Our Mark I laser turret is a stationary tabletop gun turret configuration. It [[tracks|Targeting System]] objects of interest using an optical camera mounted on a pan/tilt frame and engages them using an instantaneous directed-energy solution (the laser).

Components

Our recommended, known-good reference configuration is the following:

• 1× [[Turret Frame|Turret Frames]]: RobotGeek Desktop RoboTurret (MSRP $99)
• 1× [[Main Board|Main Boards]]: Raspberry Pi 3 (MSRP $35)
• 1× [[Camera Module|Camera Modules]]: CMUcam5 Pixy (MSRP $75)
• 1× [[Laser Module|Laser Modules]]: (included in turret frame kit)
• 1× Storage Card: Generic 4GB+ microSDHC or microSDXC card (MSRP $3+)

Note that you can fairly easily substitute [[another control board|Supported Hardware]] than the Raspberry Pi 3. If you choose to do so, adapt the firmware installation instructions that follow accordingly.

Specifications

TODO

Assembly

Expect assembly to take 2-3 hours, longer in case you don't have a suitable magnetized hex key at your disposal as some of the bolts are quite small and nontrivial to place.

• Geekduino Getting Started Guide
• Desktop RoboTurret V3 Getting Started
• Desktop RoboTurret V3 Assembly Guide

Installation

To install Conreality on the turret, follow the Installation Guide, making sure to pay particular attention to any Raspberry Pi-specific instructions.

Configuration

TODO

Discussion

Some relevant discussion threads from our [[mailing list|Mailing List]] archives:

• Laser turret POC
• Gimbal control and POC hardware
• Initial focus of our R&D efforts