Arduino tb.shield (3 axis timelapse motion control)

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Two years ago, driven by a good friend of mine i decided to give it a try on timelapse photography. I had a DSLR camera but didn’t had an intervalometer, so i assembled a small electronic circuit on top of an Arduino Uno, made some basic code and did my first timelapse movie. The result was awful, but for some reason I was hooked.

Since that day I have never stopped looking for ways to evolve. I studied and tried various techniques until i got better. But, as i got better i felt something was missing. Yes, you guessed it, i needed motion control to give my timelapse movies a cinematographic feel. So, i did a market research and found out that there were great timelapse motion control devices for sell, but all of them were to expensive for me. Well, the next step had become clear to me, i was going to make my own 3 axis timelapse motion control system. It had to be really afordable, lightweight, built with quality materials and most importantly, offer extreme freedom in terms of 3 axis motion control.

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And you're posting why ? (Do you have a question or is this just a news flash ?)

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It´s an Arduino based project. I´m in the Exhibition / Gallery section. Do i have to make a question?

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Oh right , so you are. Where is the project ? I clicked on the link and I couldn't find any code or schematics or anything.
Can you post a link directly to the project ? The point of the Exhibition Gallery is to show off projects and show others how to do it. (DIY).
I can't find your DIY project . Do you have a zip file with everything in it ?

Is this it ? (under "Downloads")
http://timeblocks.wordpress.com/downloads/

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I have the link on the first post.

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Got it. Thanks.
Nice project !

Only the schematic is a *.oxps file.
What is that ? How can anyone open that ? That reqires Window 8
That's not going to be very useful. Can you post a PDF version of the schematic ?

FYI,
That's a cool shield. I know you included the Gerber Files but you might want to get some quotes from some board houses for a small run and sell them on your website for cost +30%. There are many people who not only don't know what Gerber files are , they wouldn't know what to do with them but would have no problem building a shield kit if it was available. You can wait until you get enough orders to fill the minimum qty on the PCBs run.
Just a suggestion.

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Thanks for the sugestion. I´ll consider it.

There´s a download section were you can download a zip file with a pdf of the schematic: http://timeblocks.wordpress.com/downloads/

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There's no PDF file there. (under schematic Pcb) .
Which one is it then ?

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Sorry. My mistake. You can see the schamatic here:

6061×4261 1.24 MB

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Got it ! Thanks.
The audio jack is camera shutter cable for the arduino controlled shutter trigger optos ? (close contact = shutter press)

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Exactly! Shutter and focus.

define PIN_FOCUS 6 // focus

define PIN_SHUTTER 9 // shutter

void setup(){

pinMode(PIN_FOCUS, OUTPUT);
pinMode(PIN_SHUTTER, OUTPUT);

}

void loop(){

digitalWrite(PIN_FOCUS, HIGH);
delay(100);
digitalWrite(PIN_SHUTTER, HIGH);
delay(100);

digitalWrite(PIN_FOCUS, LOW);
digitalWrite(PIN_SHUTTER, LOW);
delay(4800);

}

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tb.shield + LCD.shield meets 4wd robot.

https://www.facebook.com/t.blocks/photos/a.1575457629347547.1073741828.1475233589369952/1604726743087302/?type=1&theater

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Do you have any DIY docs for the mobile TB robot that you could post here as PDF file or .ino file ?
There was so much on the Facebook page I couldn't find it. Is it there ?

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I´m still working on it. I´m planing to have a DIY tutorial ready by the end of this week.

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Great ! I think a LOT of people with old DSLR cameras and kids who have RC cars will be really interested !

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Yes. I´m already having many people asking me how to get one. :slight_smile:

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New upgrade. :slight_smile:

Arduino mega + tb.shield + lcd.shield managing a 5 point 3 axis trajectory.