[chbot] 360 'pan' servo

[Mark Atherton]

http://www.sentex.ca/~mec1995/gadgets/servos/servomod.html

???

see you Mon

-Mark



At 05:32 p.m. 13/02/2014, you wrote:
>Greetings all
>
>I've decided that since I have an unused USB port on one of my hacked
>routers that I'd put a webcam onto it to stream data back to the house
>(llamacam!!). Not worth doing unless I make it more complicated than it
>needs to be so I want to pan the camera without spending 100's of $$$
>getting one that will do it for me (and will have a Windross only
>interface to boot). So I'm thinking an Arduino onto a shared USB hub with
>the camera and use that to drive the pan servo.
>
>I'm thinking direct drive so the servo needs to run through 360 degrees
>(or close to). Again to keep the price down I'm thinking modding a
>standard 180deg one and then use a bit of intelligence in the Arduino to
>handle 'goto' commands that pass beyond the end stops
>
>Is there a simple way of doing this without using an external pot thats
>geared down 2:1?
>
>Maybe discuss more at the meeting on Monday.
>
>Cheers
>
>--
>Robin Gilks
>
>
>
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