3D Printed DSLR Camera Pan Tilt Mount (Arduino/Stepper Driven) 2020

[@LeeWhitcher]

Wow - coder, PCB designer, mechanical engineer... is there anything you can't do?! Nice work, this is beautiful

[@zerog2000]

you forgot video editing, well crafted!

[@ramialtai8908]

Dude, I can't even thank you enough. I'm working on my capstone project and I was stuck. Practically hit a wall, but with this brilliant design you literally teared down that wall XD.. Thank you so much!

[@robertgraham3993]

I've been looking around at quite a few Pan-Tilt-and-Slide setups, both DIY and professional grade. So far yours is one of my favorites. I'm looking forward to making one myself. Really appreciate the work you put in man.

[@kapheroph]

Great job! I love the fact that you made room for three drivers as well.

[@mundmc8172]

It”s rare that somebody on KZbin can say both: Look what I did! -and- Here is exactly how you can do it... Bravo! Sub’d up

[@DIYODEMagazine]

Awesome work Isaac! This must have taken many hours and lots of coffee to put together. Very creative and engaging. We look forward to the world seeing this project featured in our magazine at the start of June.

[@MrScottFletcher]

Working on this (the upgraded version) over the holiday break. It's a great project for intermediate fabricators. Without a step-by-step guide, there is plenty of pre-planning and problem solving. Thanks for sharing your work.

[@GabrielMedina23]

Scott have you finished yours? I've gotten as far as 3d printing, got my pcb, uploaded firmware, and assembled 3/4 of it, now I'm stuck on getting the xbox program compiled... what are you using to compile that?

[@MrScottFletcher]

@@GabrielMedina23 - I haven’t gotten that far. I think I’m going to use a Raspberry Pi and touchscreen with Windows Core, a Bluetooth dongle, and a PS4 controller... using his XBOX code as a guide. If I get far enough, I will certainly post it on GitHub. Might take me until Feb 2021 to do it, though. GitHub.com/MrScottFletcher

[@MrScottFletcher]

I finished a version of a RasberryPi remote. Video and links here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hV61iYirnLKnnbM

[@AlexAlexAlexAlex]

in before you blow up man. Your editing is just as amazing as the project that you do!

[@jaimevaldez3058]

This is the best slider I've seen. Very nice!

[@anotherBenDiem]

very impressived, tidy project, well documented, and great editing, can't believe there is only 20k views! you earned a sub, like, and my first ever youtube comment!

[@shanemartin31]

That is awesome! Thanks for releasing the files

[@konstapelwalander]

Came here for the design, stayed for the hillarious video :D Well done!

[@nacs]

Incredible build and a beautifully edited video, nice work! Subbed

[@peterbarratt8699]

Brilliant project ! Adapting mine for astrophotography. The smaller herringbone gears and the 64 tooth are done; the camera bracket came out well so far. The rest, hopefully in the next few days. Well done.

[@doPi3g]

awesome video, i really liked your transitions and cinematic scenes, keep up the good work!

[@isaac879]

Thank you! Hopefully after my slider is also complete I'll be able to get even more cool shots for other projects!

[@AndrewRGross]

This is so dope, and the editing is delightful. SUBSCRIBED!

[@ColinMakes]

Hi Issac, great project. I have it all built but there's very little documentation on how to actually use it. Could you explain some of the settings, may be a list of settings to uses as a starting point would be great. Also, how do you setup a bluetooth controller to control the mount without a computer?

[@jacobcreech4382]

Came here from your reddit post. Super impressive mate, definitely earned the subscribe. Will try to build this one myself n

[@masoudh4995]

Awesome Editting

[@vladstrulev]

Very well done. Very useful project. Thank you for sharing it. Greatly appreciated. Very impressed.

[@Animace]

Do you have a video how to assemble your desing together?

[@EpicHardware]

this dude knows how to edit ! damn !

[@jbotnik]

The videography is so good

[@gameworn1820]

Isaac, I built your marvelous pan/tilt drive. I am currently using my I-Phone to drive the pan and tilt motors. What I'd like to do is use my XBOX wifi controller to drive the pan/tilt mount. I know the main.cpp file is involved but I'm not sure how to tie it all together. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[@DustinWatts]

Thanks for sharing this design, Isaac! I'm printing as I speak and looking forward to make some slick camera moves!

