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  • @Gratitude1305
    @Gratitude1305 8 років тому +149

    I have taken Satellite communication this semester, and I got much clear idea of a couple of topics. I am so glad I watched this video, its inspirational. Your efforts and patience are greatly appreciated. Please make more of such stuff. Thank you.

    • @PracticalEngineeringChannel
      @PracticalEngineeringChannel  8 років тому +32

      +Supriya Gopal Thanks!

    • @nathan484848
      @nathan484848 7 років тому

      Practical Engineering make a kickstarter of this

    • @DJayDiamond
      @DJayDiamond 4 роки тому

      dude what did you major in to learn about sat communications...sounds v cool

    • @xiro6
      @xiro6 4 роки тому

      @@nathan484848 for this,maybe not,anyway you have FPV antena trackers that you can reprogram to do that,but i cant hardly refuse to buy an earth globe with a tiny ISS model on an arm,just like when they simulate the moon rotation,but with an ISS,real time.will be georgeous the 3 items or better,with the Sun.

  • @JamesBalazs
    @JamesBalazs 8 років тому +472

    Now you need to get them to send one up to the ISS that always points back!

    • @jbichl
      @jbichl 8 років тому +11

      the iss doesn't rotate, so a pointer looking at earth would never move.

    • @forgilageord
      @forgilageord 8 років тому +43

      Well it does rotate, at exactly the right speed to be tidally locked. But relative to Earth's surface, no, it doesn't rotate.

    • @jbichl
      @jbichl 8 років тому +2

      +Forgi LaGeord I was talking about earth. if two pointer point to one another, and one is on earth, and the other doesn't move, it doesn't move relative to earth.

    • @redsquirrelftw
      @redsquirrelftw 8 років тому +3

      And hookup a laser and photocell so it can communicate back and forth with freaking laser beams! Hopefully not take out any planes in the process. I imagine you could get away with

    • @npip99
      @npip99 7 років тому +18

      The ISS is pretty close to earth, so I don't think just pointing down would be a good enough approximation as pointing to his actual location.

  • @davidhorizon8401
    @davidhorizon8401 5 років тому +72

    I did not skip ahead, and this is one of the coolest things I have seen. I would pay money for it, but probably not as much as you would need to charge to make a profit. I do go out every few months and watch the ISS go over. Thanks for sharing this.

    • @codacoder
      @codacoder 2 роки тому +2

      How awesome would it be to have a large statue like this in a city!

  • @Tetracarbon
    @Tetracarbon 3 роки тому +3

    I just love the level of detail you used to have in your old videos. I understand why your videos have become so much more polished and appeal to a wider audience, but I love your enthusiasm for the “boring stuff”.
    More deep dives!

  • @rianrushwood1426
    @rianrushwood1426 6 років тому +341

    NORAD has multiple jobs but clearly their most important job is to track Santa Claus

    • @philgiglio9656
      @philgiglio9656 6 років тому +5

      IIRC it started as a joke.

    • @larrydavila8322
      @larrydavila8322 4 роки тому

      mgs peace walker reference? xd

    • @techgamer6875
      @techgamer6875 4 роки тому +2

      You never know if one off his *presents* is a thermonuclear bomb

    • @TheHorseOutside
      @TheHorseOutside 4 роки тому

      @@techgamer6875 Santa Claus as a war criminal is a story I want to write

    • @pfefferle74
      @pfefferle74 4 роки тому

      Always good to know what the Red guy is up to.

  • @UnconventionalMillin
    @UnconventionalMillin 8 років тому +784

    what if you add a laser to the arm and put it in a room with glow in the dark wall paper and trace out the orbit on the walls? or just do a timelaps of it.

