Fun with a laser, servos and microcontrollers
@ February 5, 2008
This is actually not a robot, sorry. But.. If you have an old laser-pointer, and are building robots:
- Hook up the laser to the microcontroller. Now you can tuen on/off a laser
- Set one servo on top of another, now you can control 2 axes
- Set a mirror on one servo, point the laser to it..
@ Sun, 2008-06-29 11:35
Pong?
@ Sun, 2008-06-29 13:50
THis is why you use a
THis is why you use a mittor. If you do not know what that is, it is because I made a typo. It should be a mirror.
Shooting at a mirror ensures maximum effect, you can hit the very angle where.. well you know. Please don't ask me to drawings etc :D
You can also just place the laser on the servo - but make sure that the emitting bart is sort of at the axle. And then get some distance, like at least one meter.
However. I know you have a lot of servos laying around unused. THis is what I would have a look at in the theme of next week (This week being sunshine-week). Personally I think you should make a tirdnkwiit-kind of project; Have some fun, do some snaky stuff that you have no clue will end up with.
tirdnkwiit's are fun - I want to play with mine, but have to make ##Q€(/!! tutorials.
@ Sun, 2008-06-29 14:50
Mirror
Hmmm... I see why you'd use a mirror, but don't you lose and awful lot of resolution that way? Like you only have about 2 degrees of movement in your servo!
"Mirrors." Those are the things used for looking at your self, aren't they? I know nothing about them.
@ Sun, 2008-06-29 17:16
I see what you mean, but
@ Fri, 2008-04-11 09:50
ish!/ Fritsl
ish!
/ Fritsl
@ Fri, 2008-02-08 15:13
Crap video, sorry, will make
Crap video, sorry, will make better one day!
/ Frits
@ Fri, 2008-04-11 07:53
really crap video? - oh whew
really crap video? - oh whew - i thought it was my puter :)
did you ever get to play pong on a building - i think it was a great idea.....