http://www.westlicht.ch Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:03:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.westlicht.ch/2009/12/18/camcontrol-servo-control/ I have already done some work on the CamControl software. As always, I use Linux as my development host. I use avr-gcc to compile my software and avrdude to download it via the ISP. Unfortunately I don't have a JTAG which kind of complicates development, but with such a simple ... http://www.westlicht.ch/2009/12/18/camcontrol-operating-system/ Inspired by this I decided to build my own version of a panorama system. The system, called CamControl for now (fancy name eh?), will have the following features: Automatically capture full and partial panoramic pictures Capture timelapse pictures Capture HDR picture series Capture long shutter pictures After some research, I have decided to buy the ... http://www.westlicht.ch/2009/12/18/camcontrol-plans/ 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 ... http://www.westlicht.ch/2009/08/17/logitech-mouseman-run-1/ Well, we're going to have a little LAN party in a few weeks and we will do a little Duke Nukem 3D revival (DNF is never going to be released anyway). Good old times! But wait, we used to have those gorgeous 3-button mice back in the days, they were ... http://www.westlicht.ch/2009/07/21/logitech-optical-mouseman/ 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 ... http://www.westlicht.ch/2009/07/14/canon-eos-50d/ A little track I made using a sample from the amelie soundtrack. Just a rough mix ... [[audiofile][westlicht - amelie][amelie.mp3]] http://www.westlicht.ch/2009/01/29/just-a-little-track/ 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 ... http://www.westlicht.ch/2009/01/26/akai-apc40/ After I have built myself an LN1176 compressor a few month ago, which I used quite often for the last album I worked on with a friend, I decided to build myself a Pico compressor. I have ordered the PCBs a few days ago, they will probably arrive next week. ... http://www.westlicht.ch/2009/01/25/pico-compressor/ This weekend I took some time to experiment with my Arduinome, primarily using the pages application. This is great stuff! I did a little setup consisting of Ableton Live, pages, my BCR-2000 as well as some external gear, the x0xb0x and the Korg Radius. I routed the MIDI signals from pages through ... http://www.westlicht.ch/2009/01/25/playing-with-my-arduinome/