    • @SHcinema
      @SHcinema 8 років тому +73

      I was thinking having a high power hand pointer laser added to it when it's outside so you get a beam pointing right at the ISS or whatever your tracking. Sometimes satellites are in shadow and aren't visible until they hit sunlight. Sometimes they are so bright they are hard to look directly at but this is very rare, so having something bright to point at it is pretty cool. Now, the guys in the ISS are probably not going to be bothered by the radian divergence of a hand held laser at that distance so it should be pretty safe optically for them. You might even send them a coded message in light pulses if added on.

    • @JustOneAsbesto
      @JustOneAsbesto 8 років тому +65

      If pointing a laser pointer at an airplane can be dangerous and get you arrested, I'd imagine pointing one at the ISS probably isn't a very good idea either.

    • @jmullentech
      @jmullentech 8 років тому +42

      Altitude... altitude...

    • @tizoro3
      @tizoro3 7 років тому +41

      JustOneAsbesto You clearly don't know how to read.

    • @homeXstone
      @homeXstone 7 років тому +8

      or put it outside and have it confuse the optical systems on the ISS

  • @louisswanepoel1614
    @louisswanepoel1614 7 років тому

    The people who write UA-cam's algorithms to predict what the user wants to watch did a great job. Glad I found this channel.

  • @laserfloyd
    @laserfloyd 8 років тому +387

    Now there's a kickstarter project I'd back.

    • @tizoro3
      @tizoro3 7 років тому +2

      laserfloyd I thought that was mangekyo sharingan

    • @thatchamtmd5033
      @thatchamtmd5033 6 років тому +1

      laserfl

    • @CheekyMonkey1776
      @CheekyMonkey1776 6 років тому +3

      I would buy one.

    • @AvianFlight
      @AvianFlight 6 років тому +4

      definitely do not have tech to build this without pulling my hair out, I would buy one that is adjustable to planetary bodies and other satellites!

    • @davidgladden8016
      @davidgladden8016 6 років тому +2

      Avian Flight maybe a mobile app that connects with Bluetooth. Just tap on an object and the device points at it.

  • @redkb
    @redkb 7 років тому +30

    So awesome! You should do a Kickstarter! I'd back it!

  • @Rhacman
    @Rhacman 9 років тому +74

    "Now for the moment you probably skipped ahead for..."
    Sweet ;)

  • @royvoorberg7165
    @royvoorberg7165 3 роки тому +1

    I will add my two cents worth here after some nearly six years since this was posted on your website Grady. It was fascinating to say the least for an engineering /mechanical guy like me. Keep up the good work Sir.

  • @scottmoore765
    @scottmoore765 6 років тому +1

    That's such a cool project and to see it actually in motion is joyful. Great work. I really hope your skills and aptitude are being utilized and appreciated in your professional career. You deserve it. Take good care.

  • @deyesed
    @deyesed 4 роки тому +4

    This will help me with my five daily prayers facing the ISS.

  • @felixdietzCGN
    @felixdietzCGN 9 років тому +120

    Great idea and great execution! Extra points for the use of Kerbal ;-) Somehow i see a Laserpointer attatched to this, constantly annoying the crew...

    • @pimpshiza
      @pimpshiza 9 років тому +2

      +Felix Dietz I thought that was the Kerbal Space game. LOL it's so hilarious.

    • @ElHyperion
      @ElHyperion 9 років тому +1

      +Felix Dietz Exactly my first thought after watching this- a laser pointer would definitely make it easier to spot the station for everyone around. I would definitely like to see a video of it in action, with the pointer!

    • @JulianDanzerHAL9001
      @JulianDanzerHAL9001 9 років тому +3

      +Felix Dietz Laserpointers are devastating to pilots a few miles away, but when reaching the ISS most laser pointers will have already lost concentration siginifacantly, becoming nothing but a VERY dim light.
      A big hih precision hightech laser would do - but that would be VERY dangerous

    • @kill-nine
      @kill-nine 8 років тому

      +Grady Hillhouse I'm in Austin and have a couple lasers you're welcome to try. One is a 1/2W green and the other a pretty blue-violet. The green can be seen for a couple miles. I'm outside looking up for the ISS almost every time it's visible and would love to see a video with a laser pointing it out.

