Good day friends,
I am an inventor, DIY, learn everything, ADD person. I have been researching and attempting to prototype a motorized camera slider. While I have the design for the slider already pretty well established, I am in need of assistance of the appropriate method by which I can automate it. Just to clarify, a camera slider is simply two rods with low resistance bearing wheels that allow the camera ( maxing out at 25lbs ) to move in a steady motion without jerking or shaking. I am building one that has 3 separate motors that need to have the capacity to move simultaneously ( with that max weight ), and that ideally can follow a predetermined pathway.
THE PURPOSE:
To be smooth moving, silent, can start and stop with bezier curves, go forward and backward, controlled via Bluetooth, and be controlled via an app or controller.
THE PROBLEM(s):
I have figured out how to connect the motors to the Arduino board to move them, however, I am struggling to find a solution to this following problem:
I need to program the motors to move along a bezier pattern, and for the life of me, I cannot find an article or forum that is answering the problem. If you know of a forum that has solved this or would like to answer the question yourself, I would deeply appreciate it.
THE END RESULT:
Ideally, I will program specific pathway presets into an app that will automatically move the motors in the way that I have set. I will integrate a loop function that will repeat presets. I will also program the app so that people can create their own movements and presets based on their current project. In order for my perfectionistic tendencies to be fully satisfied, I need these movements to start and stop using a bezier pathway.
MY EXPERIENCE:
Beginner - Intermediate
Self Taught
ADDITIONAL ADVICE:
If anyone has suggestions on motors that are silent, low RPM, reversible, brushless, and have high torque ( enough to move max 25lbs across a bearing track, and twist on the z axis and y axis ) it would be greatly appreciated.
I am an inventor, DIY, learn everything, ADD person. I have been researching and attempting to prototype a motorized camera slider. While I have the design for the slider already pretty well established, I am in need of assistance of the appropriate method by which I can automate it. Just to clarify, a camera slider is simply two rods with low resistance bearing wheels that allow the camera ( maxing out at 25lbs ) to move in a steady motion without jerking or shaking. I am building one that has 3 separate motors that need to have the capacity to move simultaneously ( with that max weight ), and that ideally can follow a predetermined pathway.
THE PURPOSE:
To be smooth moving, silent, can start and stop with bezier curves, go forward and backward, controlled via Bluetooth, and be controlled via an app or controller.
THE PROBLEM(s):
I have figured out how to connect the motors to the Arduino board to move them, however, I am struggling to find a solution to this following problem:
I need to program the motors to move along a bezier pattern, and for the life of me, I cannot find an article or forum that is answering the problem. If you know of a forum that has solved this or would like to answer the question yourself, I would deeply appreciate it.
THE END RESULT:
Ideally, I will program specific pathway presets into an app that will automatically move the motors in the way that I have set. I will integrate a loop function that will repeat presets. I will also program the app so that people can create their own movements and presets based on their current project. In order for my perfectionistic tendencies to be fully satisfied, I need these movements to start and stop using a bezier pathway.
MY EXPERIENCE:
Beginner - Intermediate
Self Taught
ADDITIONAL ADVICE:
If anyone has suggestions on motors that are silent, low RPM, reversible, brushless, and have high torque ( enough to move max 25lbs across a bearing track, and twist on the z axis and y axis ) it would be greatly appreciated.
