<div dir="ltr"><div>Back in my Philips CCTV days for Pan, Tilt, Zoom and Focus control I got the motor driver electronics down to a single IC per channel. L272 for Zoom and Focus, and L6202 for Pan and Tilt. These devices might be worth a look as they interface nicely to port pins and are large enough for us to see :-)<br><br></div>Richard Jones<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 2:48 PM, Geoff <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sdfgeoff@gmail.com" target="_blank">sdfgeoff@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Several things:</div><div><br></div><div>1) Smart servos have very good/smooth motion control: <a href="http://www.robotshop.com/en/smart-servo-motors.html" target="_blank">http://www.robotshop.<wbr>com/en/smart-servo-motors.html</a></div><div>I've used the DS101, and know some guys who used some dynamixels for holding a several kg camera on a robot arm.</div><div>2) Some hobby servos do have a lot of torque, but you'll pay for it: <a href="https://hobbyking.com/en_us/jr-ds8911-high-torque-digital-servo-with-metal-gears-and-heatsink-25-0kg-0-19sec-69g.html" target="_blank">https://hobbyking.com/en_<wbr>us/jr-ds8911-high-torque-<wbr>digital-servo-with-metal-<wbr>gears-and-heatsink-25-0kg-0-<wbr>19sec-69g.html</a></div><div>3) On an <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJ8BJNaI8bA" target="_blank">agricultural robot</a>, we needed to steer some wheels in contact with the ground. We used some windscreen wiper motors, a feedback pot and these drivers: <a href="http://www.robotshop.com/en/30a-5-30v-single-brushed-dc-motor-driver.html" target="_blank">http://www.robotshop.<wbr>com/en/30a-5-30v-single-<wbr>brushed-dc-motor-driver.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>One thing to consider is heat. If you're not at zero load when holding position, things will get hot. One final year project used some smart servo's at ~30% of their rated torque only to find that after holding a camera for more than a few minutes they would enter thermal shutdown.</div><div><br></div><div>Specs about speed/precision etc would be good.</div><div><br></div><div>Geoff</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 1:57 PM, Andrew Errington <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:erringtona@gmail.com" target="_blank">erringtona@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Some metal-geared RC servos have a /lot/ of torque. Are you sure an RC servo won't work?<span class="m_6856445234497177086HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><br></font></span></div><span class="m_6856445234497177086HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">Andrew<br></font></span></div><div class="m_6856445234497177086HOEnZb"><div class="m_6856445234497177086h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 1 December 2016 at 09:50, Charles Manning <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cdhmanning@gmail.com" target="_blank">cdhmanning@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>A couple of stepper motors out of old printers or something like that would do it.<br><br></div></div><div class="m_6856445234497177086m_3273762597456850252HOEnZb"><div class="m_6856445234497177086m_3273762597456850252h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 1:29 PM, Mark Atherton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:markaren1@xtra.co.nz" target="_blank">markaren1@xtra.co.nz</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">More info about the load please.<br>
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Size, weight, expected rotational velocity, supply voltage, acceptable control interfaces...<span class="m_6856445234497177086m_3273762597456850252m_-2644617049420228679HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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-Mark</font></span><span class="m_6856445234497177086m_3273762597456850252m_-2644617049420228679im m_6856445234497177086m_3273762597456850252m_-2644617049420228679HOEnZb"><br>
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On 1/12/2016 12:52 PM, Robin Gilks wrote:<br>
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Greetings all<br>
<br>
As usual, I'm building something and I can't seem to find what I want off<br>
the shelf. Think pan head for CCTV system.<br>
<br>
I can get really cheap ones from AliExpress but they are just about all<br>
Pelco-D controlled which allows pan direction and speed and not actual<br>
proportional control. They are also very slow, taking some 20-30 seconds<br>
for their full range of movement.<br>
<br>
A standard rc servo isn't going to be up to the job although the API<br>
(pulse position) would suit, I'm thinking 12v or 24v DC motor, H-bridge,<br>
gearing, feedback pot and control circuitry. Its the last where I can't<br>
get it off the shelf as the industry standard M51660L is 5v only.<br>
<br>
Any ideas what would be best to start from such that the mechanics can be<br>
easily adapted with some sort of discrete controller for the proportional<br>
bit?<br>
<br>
Thanks<br>
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