    • @trini314
      @trini314 6 років тому

      Felix Dietz i

  • @dmy986
    @dmy986 7 років тому

    This may be the coolest device i've seen in a while. Bravo

  • @campbellmorrison8540
    @campbellmorrison8540 4 роки тому

    What a neat idea, just highlighting this amazing human accomplishment is all that is needed, anything else is just icing :)

  • @patrickferrell4131
    @patrickferrell4131 9 років тому

    Outstanding! It inspired me to take on a similar build. A quick visit to a favorite website and now my pocketbook is lighter, but the mailbox will soon be full. Hopefully I'll have something to show for it before too long. Thanks for documenting and sharing your project.

  • @Dagreenberg68
    @Dagreenberg68 4 роки тому

    this channel has always been great. Thank you

  • @3rdeye7thdimension
    @3rdeye7thdimension 7 років тому

    You took the greatest technological advances of mankind to create a metal finger of direction giving.

  • @arborola
    @arborola 9 років тому +7

    Came here from Reddit. I gotta say, it's very very rare that I will watch a UA-cam video all the way through - I found this video very interesting and also very well made. Thanks for sharing! I'll be sure to check out your channel.

  • @AflacMan13
    @AflacMan13 7 років тому +9

    "The world is full of inspiration... if you just know what direction to look." Imma need you to T-Shirt that please.

    • @AflacMan13
      @AflacMan13 7 років тому +1

      Seriously... that right there... was some seriously profound and inspiring words... put it on a t-shirt and I will buy that t-shirt. Sounds like a catch phrase for your channel even. ;-)

  • @Debraj1978
    @Debraj1978 4 роки тому

    This is awesome. Once a while, when I see a bright stop flying like a start, I use my mobile phone to verify, if its the ISS. This creation makes the ISS more lively.

  • @gustavgnoettgen
    @gustavgnoettgen 4 роки тому +4

    Perfect gift for flatearthers.
    Try to find out why always when this points upwards in the evening and in the morning its accompanied by a shining dot in the sky!

    • @ilovefunnyamv2nd
      @ilovefunnyamv2nd 4 роки тому +1

      Witchcraft, BURN IT! *cough cough* I mean Science, BURN IT!
      Boiling water at room temperature? BURN IT!

  • @DrRChandra
    @DrRChandra 7 років тому

    Heck, even one of the most sophisticated position tracking systems we have today, the GPS, has to have the space vehicles constantly monitored for precise location because of all the orbital perturbations, and an almanac of all the precise positions periodically uploaded to them for dissemination through their broadcasts. I knew this was the case, but not why or what it was called, but now I do thanks to this video! Thanks.
    The ISS does not currently have tourists, but had tourists, such as Mark Shuttleworth (the Canonical/Ubuntu guy) in 2002. It cost him about 20 million dollars and required him to train for about a year, so that's some of the reasons not a whole lot of people have done that.

  • @aamirpalnak6983
    @aamirpalnak6983 9 років тому +12

    He is very under rated

  • @pimcramer2569
    @pimcramer2569 4 роки тому +2

    You blew my mind telling orbits aren't round. My schoolbook lied to me!

  • @liamtobey2936
    @liamtobey2936 8 років тому

    I need one. Like now. Keep up the fantastic content, Grady! As I am soon to be attendi g college to become a mechanical engineer, I LOVE all the math and physics content you've been putting into your videos lately!

  • @alexandreconlon8990
    @alexandreconlon8990 8 років тому

    This was super cool! Great project and nicely done. Must have been quite exciting to see it track the ISS as it passed above. It even got me stoked sitting here at my laptop.

