Mounted Car Camera and Motorized Blinds

Tonight I went to mount the camera in my adapter and it turns out it was just a bit too big. After a few more revisions, I printed another one out, put some double-sides foam tape so it would have a bit of a seal and tried it again. It went in tight and fits great. I tested it out and the angle looks so much better with a 15-degree tilt. Since it was dark out by the time I finished up and I don't work tomorrow, I decided I'll go ahead finish up taping everything together and putting the trunk back in order then. I may put the STL file for the camera mount up on thingiverse so that other people in the same situation can use it, though I doubt there will be that many of them.

One of the other project I was working on recently is making the blinds in my office motorized with a servo. I installed a kit that I purchased off the internet. Unfortunately it was made for some larger blinds than is standard around here. I was able to get the servo in and I lowered the blinds by 3/4 of an inch and it worked pretty good. Only issue is due to some small gears in the blinds, I wasn't getting the full range. So my solution was to order a 270-degree servo and swap that out. It came today and I replaced it and now it works great. However, due to the extra costs and the fact that it's not smooth, unless I sourced the parts for a bunch of kits myself, it wouldn't be worth it. cost-wise unless I come up with a simple modification to the servo that came with it and even then, it would still be cheaper to source the parts myself.

Also, I set up the Hackulator with a monitor, keyboard, and mouse and will work on the drivers this weekend.

Posted in Old Posts 28 Sep 2018