westlicht » General http://www.westlicht.ch Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:03:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 CamControl – Servo Control http://www.westlicht.ch/2009/12/18/camcontrol-servo-control/ http://www.westlicht.ch/2009/12/18/camcontrol-servo-control/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:03:23 +0000 westlicht http://www.westlicht.ch/?p=159 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.

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IMG_3056 IMG_3057 IMG_3058 IMG_3059 IMG_3060 IMG_3063 IMG_3064 IMG_3068 IMG_3069 ]]> http://www.westlicht.ch/2009/08/17/logitech-mouseman-run-1/feed/ 8 Canon EOS 50D http://www.westlicht.ch/2009/07/14/canon-eos-50d/ http://www.westlicht.ch/2009/07/14/canon-eos-50d/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:14:57 +0000 westlicht http://www.westlicht.ch/?p=105 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.

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]]> http://www.westlicht.ch/2009/01/26/akai-apc40/feed/ 0 Long time no see … http://www.westlicht.ch/2008/11/11/long-time-no-see/ http://www.westlicht.ch/2008/11/11/long-time-no-see/#comments Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:35:11 +0000 westlicht http://www.westlicht.ch/?p=29 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.

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