  • @michaelrundle5279
    @michaelrundle5279 Рік тому

    Very cool Grady. I am a ham radio operator and I have several software programs that track amateur radio satellites. I have made many contacts via these satellites, using my VHF/UHF handheld radio at about 5 watts of power, and a homebuilt, handheld antenna to point at the satellite during its pass. This is great fun and always amazes me. Back when the Soviet MIR space station was in orbit, I actually made a contact with it, and that remains the highlight of my ham radio satellite operating. I suspect your apparatus in this video could be fairly easily be adapted to control the azimuth and elevation of my handheld satellite antenna, given a suitable mounting system. That would be an interesting project.

  • @dustoin1386
    @dustoin1386 5 років тому

    Who thumbs down a video that's just compressing information for you.

    • @op-pv2nn
      @op-pv2nn 5 років тому

      dus toin People who know the earth is flat and still with a dome.

  • @-.._.-_...-_.._-..__..._.-.-.-
    @-.._.-_...-_.._-..__..._.-.-.- 8 років тому +28

    You're a soldering pro!

  • @haleighmalloy7705
    @haleighmalloy7705 4 роки тому

    i'm so proud of him; just a funky little dude tracking ISS.

  • @robbiedw1495
    @robbiedw1495 8 років тому

    So glad I found your channel. Cheers from SW Houston!!

  • @HeliFreak18
    @HeliFreak18 9 років тому

    Amazing. Thank you. This video deserves many more views.

  • @kirkhamandy
    @kirkhamandy 8 років тому +37

    At 5:59 what's the aluminum kit called? I've re-listened over and over and just can't make out the name

  • @gregknipe8772
    @gregknipe8772 3 роки тому

    I like to visit your shows. thank you. by the way, some of us visit low earth orbit every time we step outdoors, and explore this world you try to explain, one bit at a time. again, thank you.

    • @gregknipe8772
      @gregknipe8772 3 роки тому

      I am now looking back several years for your work. what a great legacy sir.

  • @Cactusworkshopchannel
    @Cactusworkshopchannel 9 років тому

    Very enlightening! Nice explanation and nice results! Thanks for sharing!

  • @brandona1370
    @brandona1370 5 років тому

    What a fantastic little project!!

  • @Re_Kitty
    @Re_Kitty 8 років тому +9

    Attatch a directional Yagi-Uda antenna to it and you'll be able to hear their communications on ham-radio field days :)

  • @matchem9178
    @matchem9178 4 роки тому

    Love it, and the design is so cute!!

  • @rpyrat
    @rpyrat 7 років тому

    That is AWESOME. Well done to you!

  • @samram2950
    @samram2950 6 років тому +2

    Man Every time i see one of your video, i feel like "Thank god i subbed to your channel".

  • @PhotoshopTutor101
    @PhotoshopTutor101 3 роки тому

    I’d love one of these such a cool thing to build. Well done.

  • @coltrinculo703
    @coltrinculo703 3 роки тому

    “A little bit further from the specs of the Apollo guidance computer” it the best way to say “more powerful” I have ever encountered

  • @GlennHamblin
    @GlennHamblin 6 років тому

    Dude! That is awesome! I wish I had the time to make one for myself. What a great desk toy. Many Thanks.

  • @shahidhassim5477
    @shahidhassim5477 9 років тому

    Great video.
    I built a prototype solar tracker using the arduino platform 6 months ago ,
    so this brings back memories.
    I'll probably try using the nucleo platform and actobotics next time around.
    Thanks.

  • @bradarmstrong3952
    @bradarmstrong3952 3 роки тому

    Brilliant! Fun and interesting. Now I want one!

  • @shoofle
    @shoofle 7 років тому

    Definitely putting this on my list of projects to make!

