CMUCam mount assembly instructions / Blueprints

[Eldarion]

Does anyone have the instructions for assembling the pan/tilt mechanism for the camera?

Thanks

[Kevin Watson]

Originally Posted by Eldarion

Does anyone have the instructions for assembling the pan/tilt mechanism for the camera?

Thanks

I'm not sure what the status is, but I do know that a detailed document is in the works. If nothing shows up tonight, I'll see if I can get permission to post the copy I have.

-Kevin

[Kevin Watson]

Okay, I figured out the documentation situation. In a few minutes I'll post a copy of the camera documentation here: http://kevin.org/frc.

-Kevin

[Rombus]

Wow, i LIKE This mount! I cant wait to build it on tuesday!

Last year i built our teams mount based off the offical directions slightly modded to be both pan and tilt. Unfortunitally the way i made it made it weaker and it broke during our first full field test. hopefully this one will be much better and stronger!

Also first post with my new sig.

[JVN]

Note:
IFI has posted our assembly instructions for the CMU PAN-TILT on this site:http://www.ifirobotics.com/camera.shtml

Direct link to the PDF:
http://www.ifirobotics.com/docs/frc-pantilt-01-assy.pdf

Sorry for the delay,
JV

[coastertux]

Kevin, one thing i noticed is that in your renderings of the assembly in the assembly instructions, the camera board is upside-down, the serial connector should be closer to the bottom than the top. I discovered this because my image from the camera was upside-down and the tilt was backwards until I flipped the board.

[Kevin Watson]

Originally Posted by coastertux

Kevin, one thing i noticed is that in your renderings of the assembly in the assembly instructions, the camera board is upside-down, the serial connector should be closer to the bottom than the top. I discovered this because my image from the camera was upside-down and the tilt was backwards until I flipped the board.

Actually, it's not my document. Can you please PM JVN (see above) and let him know?

-Kevin

[Bob22341]

Originally Posted by coastertux

Kevin, one thing i noticed is that in your renderings of the assembly in the assembly instructions, the camera board is upside-down, the serial connector should be closer to the bottom than the top. I discovered this because my image from the camera was upside-down and the tilt was backwards until I flipped the board.

If you put the serial cable closer to the bottom than the top, you must reverse your pan servo with a jumper on the bottom of the camera board, or your camera will turn away from the target.
Found this out the hard way