Howdy all, I had a project idea I thought I'd look at doing. I've searched the board and did not see anything regarding this. First off, the idea I have is probably way over my head since I have no experience with the Arduino. What I want to do is make a video camera mount that will pan and tilt.…

If you look at some of the amateur robotics sites, you may find simple mechanisms for standard R/C servos to attach a very lightweight chip type CCTV camera. Handheld cameras are heavier and may need bulkier servos. However, it's all fairly simple - just have a look around the Playground. 350 deg…

http://www.acroname.com/robotics/info/ideas/continuous/continuous.html Should solve the limits from the servo :slight_smile:

@Cabe , but then we call them motors, not servos. :wink:

I'll give you that, but at least "servomotors" give you an easy control method.

Forget servos: they're just not strong enough for anything beyond the lightest of point-n-shoot still cameras. I've seen some low-end units from China on ebay for about $100-150 that claim to be strong enough to handle a few pounds of camera. They probably wouldn't stand up to heavy use for very lo…

Forget servos: they're just not strong enough for anything beyond the lightest of point-n-shoot still cameras. That's a fairly odd statement, since servos are used in everything from BIG high-end CNC machines to, more saliently, camera control rigs. There are all kinds of servos, not just those …

It's only "odd" because I didn't explicitly state my assumption that, like at least 95% of the people using the term here, stormadvisor was referring to RC hobby "servos". That little pan/tilt from servocity is very cute, but there's no way it'll handle the standard "security camera" that stormadvi…

Let's not forget though, the great and powerful stepper motors I had thought about that. I do not need quick action as much as just being able to move the camera. The size of the camera will be determined by what we can get ahold of. Thanks for your suggestions.

I can answer that problem I think. I'm currently working on the exact same thing as you storm but for a bigger camera,Cinema sized (40 pounds) thing ^^ We have basicly 2 options A:Find some decent continuous servo tha tcould handle the stress or B:Use DC motor geared down with a pot geared up li…

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@Cabe, but then we call them motors, not servos.

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