[@smilehappyfamily2776]

good job! thank you for your information and data files.

[@jiachaozhang3175]

The design is fantastic！

[@shane_kirk]

Hi! I apologize if this has been answered somewhere else. Do you have a description somewhere on how to assemble the 3D printable bearing? Thanks!

[@sidharthdaniels]

Does anybody have an ans to this Q

[@cttechcorp]

Hey Issac! I'm currently printing the parts for this. I am having trouble finding the big bearing, so I am doing the printable option. Does the printable bearing require 1 or 2 "Pan Mount Bearing Clamp" I am having trouble seeing how the printable bearing is assembled. Thanks!

[@sidharthdaniels]

have you found a solution for it?

[@raul7293]

Your video editing skills are AMAZING!. I was visiting your website, looked at you CV...Impressive!

[@williamgoetzinger545]

I have printed the parts but cannot figure out how to assemble the bearing. I have the inner ring, outer ring, cage, and 28 6mm balls, but cannot figure out the sequence to get them to fit together. Help, please?

[@romarchant]

I haven't printed them yet but was wondering the same thing.

[@stevenchasteau8514]

Absolutely brilliant, great design.

[@karbonkai]

That was some clean editing.

[@californiakayaker]

Got to have one of these for my older but amazing panasonic camera !

[@covet1453]

hi I was pretty much amazed by your project nd wanted to make one for my self, so I started making one for myself and I am done with all the hardware stuff but now I am stuck at the codes with xbox one controller they r not compiling through arduino ide can u plz tell how u did the coding part cause else my money is in all that hardware, pcb n all, and for nothing plz help me out here

[@nayantare4699]

Hello Isaac... Kindly send the position of neodymium magnets for hall effect sensor.

[@bingoman4833]

Where I can buy the large bearnig?

[@isaac879]

Unfortunately they are very expensive and you normally have to request a price from a vendor... That's why I ended up adding a 3D printable version.

[@sidharthdaniels]

@@isaac879 Please. please tell us how to assemble it!

[@theirresistableme4480]

I a new to electronics. Can I use another type of controller other than an XBox One controller?

[@kefupu8240]

It's awesome. thanks for your mighty work.

[@asiszka]

Fantastic. Gave me some ideas to add to the one I am building. Thank you for posting it.

[@isaac879]

I'm glad you found it useful!

[@tonylynch6928]

Where are folks sourcing the large "127 x 146.05 x 12.7mm INA CSXU050-2RS Bearing" ??? We are having a really tough time finding one that will work that we can get. Thanks in advance

[@deepset]

That Ender Logo transition edit/cut tho.........clever boy

[@cysign07]

How would I assemble the printed bearing? I have all parts here in front of me... ;)

[@heeeeiity]

Is it possible to automate the panning to track Stars or the moon?

[@recordthevision903]

Excellent project and presentation. Thanks so much for sharing 👍

[@leeharrison3276]

I want a home security camera but with a DSLR. Can you figure out how to adjust the zoom?

[@atenzwykrywaczem7224]

Interesting project, congratulations, but I have a problem. Because I want to use a mobile phone for recording, as I checked it will not fit in the mount. My Samsung S20 + is approximately 17 cm wide. Can you make such a version wider for a mobile phone?

[@hello81642]

How would you assess a use of worm gears in contrast to this?

[@isaac879]

They are a valid option but i didn't think made much sense for this application. They are normally slower and would take up more space.

[@corruptedmineral]

im doing the same thing but on a way smaller scale (picam) will this works?

[@rengstrom]

Really nice work!

[@enzodecandido3862]

and also I have consulted the list with the different parts of the machine and I was wondering what was the use of the neodymium magnets

[@isaac879]

They are for homing the axis. They trigger the hall effect sensors on each axis.

[@Steolepandaxiongmao]

How heavy can the motors support do you think? What if your camera is too heavy?

[@proyectosbareloi]

Hello, could you help me, I don't know how to connect the Xbox controller to the Arduino. Could you tell me how you connected it or give me a link explaining how to connect it because I couldn't connect it and use it with the slaider. Please, could you help me?

