Hi,
I have a first time project which I hope is relatively simple overall but I have a few questions about how to get started.
For context, I'd like to mount a camera on a photography hide (shed) with a pan/tilt options. From within the hide I'd like to be able to control the movement of the camera using a thumb-joystick instead of having to type commands. I'd also like to be able to attach a small screen to the Raspberry Pi to stream the image from the camera so I can see what's going on around the hide.
Here is a similar project I found but with the movement of the camera being controlled remotely: http://projectsmax246.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/webcam-over-3g-with-raspberry-pi.html
I have a small touchscreen (https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-pitft-28-inch-resistive-touchscreen-display-raspberry-pi) that would be great to utilise if possible but here's where I get confused. The screen sits on the GPIO pins With the screen attached, does this mean I can't use any of those pins to connect any other peripherals?
For example, this tutorial (http://www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk/20...raspberry-pi-using-an-mcp3008/#comment-122448) using a joystick shows the need for the breadboard to attach to some of the pins. Would I be able to use something like that and the screen at the same time?
I expect this is a pretty novice questions but I haven't been learning for long.
Thanks for any suggestions.
Chris
I have a first time project which I hope is relatively simple overall but I have a few questions about how to get started.
For context, I'd like to mount a camera on a photography hide (shed) with a pan/tilt options. From within the hide I'd like to be able to control the movement of the camera using a thumb-joystick instead of having to type commands. I'd also like to be able to attach a small screen to the Raspberry Pi to stream the image from the camera so I can see what's going on around the hide.
Here is a similar project I found but with the movement of the camera being controlled remotely: http://projectsmax246.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/webcam-over-3g-with-raspberry-pi.html
I have a small touchscreen (https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-pitft-28-inch-resistive-touchscreen-display-raspberry-pi) that would be great to utilise if possible but here's where I get confused. The screen sits on the GPIO pins With the screen attached, does this mean I can't use any of those pins to connect any other peripherals?
For example, this tutorial (http://www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk/20...raspberry-pi-using-an-mcp3008/#comment-122448) using a joystick shows the need for the breadboard to attach to some of the pins. Would I be able to use something like that and the screen at the same time?
I expect this is a pretty novice questions but I haven't been learning for long.
Thanks for any suggestions.
Chris