<div dir="ltr">If you want ultra precise control, you need stepper motors. Or maybe really expensive servos would work, but the cheap servo's I've used are only accurate to a couple degrees and can wobble a little.<br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 3:13 PM, Scott Garrison <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:scottrobertgarrison@gmail.com" target="_blank">scottrobertgarrison@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">I'd be interested in doing something similar for controlling a camera. I also have an extra house satellite dish that I would love to put to use. I have experience controlling servos with microcontrollers.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div>
<br></div><div>-Scott</div></font></span></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 3:07 PM, Steve Berl <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:steveberl@gmail.com" target="_blank">steveberl@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I notice on the etherpad that someone is interested in a 2 axis control for a radio dish. I'm interested in that also. In particular I want to mount a house satellite TV dish sized antenna on a 2 axis mount for radio astronomy use. It requires smooth and precise, but slow movement.<div>
<br></div><div>Who is it that is interested in this project? Can you get in contact with me?</div><div><br></div><div>-steve<div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 5:43 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hol@gaskill.com" target="_blank">hol@gaskill.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Howdy folks,<br>
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We are two days away from the beginning of the second microcontroller project hacking night at sudo room. As someone suggested, I created a facebookpage for the event. Please invite people you think might be interested! I previously ordered 10 ATMega328p chips and crystals, and will have them available at cost ($5) for those just starting out who want a basic controller.<br>
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Event Link:<br>
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/502675869769339/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/events/502675869769339/</a><br>
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Also, there is an etherpad to jot down projects you intend to work on in case anyone out there is interested in collaborating:<br>
<a href="https://pad.riseup.net/p/microbotics" target="_blank">https://pad.riseup.net/p/microbotics</a><br>
This will be an ongoing document, and is intended to provide a subsystem-level view of project elements in order to encourage people to join together to work on individual elements or principles where interests overlap in a way that permits a limited scope of collaboration, without having to commit to recurring work on an entire project.<br>
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We had some interesting projects last time and I expect even more this time, hopefully with a few people from the last event returning to show what they've done with their projects since then. Personally I will try to go back and forth between 50% working on 2-3 projects, 30% getting newbies started on their controller builds, and 20% snacking/shooting the shit. Looking forward to seeing y'all!<br>
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Cheers,<br>
Hol<br>
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