What parts and systems will be made?
- Camera case: The box that houses the camera was 3D printed without any issues.
- Transparent dome: Will be made with thermoformed acrylic, The transparent dome was made during Wildcard Week and is ready to be used. It has already been mounted on the camera base without any issues
- Robotized dome
- The box containing the electronics, the power system, and the servo: 3D printing and laser-cut acrylic
- The software control
- Control board
- The board with the photosensor, which has a 3D-printed support, is also submerged in transparent epoxy resin to allow light to pass through while protecting it from the weather.
What task have been completed?
- Camera case: Will be made with 3D printing
- Transparent dome: Will be made with thermoformed acrylic
- The box containing the electronics, the power system, and the servo: It is already designed; manufacturing is pending.
- Control boardThey are ready to be tested with the servo and the sensor.
- The board with the photosensor.It is ready and tested.
What task remain?
I plan to design a case that protects the camera and the lens with a transparent dome during the night when the camera is active, and a second robotized opaque dome that closes during the day when the camera is inactive to protect it from sunlight. Of course, this dome will open at night so the camera can operate.
- Robotized domeThe robotic dome is still in progress. I have already printed some prototypes that need adjustments in the interactions between each layer and in the connection with the servo.
- The box containing the electronics, the power system, and the servo: It is already designed; manufacturing is pending.
- The software controlIn progress
- The board with the photosensor. calibration is pending.
- Assamble the set
What has workend what hasn't?
The mechanism is working, but I have problems with the light sensor. It greatly depends on the type of light it is exposed to
What questions need to be resolved?
The sensitivity of the sensor to activate the opening or closing of the dome
What have you learned?
Basically everything:
- Use of 3D printing
- Use of CNC
- Electronics
- Thermoforming