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114 lines
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# Bescor MP101 Libre
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Notes on using the Bescor MP101 motorized pan head hardware
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with libre software.
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No proprietary applications, SDKs, or similar are used.
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# Development Setup
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The development setup is using a LattePanda 3. It is an Intel
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based board with an Arduino Leonardo built on board.
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This should be similar to using other Arduino devices plugged
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into USB ports.
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# Pins
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Pins on the MP-101 cable.
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Starting at "7PM", just after the key, going clockwise:
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```
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Use Color Pin ArduinoPin Raspberry Pi 4 B Pin
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--- ----- --- -------- --------------------
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Speed Yellow 1 ? PWM 12 GPIO18
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Left White 2 D0 3 GPIO2 (Orange)
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Down Brown 3 D1 5 GPIO3
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5V Green 4 5V, second from left. 2 5V
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Up Blue 5 D2 8 GPIO14
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Right Black 6 D3 10 GPIO15
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GND Red 7 GND under ICSP 7 GND
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```
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The "ArduinoPin" column is how the Arduino pins on the Panda are labelled.
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On the Raspberry Pi 4, with Raspbian installed running `pinout` will
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majickally print the pinouts.
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# Wire Harness
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I made a quick and dirty wire harness that works.
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My MP101 kit came with two extension cables.
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I used one of those to use the male headed to plug
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into the MP101, and the newly cut wires to connect
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to pins to plug into the Panda Arduino.
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I had short jumper wires with pin headers on each end.
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For the Panda male/male wire with headers is needed.
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If the board being used has pins not headers, a male/female
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wire jumper will be needed.
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In lieu of connecting the pins to the wires via soldering,
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WAGO crimpers were used. They work great and easy++.
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# Photos
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Photo of Bescor MP101 motorized pan head panel.
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Photo of Bescor MP101 motorized pan head battery compartment.
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Photo of Bescor MP101 motorized pan head rotation degrees readout.
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Photo of Bescor MP101 motorized pan head DC 6V 1A input.
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Photo of Bescor MP101 motorized pan head camera mount.
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Photo of Bescor MP101 motorized pan head tripod mount.
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Photo of Bescor MP101 motorized pan head remote control.
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Photo of Bescor MP101 motorized pan head male cable.
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Photo of Bescor MP101 motorized pan head cable pins.
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# Misc
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Notes.
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* LattePanda3 docs say their Arduino Leonardo files are needed.
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* The LattePanda3 Arduino Leonardo files are old.
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* I can't get the LattePanda3 Arduino Leonardo files to work.
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* The Arduino Leonardo files in Arduino 2.0.4 appear to work fine
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with the LattePanda3 Leonardo. XXX
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# Status
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Early alpha. It moves in four directions, but doesn't stop or
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have regular controls yet. Just mapped out the pins to
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Arduino software.
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# Disclaimer
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I'm a computer sysadmin, not a video or camera expert.
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This is just to explore how to use a free toolchain.
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# Copyright
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Unofficial project, not part of Bescor.
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Upstream sources under their respective copyrights.
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License: CC By SA 4.0 International and/or GPLv3+ at your discretion.
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*Copyright © 2023, Jeff Moe.*
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