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A project log for Open LIDAR

This project is to build a motorized gimbal mount to convert a laser distance module into a 3d LIDAR.

caveradamcaver.adam 07/31/2016 at 20:011 Comment

Last weekend I was hooking up the electronics and was distracted when I plugged a 12v source into a 5v pin on the stepper driver. The smoke was a clear sign of my mistake...and the voltage went back and destroyed my arduino while I was at it. Now I'll have to order a new arduino...

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caver.adam wrote 08/04/2016 at 18:27 point

If I can ever stop travelling I may finally be able to try to fix this and test the pitch portion of the gimbal.

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