The Digital Bird DIY 3D printable Mini Jib offers smooth near silent operation combined with range of exciting new camera moves not easily achieved with a slider. The Jib connects wirelessly with all the other parts of the Digital Bird camera motion control system offering you limitless possibilities for finding the perfect shot.
Features:
• Typically up to 550mm of Jib Travel more with lighter payloads.
• Vertical, horizontal & diagonal motion.
• Camera head can be mounted Upright or under slung.
• Digital Bird Pan Head adds second axis for pan control.
• Tested on payloads up to 4.5KG (Camera and pan Tilt head. 2.5kg of Camera)
• Sony NP style batteries with 7.5v external power port
• Full feature interface though Digital Bird compact WIFI remote or PTZ remote
• OLED battery monitor and PTZ slave ID
• Camera shutter control
• Links in wirelessly with all the other Digital Bird devices.
• Ultra quiet operation.
• Silky smooth motion.
Operating modes:
• A-B straight run
• A-B with acceleration controls (ramp/Ease)
• A-B-A Bounce mode
• Time-lapse mode with built in intervalometer and camera shutter control.
• Six key sequencer for more complex moves.
• Stop motion functions for animators.
• PTZplus real-time camera functions.
Note: If you have any trouble seeing or downloading any of the 47 parts loaded here on this crumbling website! All the files are also available here: https://www.printables.com/model/326521-motorized-mini-camera-jib
You can also find more detailed build documentation on the Autodesk Instructables page here: https://www.instructables.com/Motorised-Camera-Mini-Jib/
Links:
Full printable Instructions can be found here: https://www.instructables.com/PTZ-PAN-TILT-HEAD-DB3-DB3-VISCA/
Non Plastics parts kits: https://digital-bird-motion-control.myshopify.com/
Credits: This project makes particular use of two main open source arduino libraries for which I am very grateful
gin66/FastAccelStepper A great resource for controlling multiple stepper motors with acceleration control on all steppers
Seithan/EasyNextion Library An easy to use method of setting up and actioning commands from the Nextion displays.