Sunday, July 3, 2016

Arduino Motion Control Camera Slider (Andriod App Bluetooth Controller)

Creating a Andriod app using BlueTooth to remotely control a Arduino based camera motion control slider or stepper motor. Here some screenshots, will upload to google play when it's ready. Any suggestion or function you want, please drop me a line. Good day!

Right now it only controlling a single stepper motor, I am using AccelStepper library so in the future I'll make it control at least two or more motors.






FEATURES
  1. Basic control: Position, speed
  2. Loop 
  3. Sensor control
  4. Record & playback
  5. Preset position

HARDWARE
  1. Arduino UNO
  2. Easydriver
  3. Nema 17 stepper motor
  4. 12v power supply
  5. 3D printed camera slider (smooth rod & leadscrew)


App layout & man features





Setting page: Motion control, data sent, custom button, Bluetooth control





LOOP function: Moving side to side for time-lapse shooting, you can make a schedule when the loop to start & end

Schedule is also available for playback as well, when the set time is up the app will send a "play" or "stop" command to Arduino, in the future may add a RTC true timer so that the mobile phone can be offline during the schedules.





fritzing wiring diagram






Arduino Mini Camera Slider for testing

7 comments:

  1. Hi,

    I left a comment and a link that I shot trying to use your app on your YouTube channel and didn't hear back from you. Are you still active on your channel?

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  2. nice to include the accelstepper into your app. How about your promise to make it 3 axis? Otherwise i have to implement it in your sketch myself, but i realy like you to do it... Greetz Bart

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  3. HI I can move stepper to directional arrow in frree mode?
    how this button are enable?

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  4. Could I ask for an adaption if possible to make the app compatible with ble modules?! Connect on demand without needing the bt module to bond with the smartphone?!

    Thanks in advance

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  5. Really love your project!!! Are you willing to also share your app inventor project with us? I would like to see and learn what you have done with app inventor.

    thanks

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  6. cool Project. but for what is the sensor for?

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  7. Any updates on multiple motors controls

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