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Vancouver Hackspace Timelapse Nov 2013

2013-12-05 Dan

A Panning time lapse test of the new “Malcolm” Pan/Tilt head we are working on right now. The Malcolm has better than 0.01 degree precision and is good for time lapse videos, star tracking, gigapan images, and more. Help us develop new applications and get a reduced rate on your purchase.

Curious fact: in this video the camera is taking a picture once a second and the robot is moving three times a second. It could be even more smooth!

Click ROB-0017 Malcolm Pan/Tilt Robot for more details.

Special thanks the Vancouver Hackspace for being our guinea pig.

Miscellaneous

Quadcopter update

2013-11-15 Dan

I’ve been on Vacation in Puerto Vallarta the last week and now I’m working my way home. I’m kicking myself for not bringing a quadcopter and filming a few aerial shots of the beach, the zipline tour, or the turtles laying eggs outside our hotel. Not that I’m unhappy – while I was gone a total of EIGHTEEN people signed up for the quadcopter build night at the VHS, eight more than we expected. Fantastic! Now we’re working on getting all the parts. Apparently shipping one box with 18 copies of parts is a LOT more than 18x shipping one kit, even if we ship it as 18 separate boxes. Weird, huh? So we’re on the phone with them trying to sort this out and make is come in on budget.

I really just want to let you know I’m not dead and I’m sorry I haven’t posted anything lately.

Please don’t feel bad that you’re not on vacation. Take a break and watch this, instead.

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Update: GCodeCNCDemo 6 & StewartPlatformV2 11.1

2013-11-06 Dan

GCodeCNCDemo6 has a new sample, GCodeCNCDemo6AxisRumbaTimerInterrupt. Both programs now include timer interrupt logic so they can receive gcode commands while moving motors. Doing two jobs at once makes movement extra smooth. The source for both programs is available on github. Let me know what you think!

BTW, anyone who improves a project – even by asking a smart question – gets their name in the credits. You deserve to be recognized for your help.