[sudo-announce] Microcontroller Hacking begins in 48 hours!

[David Rorex]

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.


On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 3:13 PM, Scott Garrison <
scottrobertgarrison at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
> -Scott
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 3:07 PM, Steve Berl <steveberl at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>> Who is it that is interested in this project? Can you get in contact with
>> me?
>>
>> -steve
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 5:43 PM, <hol at gaskill.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Howdy folks,
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Event Link:
>>> https://www.facebook.com/events/502675869769339/
>>>
>>> Also, there is an etherpad to jot down projects you intend to work on in
>>> case anyone out there is interested in collaborating:
>>> https://pad.riseup.net/p/microbotics
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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!
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Hol
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>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> -steve
>>
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