Automated Arduino Controlled Smartphone 360° Photography Turntable

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A custom enclosure for a 360°, fully automated smartphone photography turntable. It uses an Arduino based controller to automate the rotation of a stepper motor driven turntable and an integrated Bluetooth camera shutter remote. I designed this turntable to help create interesting product photos and videos for the quirky / upcycled jewellery we sell in our [Etsy shop](https://fabsheddesigns.etsy.com/). The turntable supports two modes, video and photo. In photo mode the turntable will rotate a chosen angle divided into a predefined number of steps. After each rotation step the turntable will pause and the smartphone camera will be triggered by an integrated Bluetooth remote. In video mode the turntable will smoothly rotate a chosen angle and the smartphone video function will be started and stopped by the Bluetooth remote. Direction and rotation speed can also be changed using the menu system. The arduino software can be downloaded from: https://github.com/Fabshed/FS_photography_turntable Full instructions for this project and videos of it in action can be found on instructables.com: https://www.instructables.com/member/Fabshed/instructables/