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I would like to say that there should be some kind of temporary storage for text entered in to this field so that if the back button is pressed in haste due to the image attachment being too large it doesn't loose everything you have just spent 15 minute typing out!
I've managed to get the motor control routines working exactly as I would like with all possible parameters being easy to adjust remotely, I've only implemented the 'smarter' movement on the 'Elevation Upwards' part but it is a simple copy, paste, edit for elevation down and Azimuth clockwise and anticlockwise so that I will be doing next.
It's too easy to get absorbed in writing software and what seems like moments turns in to.. well.. half days! It's all in the detail..
I've got the reload working using a simple (run feeder for 0.8 seconds per BB required) routine but this is unreliable as the motor may be slowed by the random configuration and quantity of the BB's inside the feeder, this is why a reed switch is to be used which counts the times the disc magnets (holding each BB as it rotates) passes over the reed switch.
Here is a video of the movement, notice that the Upwards starts off fast and slows as it reaches it set postion, the downwards is at a set speed (slow enough not to overshoot)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2Oaj0qoSlEThis is an image of the current setup, you can see the 2 x 3 cell Li Po packs.. The other board is providing an RF link to the PC and supplying 3.3V from the 24V for the electronics and motors.