At this point enough people probably know how much I love my “retro” game console, the Dreamcast. (It still hurts me to call it that). So, why not scan the controller?
Automatic Turntable
Feature Tracking
All automatic tools
I. LOVE. Auto Turntable.
Lasers are cool, but do you like automation?
I just put the controller on the turntable, click “start”, and that’s it.
For those that don’t know, it’s basically like an automatic Single Frame Capture.
Scanner takes shots. Turntable rotates a little bit. Scanner takes shots. Repeat.
This is easily one of the cleanest scans I’ve ever gotten, and the effort it took was laughably small. This may very well be my go-to method in the future.
I need to modify the enclosure that a large DC motor and step-down gears go into for a robotics project. (scavenged from a poor robot vaccuum that bit the dust)
This thing is made from glossy black ABS plastic. Also known as a scanner’s worst enemy.
Threw some lasers at it though and I’m extremely happy.
Dimensions on this thing are 110mm (gear enclosure) x 75mm (DC motor side).
Not a lot to say here, I’m just really really happy with the results.
This isn’t a tabletop mini, this is a 27.5mm tall itty bitty pilot that comes with a Gundam model kit. (PG Unicorn, if you’re curious)
Like your Pi a little bigger? Here’s the grandaddy, OG Pi, just for fun.
I’d say I brushed the dust off of it, but as you can see by the camera ribbon header I clearly didn’t remove any dust.
Do you think you thing the laser mode could achieve good detail on small parts like this? I was under the impression a laser could good for scanning gundam parts but after seeing so much auto turn-table action I’m wondering why the mini couldn’t have that feature implemented at some point?
Because MetroX uses completely different projector mode type in Auto mode for that than MINI and you can compare it more with Artec Micro2 than MINI .
Just because there is a blue light don’t means they have anything to do with each other , completely different stuff and should be not compared .
I’ll bet the Mini 2 will get auto turntable in the future. There is nothing technologically stopping it. It’s basically just single shot mode paired with pausing the turntable between shots. You could probably get the same quality results as if the Mini 2 did have auto turntable by just putting the Mini 2 on a tripod, so that it was held very still during capture, and scanning in single shot mode with the item being scanned also at a standstill for every capture.
Fully agree. I can mimic 100% the auto turntable mode with my Raspi Zero, and the MetroX examples seen so far seem to be on a different league. Perhaps I might do a comparison with my Mini when I get mine
Yeah, I’m not saying the Mini 2 will get MetroX-like results. I’m saying you can get the same results by DIY’ing the auto turntable mode with the Mini 2 as you would if the Mini 2 had a legit auto turntable mode.
MetroX have 3 different pattern and shifting in a single shot , Mini have just one that shifting and on very low light level . Little different scanning routine .
But @misterpepper you can make Mini having auto turntable with a single mode , however that is not a comparison as the results will be 90% less than MetroX.