Today I have written the basics for servo control. As my panorama servos have not yet arrived, I tested with some of my spare servos (I’m an RC hobby pilot). I found a great little page which explains how to do servo control using the AVR 16-bit PWMs. This sure helped, as it pointed me into the right direction. After 20 minutes of work I got this:
Next thing will be to implement a system which allows me to move the servos in a smooth way, accelerating and decelerating so my camera will move super smoothly without shaking my tripod when moving.
Two days ago, I built the first optical Mouseman which is a bit more optically pleasing than the prototype. Together with a college, I milled the base plates so that they fit the optical sensor. Today I did a first run of 3 Mousemans. I’ll do another run of 5 or 6 mice, so we are all equipped for our upcoming LAN party.
Yesterday I received my Canon 50D DSLR. It took me quite a bit of time to decide on this purchase, but after playing around for only a couple of minutes, I think it’s already worth it. I added a little blog at westlicht.tumblr.com just to publish some of the photos I’ll shoot with my new DSLR. Hope you enjoy.
Today I stumbled over the newly announced AKAI APC40. Looks like a very promising Ableton Live controller, and seems to be just what I was planning to build myself if I’d find the time …
Unfortunately I have abandoned this site for quite a while now. I’m intending to change that now, and add stuff over time, using it mostly as a blog though. So stay tuned for more stuff to apear.