  • @TroyWuelfing
    @TroyWuelfing 8 років тому +1

    This project is great.
    In the coming months I had planned on making an arduino based version of something similar to this.
    I understand the alternate choice of microcontroller, but the vast support for the arduino will be a huge help for me. Likely an arduino mega will be used.
    here are the ideas I hope to incorporate into a version of this concept
    1. adding a very bright laser pointer to the arm and turning it on during visible transits
    2. possible gps with magnetic compass to allow it to calibrate itself.
    3. star wars bb8 inspired magnetic coupling to allow the addition of a spinning globe with the space station magnetically coupled, perhaps an LED shining on the inside of the globe to indicate the area where the transit is visible.
    4. fixed position LEDs to indicate launch sites that change color as launch events approach.
    5. small display - probably raspberry pi powered to provide info about the various space events that are occuring, hopefully pulled off an RSS feed.
    6. LEDs inside the globe to indicate light and dark with a good representation of the terminus of the sun revolving around the earth.
    its quite ambitious and it likely will take me a very long time to create it all, perhaps a kickstarter to make a simplified version, and a big version to donate to museums?
    great work, I love it, and keep it up.

  • @v8tony
    @v8tony 3 роки тому

    That is awesome!! how have I not seen this before...

  • @krawithan
    @krawithan 4 роки тому

    love it. watching the ISS pass over is as cool as this project

  • @manuelsanabria8060
    @manuelsanabria8060 7 років тому

    wow great job!! This could be really helpful for ham radio operators to point their antennas to any satellite during a pass!

  • @ErikPelyukhno
    @ErikPelyukhno 7 років тому

    The first idea that came to my head for practical uses of this is you could mount a camera on a system built to handle the weight, have it zoomed in and always pointing at the ISS so it’ll take long-exposure time lapses while keeping the ISS centered in the frame!

  • @mikegrown9691
    @mikegrown9691 8 років тому +164

    13 'flat earthers' disliked this.

    • @higgans
      @higgans 7 років тому +7

      22 now..

    • @Pac0Master
      @Pac0Master 7 років тому +5

      So "never" I guess

    • @infinite3365
      @infinite3365 7 років тому +6

      Katone Vi shhh,you’re wrong,the earth is a geosphere(in other words,a not so perfect sphere). Second of all if the earth is flat,then what is stopping people from digging straight through the earth?

    • @my3dviews
      @my3dviews 6 років тому +7

      Katone Vi Are you serious? All you need to do is go to the southern hemisphere and you see that the stars rotate around the south celestial pole, which proves we are on a rotating sphere with two celestial poles. Not to mention that geostationary satellites orbit above the equator for things like satellite TV.

    • @EpicSqu1rrel
      @EpicSqu1rrel 6 років тому +7

      Katone Vi researched it, found flat earth to be fake

  • @TheEngineeringToolboxChannel
    @TheEngineeringToolboxChannel 6 років тому

    This is insaneeeeely cool!

  • @mhartmann1987
    @mhartmann1987 8 років тому

    What I thought was cool was that when I was in the service I was a 13R Firefinder Radar Operator and your machine has a lot of mirrors in our radar set (AN-TPQ 53). One of our first steps (since it was a mobile radar set) was to drop it within 6 inches of a known point and point the radar true north. We even a similar setup in terms of having a slip ring, azimuth and elevation drives, except ours cost about $70,000 each and weighed about 70lbs.

  • @SwithinFeely
    @SwithinFeely 7 років тому +1

    Thank you for making this video

  • @macacoman
    @macacoman 7 років тому

    Man this video made me feel so inspired

  • @k3wfnUTUBE
    @k3wfnUTUBE 7 років тому

    That is a really cool project! Congratulations on a job well done.

  • @waltherbert
    @waltherbert 9 років тому

    Wow. Great video. I'm going to have to watch this again.

  • @bruno_sjc_
    @bruno_sjc_ 7 років тому

    That was cool!
    I like when art mixes itself with engineering.

  • @azyfloof
    @azyfloof 8 років тому +1

    Incredible! Added this to favourites in the hopes of being able to build it one day :D
    It'd make a really interesting kinetic sculpture to just have in the lounge as a centerpiece. You could even have a figurine with one outstretched arm, forever pointing at the ISS.

