. Some are things that I would fix in the version 2, if one were… Read More: Problem identification. The doldrums. »
Putting it all together. The materials I used are a little more than the final product requires, some material was used up in mistakes or scrapped in newer revisions, but here is what I started with: 2′ x 3′ 3/8″ acrylic ($20) 6″ x 6″ 1/8″ acrylic ($10) 4x 3/8 bolts 4x 3/8 lock… Read More: Relapse (Build) »
In the time since I designed my timelapse camera gimbal, I’ve laid everything out for laser cutting, researched companies that offer cutting services, and very carefully decided not to send it out. As an initial draft, I wasn’t ready to spend $150 on a process that I’ve never used before. Fortunately, the excellent Laser… Read More: Relapse (Design) »
While I’ve been waiting for parts to arrive for Elapse, I’ve decided to build a companion rig that can smoothly pan a camera over the course of hours (or days or weeks or whatever). I’ve nicknamed it Relapse because it’s a repeatable camera gimbal, building on the idea of Elapse. Here’s a quick idea… Read More: Relapse »