A remote-controlled robot that pans and tilts a camera of up to 5 kg for live production. We designed its main controller board, which handles motion, lens control, camera power and networking.
The challenge
The client builds motorized camera systems for broadcast and live production. Their camera robot lets one operator move a camcorder, box camera or DSLR remotely, as if it were a dedicated PTZ camera, and the whole robot had to run from a single board.
That board had to drive both motion axes smoothly, control lenses from several makers, power the camera, provide networking for it and connect to lifts and dollies over CAN, all inside a compact, lightweight head.
What we built
Hardware
The robot's main board, from the motor drives to the camera power supply.
Firmware
Firmware to bring up and test the new hardware, plus an Ethernet bootloader for updates.
Delivery
A production-ready design, refined over two hardware iterations.
Result
Your project
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