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Gimballed oil lantern motion recording & playback
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IMU use during playback #18

Closed bturep closed 5 years ago

bturep commented 5 years ago

I am wondering what you think we might be able to use the IMUs for during the playback phase? If there is not a logical reason for them to be there can you think of an adjustment that might require the IMUs?

I think that it is important to not remove anything that is put onto the lamp; the lamp should wear its history (the first modification I made to the lamp was stripping it of its factory varnish). And I also think that it is important that the lamp maintains its functionality completely-- so it can always at anytime, with a few requirements, perform any of its three tasks: provide light, record its own movement, and playback that movement.

tygamvrelis commented 5 years ago

We can definitely leave them on, not a problem. They could be used as a source of position feedback when we are in playback mode, to help control the motion better.

On this note, the motors likely cannot share a ground wire with the IMUs, as the motors are bound to create a fair amount of noise on the power lines. Just something to keep in mind for the future.

On May 29, 2019, at 10:35, bturep notifications@github.com wrote:

I am wondering what you think we might be able to use the IMUs for during the playback phase? If there is not a logical reason for them to be there can you think of an adjustment that might require the IMUs?

I think that it is important to not remove anything that is put onto the lamp; the lamp should wear its history (the first modification I made to the lamp was stripping it of its factory varnish). And I also think that it is important that the lamp maintains its functionality completely-- so it can always at anytime, with a few requirements, perform any of its three tasks: provide light, record its own movement, and playback that movement.

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bturep commented 5 years ago

That is great that they will be useful! Will have to rework the control side design for exhibition down the road-- Living with the waterproof box for the passed weeks, I don't think I want to have it in the exhibition. Maybe I need to make a Brass enclosure for the raspi-controller-circuit board unit.... I will have to think on that part for awhile.