inertiarobotics / pan-tilt-camera-a

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

Pan Tilt Mechanism - Version A

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

For a less bulkier version, see Pan Tilt Camera B

Why ?

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.
• 1 unit of 1" Bore Side Tapped Pillow Block bearing - (1" inner bore diameter, 1.320" outer edge) https://www.servocity.com/1-bore-side-tapped-pillow-block/
• 1 unit of 6700ZZ 10x15x4 Shielded Ball Bearing - Outer diamer 15mm, Inner diameter 10mm, height 4mm https://www.amazon.com/3x6x2-5mm-Precision-Bearings-Rubber-MR63-2RS/dp/B014LT87HS
• 4 units of #2-56 x 3/4“ machine screws - 10 units
• 4 units of #6-32 x 3/8" machine screws - 4 units
• 4 units of #6-32 x 1-3/4 machine screws - 4 units
• Glue

Assembly Guide:

See Install Instructions - Pan Tilt Camera A.pdf file at

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