Recently I bought a new digital camera. Because it can be controlled by a PC it would be nice to create a table to make the movement controlled aswell! How nice would it be to automatic follow a eclipses? For this all materials were 'on stock'. The movement is done by steppermotors controlled via the PIO and drivers. The table can turn more than 360 dergees in theory.
Both gearwheels used are driven by M6 axis on the motors. With these motors a degree is divided in 300 steps. CATVB, the program, is completely new. This is the first time I used VisualBasic to control the PIO. In this way I can control the table from anywhere using a VNC program. The complete table can be locked on a tripod.
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