Build your own Robotic WebCam

Obtain a cable adapter that allows you to get easy access to the 9 individual pins of your serial port, like the one on the left. I could only find one for 25-pin ports, so I needed the 25-to-9 pin adapter on the right.

Futaba S-148 Servo. Your webcam will be mounted on top of the servo.

To stream live video directly from your computer, download the WebCam32 software. It allows you to show streaming video from a webpage by pointing the source URL directly at your own PC. You may have to open up the appropriate ports on your firewall. WebCam32 contains a Java applet which is automatically launched on the viewer’s browser. I recommend a Logitech WebCam. They’re around $100 or less.

Hardware Setup

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Connect the serial port’s pin 2 (Received Data) to the Basic Stamp’s pin 10. The Parallax Basic program will be waiting on pin 10 for one of three signals: L (left), C (center), R (right). Connect serial pin 5 (Ground) to the Basic Stamp’s Vss (Ground).

The servo motor has three cables: Ground (black), Positive 5 Volts (red), Signal (white). Its signal line should be connected to the Basic Stamp’s pin 4. The Parallax Basic program will be sending signals to the servo on this pin. The servo motor’s Ground cable should be connected to the Basic Stamp’s Vss (Ground). Its Positive 5 Volts line should be connected to the Basic Stamp’s Vdd (Positive 5 Volts). The Basic Stamps provides enough juice to power the servo by itself. (Click for larger picture)

5 Responses to “Build your own Robotic WebCam”

1. moath Says:
   April 26th, 2007 at 9:58

   hi,
   i want to know how i can make the c++ program and the vb program executable

2. zaid Says:
   April 15th, 2008 at 13:47

   hi all , plz i want the c++ code for the webcam becouse i want to use it in a robotic project , so if you can help me with this , plz send the code to my E-mail: ( the_bad_killer@hotmail.com )

   hope to c your rely

   thx

   zaid ghanem

3. beasley Says:
   September 15th, 2008 at 12:26

   have you got any ideas in how to put a camera in laptop so its built in, if so where do you get the camera form. i want my laptop to have builtmin camera and i want to build it in myself. i wnat it to be built in like appple mac/laptop camera

4. beasley Says:
   September 15th, 2008 at 12:26

   have you got any ideas in how to put a camera in laptop so its built in, if so where do you get the camera form. i want my laptop to have builtmin camera and i want to build it in myself. i wnat it to be built in like appple mac/laptop camera

5. beasley Says:
   September 15th, 2008 at 12:26

   have you got any ideas in how to put a camera in laptop so its built in, if so where do you get the camera form. i want my laptop to have builtmin camera and i want to build it in myself. i wnat it to be built in like appple mac/laptop camera

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