CHARLOTTE

A 3-in-1 motorized dolly including a cable, wheel and rail dolly that lets you create beautiful time lapses and live action videos.

Mechanical Design by David Koch

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1492262416/charlotte-a-modular-real-time-and-time-lapse-dolly

Getting Started

Download this code and the Arduino IDE

https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software

Software Prerequisities

Charlotte uses the following Arduino libraries:

AccelStepper

http://www.airspayce.com/mikem/arduino/AccelStepper/

Adafruit RGB LCD Shield

https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit-RGB-LCD-Shield-Library

Adafruit MCP23017 I2c Port Expander

https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit-MCP23017-Arduino-Library

Hardware Prerequisities

Charlotte uses the following electronic packages:

Arduino Micro

https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardMicro

Pololu A4988 Stepper Motor Driver Carrier, Black Edition

https://www.pololu.com/product/2128

Adafruit LCD Shield

https://www.adafruit.com/products/772

Schematics Coming Soon

Installing

After downloading the libraries, follow the instructions here to add them to your Arduino IDE:

https://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/Libraries

In the Arduino IDE set the Board to Arduino Micro (or whatever hardware you are using) and try compiling the software. If it doesn't work you may need to go back and see if the libraries were installed properly. If it works then connect your Arduino with a USB cord and upload your code.

Built With

• Arduino IDE
• Sublime Text

Contributing

Please contact me at nate.gallagher@yahoo.com if you are interested in contributing.

Authors

• Nate Gallagher - v2.0 Features - nategallagher
• Pete Weisz - "some tweaks"
• Dounan Hu - Initial Work

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details