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Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon dpoulson

Dome automation

Open dpoulson opened this issue 8 years ago • 2 comments

Read in dome position Settings to allow auto center, point left/right (degrees?), spin, etc. PID control?

dpoulson avatar Dec 24 '16 18:12 dpoulson

Will use a rotary encoder sensor on the gear drive, to detect the teeth going past a dual IR beam setup. An arduino will keep track and be able to respond with the current dome position in degrees from center.

Dome will have to be centered on power up, or maybe a reset option via i2c.

dpoulson avatar Oct 26 '18 00:10 dpoulson

Initial dome control code written. Will try driving the dome normally via API calls, then get position feedback, and work out the code needed to position the dome correctly.

dpoulson avatar Nov 10 '18 23:11 dpoulson