[@Brown_Potato]

Bloody brilliant

[@DeeWay1981]

Hello Are gigapixel images possible? Automatically e.g. 30x3 images

[@peteraltschul8008]

nice work, congrats. Is it also possible to mount an EOS-760 or EOS-R (max 139mm) and for Panorama the possibility to adjust the nodal-point?

[@midi002]

Very nice work

[@sccts]

wonderful work. Thank you for sharing.

[@micheltorny289]

Good morning what is the function of P2 H1 H2 THANKS

[@enzodecandido3862]

I would just like to know how much fine pitch the PCB has

[@MarionCravens]

Seriously man, great design. I would like to build one myself. Fantastic.

[@vincenttwin3890]

Awesome stuff! I've been following this on your Instagram for a bit and I am definitely planning on building one! Cheers!

[@digitalghosts4599]

This is a really cool project and a really beautiful execution! However, if one would wants a quick and easy result, I think there's a much simpler solution - there are ready made boards with Arduino and stepper drivers such as MKS Gen and you could use closed loop steppers which have built in PID control loop and can recover from a skipped step or a stall and the gearing wouldn't be necessary (Makerbase has them in their offer for quite cheap). Alternatively, there are also planetary gear adapters for steppers which are in the range of $10 and are much stronger. I'm building something similar, but for an AK-47 with Nema 23 motors and the above mentioned solution.

[@jasonlegg4692]

Are you still making this for an AK-47, I am interested in doing this with an airsoft gun for a SIM group?

[@bzdpb979]

Hello Isaac, is it possible to buy one of this ? Thank you.

[@AlainGicquaire]

Really, really, really clever !!!

[@CadAxe3D]

any idea where to buy this bearing from in UK- CSXU050-2RS

[@ColinMakes]

Unless you have £800 to spend on a bearing uk.rubix.com/en/csxu-2rs/p-G1156005034 I suggest you print this one out www.thingiverse.com/thing:4595217

[@JBM_Studio]

Fantastic, Isaac... Thank you!!!

[@mattl5402]

I know this was 4 years ago but if you get a chance. Can you give me some more info on your battery set up? How long do the batteries last? Thanks.

[@isaac879]

I believe I was using a 3S 1000mAh LiPo and it was giving me about 1 hour of use.

[@davidarango2207]

have you added this to the oshwlab repository? or PCBWAY galery? I think they give a % of each orther to the designer.

[@Animace]

Isaac, you connect Xbox controller to PC and PC sends commands to PAN&TILT, right? Is it possible to connect the controller directly to Arduino?

[@jlpaillat]

Nice work. I wonder if it could be easy for a novice to change some elements in the mount such as the length of the U shape part. From stp file and a softwar such as freecad it does not seem too simple. Which software did you use to create this parts and do you provide sources if we want to simply change blueprints ? Or maybe there is a muche mor suitable software than freecad to deal with step files . Thanks.

[@nohc4]

Hi there, awesome video! I'll like to know what size are the small and the big ball bearings to order them on Amazon, preferably the part numbers, thank you so much. Great build!!!!

[@saminiemi2749]

This looks nice. It would be cool if the setup had the ability control the zoom and focus.

[@17hmr243]

make a 2nd one for fast movement place this on it for fine?

[@darcywilson6981]

Bro this is epic!!!

[@mestari33]

Beutiful! Very well done!

[@ravkhangurra7522]

Excellent work, I want to make one of these!

[@anabelsanchezsampere9632]

Hi. How much maximum weight can it support? Thanks

[@MuratIsikHome]

Looks like a great design Isaac. I will surely print and try. Can you give an indication of how much backlash you have in each axis? My main goal is to use the mount to pinpoint the DSLR to exact coordinates (astrophotography). In that sense, backlash will be important. Also, it is a good choice to use Hall effect sensors instead of tactile switches commonly used in similar applications. Thank you for sharing it all.

[@isaac879]

Thank you! Honestly if you main use is going to be astrophotography you should check out openastrotech.com/ instead. Their mount is much better suited to it. I printed the gears to a very high tolerance so there is almost no backlash at all but this will depend the calibration of your printer. Limit switches would have probably been slight more accurate but I didn't want them clicking every time the axis moved past them (when not homing). The hall effects still seem very accurate though.

[@abdullahagcayazi7581]

Any idea on how much this weighs with/without the camera?

[@LillianChasteau]

Excellent video - very informative, thank you!

