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ARDUINO CAMERA TIME LAPSE OPERATION HOW TO
ARDUINO CAMERA TIME LAPSE OPERATION DRIVERS
ARDUINO CAMERA TIME LAPSE OPERATION MANUAL
ARDUINO CAMERA TIME LAPSE OPERATION SOFTWARE

ARDUINO CAMERA TIME LAPSE OPERATION DRIVERS

Yes, it requires motor drivers that have step/dir interfaces, like easydriver, probotix, gecko, etc. I'm waiting until I have functional motorized axes together that can be had for a low price before expanding the scope =) There are plans to expand to a gigapano platform as well, which wouldn't be terribly difficult.

ARDUINO CAMERA TIME LAPSE OPERATION SOFTWARE

The website is and you can go directly to download the engine sketch, or view the source at the software page: Īny feedback would be greatly appreciated! (Presently, approximately $2k to $20k for commercial systems.) The goal is to both enable the DIY time-lapser to create great systems without having to hassle with re-inventing software wheels, and also to enable the dabbler to buy off-the-shelf setups that are much less than the current market prices for systems with similar features.

ARDUINO CAMERA TIME LAPSE OPERATION HOW TO

I expect to have in the next couple of months a reference design showing how to create a two-axis unit using off-the-shelf components from Sherline, for about half the price of a commercial system that's currently on the market using the same sherline components.Īlso, by end of the year, I intend to be releasing my first prototype motor axis units that do pan/tilt. Adding i2c support for other devices (like my LightRails exposure control device), and separating some functions out of the engine into different components.Removing software UART (never liked it anyhow).Some of the changes coming up in the next version: I'll be releasing a human, textual/scriptable interface to it soon. It also currently has a PERL API for controlling and interacting with the engine from a computer. Dual control by both hardware UART and software UART (control via computer and a hand-held device at the same time).

Up to 8 keyframes of each type: shots fired, time elapsed, motor movements.

Keyframing: trigger actions when keyframes occur.

Actions can modify nearly an aspect of program execution (exposure time, camera on/off, motor movement/direction, motor ramping, pause program, stop program, etc.).

Action scripting: set pre-defined actions into program memory.

Trigger alt out before or after: camera fire, individual motor movement.

Alt output acts as secondary output when firing camera (another camera, flash, etc.).

Alt in can trigger: camera exposure, motor movement.

Alt input triggers actions when brought high.

ARDUINO CAMERA TIME LAPSE OPERATION MANUAL

Direct manual control of axes (move this far, now).

Linear speed ramping of individual movements (avoid shake and bounce when driving steppers multiple steps).

Linear ramp up and down of motor movement (make smooth transistions in final output video).

Motion control is shoot-move-shoot (no movements while camera firing).

Control of up to 3 stepper-motorized axes.

Shot-count limiting (none, or limit up to 65,536 shots).

Pre-focus tap (tap focus before firing).

Bulb mode exposure control: from 1 ms to ~ 50 days.

'Optimistic' scheduling of exposures - fire at earliest available point longer than interval, don't miss shots due to actions taking longer than expected, and don't shoot during an action.

Intervalometer control: from 1 to 65,536 seconds interval time.

The OpenMoco design concept is presently:Ī centralized 'engine' that directly controls up to two cameras, or one camera and an external flash, and interfaces with three stepper motor controllers to control motion on the axes.Īny number of human or machine interfaces (up to two at one time, via hardware and software serial) to control the engine. The purpose of the OpenMoco system is to provide an open-source, relatively inexpensive motion-control solution for time-lapse that provides many of the capabilities of the closed-source (and fairly pricey!) options on the market. Recently, I completed the first versions of my OpenMoco software for the Arduino.