I'm working on a project right now and I was told that these products may be the way to go. I need to operate a 120 volt pan and tilt camera mount, a camera and its live feed, and another simple servo motor all wirelessly. This system will be mounted to a vehicle, so I will use an inverter for the 120 volt power.
I want to be able to control the pan, tilt, and servo by remote control.(esplora?) I want the live feed from the camera to be displayed on a monitor of a sort, e.g. iPad, smart phone, tablet, small tv.
I was thinking of having the pan and tilt functions be hooked up to relays with 12 volt coils to trigger the 120 volt connections. For the camera I would like to use something with a zoom, but I could just go with a zoomless FPV camera if need be.
The reason I'm thinking that the Esplora would be best is because.....
The pan and tilt circuits are....tilt up, tilt down, Pan left, pan right, and auto pan. JOYSTICK WITH CENTRAL PUSH BUTTON
The camera circuits would be....power on/off and zoom(possibly). 1 BUTTON AND SLIDER
The simple servo motor circuit would be...power on when button depressed and power off when button released.
Please let me know what you think. I still need to have a wireless signal(xbee?) and an arduino product to control the relays/camera/servo. Thanks in advance.
I want to be able to control the pan, tilt, and servo by remote control.(esplora?)
Easy, there are plenty of examples for servos and the esplora, as well as simple joysticks controlling servos.
I want the live feed from the camera to be displayed on a monitor of a sort, e.g. iPad, smart phone, tablet, small tv.
A small TV would work if the camera has a video output, otherwise it wont be possible unless the camera can somehow sync to a smart phone.
I was thinking of having the pan and tilt functions be hooked up to relays with 12 volt coils to trigger the 120 volt connections.
Why? the 120VAC to maybe charge the camera, fine, but the Arduino can run on 12VDC, no relays needed.
auto pan
Do you mean automatically tracking an object? This would require "special" software that can interface with the Arduino so it can control the servos itself.
"Why? the 120VAC to maybe charge the camera, fine, but the Arduino can run on 12VDC, no relays needed."
My pan tilt system's input is 120 volt and I didn't know if I would be able to run 120VAC through the Arduino to trigger the pan and tilt functions.
Do you mean automatically tracking an object? This would require "special" software that can interface with the Arduino so it can control the servos itself.
No. The pan tilt system has a function that automatically pans the camera left to right and back again. Its like a surveillance mode.
What would you suggest for the wireless component and the Arduino on the receiving end of the wireless signal?
I was originally thinking about using an RC controller(6ch or more)and receiver to run the pan.tilt, and servo functions. The signals have a good range, the control is already built and simple, and they are inexpensive What do you think?