  • @lgrizzly
    @lgrizzly 9 років тому

    Great stuff. Very clean! I guess I have yet ANOTHER project to put on my to do list. My suggestion. ..add a "next visible pass in xx:xx:xx" clock and you've got yourself a marketable product.

  • @gking08
    @gking08 6 років тому

    Very well done. Great idea.

  • @munirone
    @munirone 5 років тому

    Awesome work dude!! 🙌

  • @lucanissoli9901
    @lucanissoli9901 4 роки тому

    Nice and clear. Bravo!!!

  • @WillSR967
    @WillSR967 6 років тому

    This is sick man its so cool i can't believe it

  • @TrentTaylor
    @TrentTaylor 9 років тому

    This is such a cool idea. Thanks for sharing. I want to build one now.

  • @Yougimpytube
    @Yougimpytube 9 років тому +1

    This is great! I often open an app on my phone or check the live video stream from the ISS just to see where it is over the Earth, but a gizmo like this would be much more tangible reminder that the ISS (and its occupants) are constantly free-falling around us.
    I hope something like it can be available for purchase someday, as I lack the necessary skills to build one myself.

    • @rogerwilson6525
      @rogerwilson6525 6 років тому

      And we are constantly freefalling around the sun so how about a tangible reminder for that?

  • @thebzz2299
    @thebzz2299 5 років тому

    Absolutely wonderful.

  • @brainfornothing
    @brainfornothing 5 років тому

    This is great ! Thanks for sharing !

  • @lefty1960a
    @lefty1960a 9 років тому

    So cool. I love to see the build plans, I'd be building one for sure.

  • @North49Radio
    @North49Radio 2 роки тому

    That is really something. I am an amateur radio operator and the ISS now has a FM repeater on board. Well they have for a while but I just became aware of this. Anyways great job and you may have inspired me to try to make one of these on a slightly larger scale that you can attach a yagi onto that would track and point at the ISS for use on the repeater. Now I just need to get smarter...more smarter??? See what I mean. Again great job.

  • @joserauloromi3538
    @joserauloromi3538 4 роки тому

    That would be awesome to mount a 2m antenna with a Baofeng inexpensive radio to listen or even communicate with the ISS. Beautiful project!

  • @fahadmirza8
    @fahadmirza8 8 років тому +5

    A well made vdo with a great project!!

  • @PaulChabot
    @PaulChabot 4 роки тому

    This is a great idea... I see this on the inside of a globe...a light at the end... the globe semi-transparent... so the globe spins on its axis... and the light probe aligns with the globe so show where it is over earth :D

  • @ClearNinjaFox
    @ClearNinjaFox 9 років тому +5

    DAM your the man, im gonna have to put this on my things to do one day! this video reminded me of Smarter Everyday videos but the MCU version of it, thanks for all the work and research and provided links!
    gotta say im a Arduino guy all the way and thats after giving up on Parallax MCU but dam it would have been nice to post the link of that mcu you used i was sorta impress by the specs

  • @roguetrooper70
    @roguetrooper70 7 років тому

    I found your channel by accident and just finished watching your video on your ISS tracker and the first thought that came to my mind was" Frickin super cool and where can I get the coding" so I have yet to look at your links and went right to posting a comment. I tinker around with alot of electronics, prototyping and computers and just started with the Arduino...which I just started to learn using.... right from the very first code writing...the blinking LED light....So I don't think I'm at level of writing code that you're at. So I will use the links that you posted and go from there and try to make my very own tracker. Love the tracker and thank you for another project to put on my list of projects that I have on the go, which will make me hurry up and finish up on my projects because the tracker will be a awesome challenge. 👍👍👍

  • @ljppp7
    @ljppp7 8 років тому

    Terrific! Thank you for sharing!

  • @Murmundone
    @Murmundone 8 років тому

    You are amazing, man. Keep it up!

  • @ScienceGuides
    @ScienceGuides 8 років тому

    Beautiful piece of electronics! You should put a starpointer (laser to point at the stars at night - sorta given by the name - but you never know) on the tip, only turning on, while the ISS is near. Would look AWESOME!

