First step towards motor control

Constructed the L298 motor driver from Solarbotics.

NOw time to start constructing the motor systems to make a kinetic scultpture.....

Stepper Motor control

Using an EasyDriver to control a stepper motor.
Good tutorial http://danthompsonsblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/easydriver-v31-tutorial.html

Stepper Motor liberated from CD Drive and Floppy Drive

floppy drive pin out and cables at http://www.codeproject.com/KB/system/floppystepper.aspx
Good photos of liberating the motor at http://flickr.com/photos/russnelson/sets/72157594331481462/
good photos of salvaged motors from printer, CD drives at http://www.flickr.com/photos/anachrocomputer/282293157/

Worm gear

Worm gear for robotics, Worm Gear Box H.E. Item #72004 MSRP: $14.50
http://www.tamiyausa.com/product/item.php?product-id=72004

Belt driven robotics

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Positioning objects in an XY plance require belts and stepper motors

There is an interesting set of brackets, pulleys, worm gears at http://www.vexrobotics.com/vex-robotics-advanced-gear-kit.shtml

Construction

A great set of links on http://www.arrickrobotics.com/mechpart.html
Metal parts to build structures from
http://www.hobbyengineering.com/SectionFR.html

Belts and sprockets http://www.hobbyengineering.com/H2028.html



from Tamiya......

 

 

They also have pulley sets

 

 

Great system at http://www.vexrobotics.com/vex-robotics-advanced-gear-kit.shtml

 

Motor control

Control of a basic motor using Parallax Motor MInd B http://www.parallax.com/

or the Secret Drive kit from Solarbotics that fits INSIDE a servo http://www.solarbotics.com/products/k_smd/

or the bigger version Kit #13 - L298 Compact Motor Driver Kit from Solarbotics 
http://www.solarbotics.com/products/k_cmd/ which usable from 6 to 50V, at up to 4A total output current

For stepper motors parallax has the Little Step-U Motor Controller at $70 it can save a lot of time and BS2 computing time

EasyDriver v3 Stepper Motor Driver for stepper motors at http://www.trossenrobotics.com/easydriver-v3-stepper-motor-driver.aspx

Pen size cameras and projectors

Look at http://www.aiptek.com/ for pensize cameras and projectors