inertiarobotics / Pan-Tilt-Camera-B

A vibration tolerant Pan & tilt Mechanism for Raspberry Pi Camera V2 - lightweight version.

Pan Tilt Mechanism - Version B

A lightweight and a less bulkier version of Pan Tilt Camera A

For Raspberry Pi Camera V2.

Why ?

The version A, which is a predecessor of Pan-Tilt-Camera-B was more bulky and is meant to be used for achieve more stability.

Why we built Version A ?

The widely available pan tilt mechanism kits sold by adafruit, sparkfun or piromoni (https://www.sparkfun.com/products/14391) are quite cheap and handy to setup - which is great, but lack to offer stability, when the weight of the camera is raised due to additional lense attachments. The servo necks rattles and wiggles under motion. This design uses bearings at pan and tilt positions to offer a stabler design. The 1" bearing at the pan level secures the pan servo neck in place and prevents vertical jerky motions - suitable for robotic applications, RC cars, boars , airplanes

Prerequisites / BOM:

• 2 units of SG 90 - Micro 9g servos - one for pan and other for tilt.
• 4 units of 673ZZ bearings ( 3x6x2.5 ) - Outer diamer 6mm, Inner diameter 3mm, height 2.5mm (https://www.amazon.com/10-Bearing-6700ZZ-10x15x4-Shielded/dp/B002BBK5MY)
• #2-56 x 1/2“ machine screws - 10 units
• Glue
• 3D printed parts:
  • Camera Mount Component V2 - Tilt Holder
  • Camera Mount Component V2 - PCB Holder
  • Camera Mount Component V2 - Base Holder
  • Camera Mount Component V2 - Pan Holder
• Raspberry Pi Camera V2

Assembly Guide:

See the Install Instructions - Pan Tilt Camera B.pdf file at

https://github.com/inertiarobotics/Pan-Tilt-Camera-B/blob/main/Install%20Instructions%20-%20Pan%20Tilt%20Camera%20B.pdf