Introduction

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Comments

[jwzumwalt]

WOW! Someone finally found a use for the CD-ROM transport besides a CNC pen scribbling program! Nice adaption...

As mentioned by bionicbenjy, you might want to look at the million projects on YouTube that use two CD-ROMS to give a full XYZ table. Go to YouTube and search for "Arduino pen plotter". For example

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sT3qlGAV_U&t=207s,

or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUdAwUOaPX0

[ins_rakesh]

thank you sir...its my first instructable...wil try my best on next...nd i also made Arduino control CNC plotter using Old DVD stepper motor

[GordonM19]

Nice attempt , but I have 2 observations here.

1) Assuming that this is indeed USB bus powered , how many milliamps are you pulling from the bus powering the camera and the LEDs ?

2) You do not control LED brightness this way. The way you have done it gives you very little control. You need to control the input voltage to them by using a PWM input signal. You can use a simple 555 to give a fixed frequency variable duty cycle waveform to adjust the brightness.This can also reduce the amount of current draw on the USB bus..

Good Job!

[Chico da Rave]

The ideia here is to keep it simple and (almost) free, I dont see why to put an Arduino, this is like a cannon shot in a fly.
Ins_rakesh, nice work bro, your project can be done without spending a single penny but still a marvelous science device for who cant buy one.

The issue about the power and the LED brightness is a real question.
1. Make sure you is not drawing too much current from the USB port (just measure it).
2. Maybe try another way to dimm the LEDs, but a simple way, not Arduino.

[charles543]

Ohm's law states that the Induced current through a conductor between two points is directly proportional to the Electromotive force across the two points, and is inversely proportional to the Resistance. That's the way George Ohm said it.

[charles543]

The best way to control led brightness is to power it with a current source. led brightness is controlled by the current flowing through it. A current source is not hard. You simply put a resistor in series with the load, and use a voltage regulator to control the voltage across the resistor. I=E/R

[ins_rakesh]

thank you so much sir...your commt wil help me to make this project improve...i'm beginner here nd its my first instructable...

[GordonM19]

Super , im glad I can help.. Whatever you do , dont forget , enjoy it!

Just a an idea for you , an Arduino will do the PWM for you , and then you can also control the focus motor as well , as its a stepper motor i believe.. That would be a good upgrade for you!

[Mr. E]

Nicely done. Can you put up some image or video captures from the Camera?

[ins_rakesh]

find attachment

[JohnC430]

Great idea! Thanks for sharing.

[bcarpenter1]

I caution builders to make sure your old webcam works with your OS first. I have an old webcam (Logitech V-UM14) that won't work beyond Windows 7. I hate to have someone build this only find out there aren't any drivers for it.

Other than that I think your instructable is pretty concise... I built one somewhat like this for a USB Microscope, but I used a wood frame.

[ins_rakesh]

go for driver updates on device manager...hope it wil work

[ins_rakesh]

thank u

[cobourgdave]

Very nice project! As you said, "don't throw any electronic device away." Great ingenuity here and nicely carried out. Good luck in the contest

[ins_rakesh]

pls vote for me

[ins_rakesh]

...thank you

[seamster]

Very interesting project - and a great 'creative misuse' idea. Good luck in the contest! :)

[ins_rakesh]

thank you...pls vote for me

[bionicbenjy]

What If... you had 2 drives... mounted the camera head on the second drive mech, you could have an all singing X Y Z moveable scope, save fiddling with the slide to move another area into view... still a good idea in first place