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X_Digger

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10. A small update..
Thu Oct 24, 2013, 09:27 PM
Oct 2013

Last edited Thu Oct 24, 2013, 11:42 PM - Edit history (1)

I made a.. I guess it'd be a one-axis CNC camera. I picked up a bit of MakerSlide from inventables.com along with a few bearings, pulleys, and a toothed belt. I made a tram for the camera to ride on, controlled by a stepper motor.



Click 'Shift Cam Left' and 'Shift Cam Right' to move the camera.

http://srv.rowelab.com/fish/camera/index_test.php

Be easy on it, I don't have limit switches in place at the ends.



This is cool. Is this eventually going to be pointed at the fish? limpyhobbler Feb 2013 #1
Yup! X_Digger Feb 2013 #2
Very cool. limpyhobbler Feb 2013 #3
truly awesome. Phillip McCleod Feb 2013 #4
Python- it seemed to be the quickest to bring up. X_Digger Feb 2013 #5
good choice imo Phillip McCleod Feb 2013 #8
Well hacked, sir! Recursion Feb 2013 #6
Hehe, thanks! Most of my tinkering involves my tank.. X_Digger Feb 2013 #7
We got bored, so... X_Digger Apr 2013 #9
A small update.. X_Digger Oct 2013 #10
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