Ciclop 3D scanner: components testing and calibration – 4

Now the last part of the tutorial on “How to build a Ciclop 3D scanner”, in the previous articles we have build the components and assembly they, now we start calibration and testing.

Testing the PCB

First we are going to test the PCB created in the previous articles.

Here the new board active and mounted.

You can order the PCB at PCBWay for few dollars here

Testing the board v1.0 v1.2 with a simple sketch

First I test all without camera, and It’s work well.

You can use this sketch to check laser and stepper.

#include "Arduino.h"

#define STEPPER 9
#define STEPPER_STEP 12

#define STEPPER_MICROSENCOND (unsigned long)80000*8

void setup()
{

	Serial.begin(9600);
	pinMode(STEPPER, OUTPUT);
	digitalWrite(STEPPER, LOW);
	Serial.println("LASER 1 ON");
	pinMode(2, OUTPUT);
	digitalWrite(2, HIGH);
	Serial.println("LASER 2 ON");
	pinMode(3, OUTPUT);
	digitalWrite(3, HIGH);

	Serial.println("START STEPPER ON LOOP");

}

void loop()
{
	  digitalWrite(STEPPER_STEP, HIGH);
	  delayMicroseconds(STEPPER_MICROSENCOND);
	  digitalWrite(STEPPER_STEP, LOW);
	  delayMicroseconds(STEPPER_MICROSENCOND);
}

Firmware and Software

You can download the firmware to upload to the Arduino from here

Arduino Horus firmware

As described in the guide the camera is a Logitech C270 HD webcam.

Logitech c270 support and drivers

You can find Horus software here.

Horus download

if you have some trouble to download you can go here.

GitHub Horus release

Check the assembling process

Than I add camera, fix board and add a black paper on the top of platform.

Calibration

There are a lot of video about calibration, this step is very simple, you can only follow the widzard proposed.

I realize this minimal video with my new Ciclop.

First Mandarin Test

Here the complete guide to scanning process.

In this video I only scan the object, but to have a good image you must do some post processing with a software like MeshLab.

There is a post-processing manual

Thanks

Now start scan all.

1. Ciclop 3D scanner: component printing and assembly
2. Ciclop 3D scanner: production and assembly of the control PCB
3. Ciclop 3D scanner: assembling electronic and wiring
4. Ciclop 3D scanner: componens testing and calibration