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Light Rover Project Files (Patreon)

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2020-05-31 16:08:58

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arduino_bracket.stl
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motordriver_mount.stl
chassis.stl
wheel_b.stl

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Hey Patreons!

Here are the project files for our Light Rover project!

We got a few questions about the parts being very small when they are loaded into the 3D printer software. If this happens to you, you might need to switch the units from meters to centimeters.

Reminder: If you don't have a 3d printer, you should be able to find a community printer at a local school or library. There are also 3d printing services online like Shapeways.

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Light Painting with an LED Robot

Find all the 3d printable parts for this project and a full writeup about how we did it on our Hackster.io page: https://www.hackster.io/hackershack/light-photography-robot-d47951 Did you know that you can make light paintings with a long exposure camera? Light painting is a photographic technique in which exposures are made by moving a hand-held light source while taking a long exposure photograph. We take this a step further by finely controlling the light source's movement with a stepper motor driven rover. The results are stunning. The project consists of a Raspberry Pi 3, two stepper motors, and a Neopixel LED matrix. It can easily be recreated with a 3D printer and all of the code is provided. Here are some examples of normal light photography Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vCaiF9DSxU Roomba art: https://www.google.com/search?q=light+roomba&espv=2&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwifh7Xh7obTAhUDwGMKHU3VCnQQ_AUIBygC&biw=1456&bih=898#imgrc=9UrjS_n1Q36tiM: USEFUL LINKS: All the code can be found on Github: https://github.com/HackerShackOfficial/Light-Rover Raspberry Pi Neopixel library: https://github.com/jgarff/rpi_ws281x Follow Hacker Shack on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hackershackofficial/ Subscribe to Hacker Shack: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEcNXmr7DYq1XxpWHSxaN0w?sub_confirmation=1 MATERIALS: 2× Nema-17 200 steps/rev Stepper Motors https://www.adafruit.com/products/324 2× Stepper Motor Drivers https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-tb6612-h-bridge-dc-stepper-motor-driver-breakout 1× Raspberry Pi 3 https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-3-model-b/ 1× Neopixel 8x8 LED Matrix https://www.adafruit.com/product/1487 1× Female Jumper Wires https://www.adafruit.com/products/794 1× Cell Phone Charging Battery https://www.amazon.com/Anker-PowerCore-Ultra-Compact-High-speed-Technology/dp/B0194WDVHI/ref=pd_cp_107_4?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B0194WDVHI&pd_rd_r=6KNMRQXWWWW73HPVV7E6&pd_rd_w=XTSLf&pd_rd_wg=eT0DL&psc=1&refRID=6KNMRQXWWWW73HPVV7E6 1× 12v Step Up Chip https://www.amazon.com/Qunqi-XL6009-Adapter-Booster-Step-up/dp/B01E4YERBU/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1489673917&sr=8-6&keywords=5v+to+12v+step+up+chip 2× Might Need a Couple USB Splitters https://www.amazon.com/Cute-USB-2-Port-Splitter-Black/dp/B00FJG5T4W/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1489673957&sr=8-11&keywords=1+to+3+usb+splitter MUSIC: Joakim Karud: https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Andrew Applepie: https://andrewapplepie.bandcamp.com/