    • @ScienceGuides
      @ScienceGuides 8 років тому

      Yeah - and maybe tracking other celestial objects as well. Can see from the other comments, that I´m simply not that original. :-D Thanks for great videos. Also enjoyed your gardening video, and many more.

  • @Ahzealion
    @Ahzealion 4 роки тому

    I know this was made in 2015, but now you can get a pretty convincing tour in vr! Its pretty fun to be weightless in vr, even if you don't feel like it in real life

  • @IstasPumaNevada
    @IstasPumaNevada 8 років тому

    Very cool project. Also, hooray KSP!

  • @laureven
    @laureven 7 років тому

    for me the videos where You building something are most interesting :) ..Awesome . Regards

  • @magiceye3
    @magiceye3 8 років тому +1

    This is excellent video you explanation is just what I have been looking for,I wish I could build this model.
    But I lack the confidence in micro/pc part, you have a great talent hopefully you have more projects in mind
    Thank you .

  • @Berlintheking
    @Berlintheking 6 років тому

    Wow Great job brother
    You are an inspiration to many keep it up :)

  • @queenidog1
    @queenidog1 8 років тому

    Great video! Very informative. Thanks for doing this.

  • @davidtaylor6124
    @davidtaylor6124 3 роки тому

    You really crammed the jokes into this one :) Great video. I'm burning through your channel now I've found it! Buy yourself a small metal lathe and milling machine, you deserve it.

  • @poyraztahan
    @poyraztahan 7 років тому

    You said let me know what you are thinking? Here is what I am thinking: I fucking loved it

  • @BuckeyeStormsProductions
    @BuckeyeStormsProductions 7 років тому

    Thanksgiving last year, when my family was all gathered together, my brother was using a 2m amateur radio handheld with a cheap yagi antenna he built out of hardware supplies to listen to signals bouncing off one of the hamsats. He used an app on his phone, which he could use to aim it. I bet he could use something like this for the same purpose. He has talked about actually trying to ping it, but said he either needed more power than a handheld provides, or better aim then manually pointing can provide. This would certainly provide the better aim.

  • @rguptaca
    @rguptaca 8 років тому

    How is this not a thing😍

  • @thesevenrider
    @thesevenrider 9 років тому

    This is a nice build. I hadn't seen the actobotic mechanical pieces before - they give it a good look. I want one, spec'ing out the parts now :)

  • @911aDay
    @911aDay 5 років тому

    Quick tip stick a red or green laser pointer on it , we went to a planatarium recently and that is what the presenter used to show it to us after the show (:

  • @travisgray6555
    @travisgray6555 9 років тому

    Great content and quality as always!

  • @DerinTheErkan
    @DerinTheErkan 4 роки тому

    I was looking into ways to point an antenna at the ISS for amateur radio - scaling this up should work pretty well, thanks!

  • @fenderrexfender
    @fenderrexfender 4 роки тому

    the Nucleo has made a name for its self

  • @JAxford
    @JAxford 7 років тому

    this is awesome.. this just became my next project

  • @ScienceChap
    @ScienceChap 5 років тому

    Brilliant. I love this.

  • @ahaveland
    @ahaveland 6 років тому

    I just made a solar tracker using an arduino, two servos, gps module and a 16x2 display - the gps module solves having to enter the time and location details in the code, and it'll allow the unit to work anywhere in the world on power up and acquisition.
    My azimuth servo struggled with the mass of a 20W solar panel, so am going to use stepper motors and 3D printed worm drives which can hold position without power until updated - these should be able to handle the mass of a few hundred watts of panels or more depending on worm drive construction and stepper motor power.
    Would be nice to modify to add an antenna/telescope/camera to track satellites, planets etc to have a second life at night!

  • @INeedMySpaceTech
    @INeedMySpaceTech 8 років тому

    awesome project! Good job!