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X_Digger

(18,585 posts)
Fri Feb 22, 2013, 08:57 PM Feb 2013

Fun little project I threw together.. [View all]

I'm in the middle of setting up a new fish tank and equipment room. In our old house, I had a couple of webcams and usb microscope cameras pointed at the tank. I made a page that the cameras are embedded in, and I also switch out different images in the page depending on the status (on/off) of different devices, pulled from the tank controller I use.

While the new tank is empty, I figured I'd add something to play with.

http://www.rowelab.com/fish/camera/ -- click 'spin the fish'

It's a phidgets SBC running debian, with a stepper motor controller and a stepper motor from an old printer.

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This is cool. Is this eventually going to be pointed at the fish? limpyhobbler Feb 2013 #1
Yup! X_Digger Feb 2013 #2
Very cool. limpyhobbler Feb 2013 #3
truly awesome. Phillip McCleod Feb 2013 #4
Python- it seemed to be the quickest to bring up. X_Digger Feb 2013 #5
good choice imo Phillip McCleod Feb 2013 #8
Well hacked, sir! Recursion Feb 2013 #6
Hehe, thanks! Most of my tinkering involves my tank.. X_Digger Feb 2013 #7
We got bored, so... X_Digger Apr 2013 #9
A small update.. X_Digger Oct 2013 #10
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