[@MichaelDelaney]

Great video! Thanks for sharing.

[@MichaelHaertel]

How sensitive/smooth is this? Ie, could I set it to move 45 degrees left and 15 degrees up across an 8 hour time lapse? Thinking this would be awesome for panning dusk till dawn star trail shoots.

[@isaac879]

It should be capable of doing that however if you wanted a dedicated mount for astrophotography you should check out openastrotech.com/projects/openastrotracker/ It is definitely a better design for star tracking.

[@DanWA]

Love it !. I may adapt it to be an antenna tracker instead.

[@alwishy2696]

I was just thinking the same thing

[@Animace]

Where did you buy 127 x 146.05 x 12.7mm INA CSXU050-2RS Bearing?

[@isaac879]

I actually got it free from me internship because it was being scrapped from an industrial robot... Unfortunately I have heard they are expensive which is why I designed a 3D printable replacement. Obviously it's not quite as good as the proper thing but still works well.

[@MekazaBitrusty]

This is what I have been looking for! 👌 It would need to control the camera’s exposure levels to create HDR images for 3D lighting.

[@jabezk.williams4954]

is there an instruction guide?

[@994pranav]

Can microstepping lift the camera in the tilt setup with the given ratio of gears ? , Heard microstepping drastically reduced the power

[@isaac879]

Yes it can. The camera should rotate about it's centre of mass so doesn't actually need much force to tilt it. My newest version actually uses smaller motors as these ones were excessively powerful!

[@ggyun]

Windows.h: No such file or directory .... do u know how to fix it pls ?

[@rendtech]

This looks amazing and well done on getting it all built. The only thing that I am a bit worried about is that my lens is a bit bigger and will hit the stepper motor if not careful. What ways are there to make sure that you can put a stop to the tilt function to protect for this. Also am I able to use the Arduino uno with the cnc shield avoiding having to build the board myself?

[@isaac879]

Thank you! Unfortunately there isn't really a way to stop it from hitting the lens/camera. I have used a variety of much larger lenses and haven't had any issue as long as I have been careful not set the tilt axis to far. Even if you do manage to hit the lens against the mount the stepper motors should just skip steps and not actually damage it anyway. Using an Uno and CNC shield would require you to change some pin assignments in the code and might not have the circuitry for the hall sensors and shutter trigger for the camera. Apart from that it should work (I initially did some testing with a CNC shield before making my own board).

[@Workshopshed]

Great design Isaac, spotted your article in Diyode Mag

[@isaac879]

Thank you, I was really excited to have in feature!

[@LionTurbo]

You have a cool project, I would like to repeat it, can you tell me what materials are needed and share the Arduino code?

[@ivanbuza3518]

Are there any alternatives to this PCB? Cuz jlcpcb don't ship to my country and ordering it here costs like 150$. Cool project tho

[@isaac879]

You could possibly order them from another PCB manufacturer. Or the schematic is available on the GitHub repository so you could solder up the circuit yourself (That's what I did for my first version). github.com/isaac879/Pan-Tilt-Mount

[@carlosjesusyayamiranda1359]

Hello, does anybody know if the U mount would fit to a Canon EOS T6i Rebel? if not the case how can I edit that part? thx

[@rocketscn]

I have build one with esp32-grbl control. thank you for your open-source.

[@AFernande76]

Great project! Congrats! Is it possible to control the mount without the PC? Thanks

[@isaac879]

You can also control it with an Android smartphone.

[@unicaster7827]

Hey. Very cool project! Is it possible to photograph the starry sky with this thing? How slow can it spin? Can it be used as an astrotracker?

[@wendersonprates4187]

VOCÊ VENDE UM DESSE PRONTO JÁ, ESTOU NO BRASIL?

[@deepansh6554]

Would it be possible to replace the bluetooth addon with ESP-01 as it contains both, Bluetooth and Wifi?

[@isaac879]

I think that it would require a redesign of the pcb and updates to the code.

[@markahn7145]

Thank you for your video. I have printed parts and assembled them. But I don't know how to connect XBOX ONE to arduino. Is it possible to pairing JDY31(or HC-06) with XBOX ONE directly? Please inform me how to connect xbox one to arduino.

[@markahn7145]

I have changed the way to connect to arduino nano. I used Android App. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpTWnmykasqmg5I Thank you Isaac879!