3-Axis Camera Slider

This is a build to make a 3-axis camera slider from scratch not only the software but also all the hardware.

The concept involves a control panel with a TFT LCD as an interface and a few potentiometers. This will then send all necessary info to a custom PCB card that will drive the slider's 3 axes.

The settings this will enable:

• Calibration mode - to set up the stepper motors to step 0

• Manual mode

Drive all 3 axes by joystick to, for example, make a movie.

Timelapse mode

• Set the amount of pictures you would like to take

• Set the interval time

• Set the exposure time

You will also have the option to set the start and endpoint of the camera movement on all 3 axes.

This is my very basic test set up. As I make progress, this rig slowly gets more complex.

The Tilt and Pan function is the next I will work on, both the mechanical part and the coding.

The PCB design is well under way.

All of this is, at the moment, not working and not started yet. This is where I would like to end up when it's done but a lot of work is left to do.