Show HN: 3dasd – open-source DIY room-scale 3D scanner
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#2Taking a break from my software developer job, I've started to work on my first ever hardware project and with too much free time on my hands it quickly turned into something bigger than I've anticipated.
Working with a friend, we wanted to explore the use of 3D scanners on construction sites but quickly got stuck as no cheap hardware was available to fool around with. How hard can it be to build one I thought? I've already programmed Arduinos to blink LEDs before, this isn't that different... Then a few months into the project I've realized that I've spent way too much time on this to let it go to waste and started turning this into a community project.
At this point I've reached the first milestone of having a working 3D scanner with (hopefully) enough documentation to help others get started with building their own. I'm sharing this with you now to spread the word, get feedback and to invite you to contribute if you feel like it! (:
Kind Regards, Daniel
Re: Show HN: 3dasd – open-source DIY room-scale 3D scanner
#3Taking a break from my software developer job, I've started to work on my first ever hardware project and with too much free time on my hands it quickly turned into something bigger than I've anticipated. Working with a friend, we wanted to explore the use of 3D scanners on construction sites but quickly got stuck as no cheap hardware was available to fool around with. How hard can it be to build one I thought? I've…
Thank you for sharing and making in open. Awesome work.
Re: Show HN: 3dasd – open-source DIY room-scale 3D scanner
#4Taking a break from my software developer job, I've started to work on my first ever hardware project and with too much free time on my hands it quickly turned into something bigger than I've anticipated. Working with a friend, we wanted to explore the use of 3D scanners on construction sites but quickly got stuck as no cheap hardware was available to fool around with. How hard can it be to build one I thought? I've…
A great idea :)
I see that you've been using EasyEda. I myself are also doing a hardware project to get some more variation than the daily software grind. After trying out Altium and then being shocked by their recent price increase, I'm now using KiCAD.
But KiCAD doesn't have any autorouter. And the one in Altium failed for my FPGA board. I also tried ELECTRA and it failed, too.
Did you route things by hand? If not, what tool did you use? How did that work for you?
Re: Show HN: 3dasd – open-source DIY room-scale 3D scanner
#5Taking a break from my software developer job, I've started to work on my first ever hardware project and with too much free time on my hands it quickly turned into something bigger than I've anticipated. Working with a friend, we wanted to explore the use of 3D scanners on construction sites but quickly got stuck as no cheap hardware was available to fool around with. How hard can it be to build one I thought? I've…
A great idea :) I see that you've been using EasyEda. I myself are also doing a hardware project to get some more variation than the daily software grind. After trying out Altium and then being shocked by their recent price increase, I'm now using KiCAD. But KiCAD doesn't have any autorouter. And the one in Altium failed for my FPGA board. I also tried ELECTRA and it failed, too. Did you route things by hand? If not,…
Thanks for the kind words!
I've started with EasyEDA and stuck with it as it worked okay so unfortunately I can't help with a comparison. I've tried the autorouter and it worked (=didn't fail) for earlier prototypes when the board wasn't so packed, but it couldn't do it (was hanging indefinitely) for the current layout so I did it manually. It wasn't that painful... (:
Good luck with your project! (;
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#6Cool project, and as an amateur tinkerer, I love to see these things open sourced and documented as there is so much to learn.
I'm a little surprised by the nema motors, as they look overdimensioned for the task. Is there a good reason? Stability/precision?
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#7Taking a break from my software developer job, I've started to work on my first ever hardware project and with too much free time on my hands it quickly turned into something bigger than I've anticipated. Working with a friend, we wanted to explore the use of 3D scanners on construction sites but quickly got stuck as no cheap hardware was available to fool around with. How hard can it be to build one I thought? I've…
Great project Daniel! Really cool that you're venturing out of software land. Looks like you would have learned a lot about Arduino from this!
I've recently been playing around with 3D scanning, but using photogrammetry. You could record high res video or take high res photographs of a scene, and then use the program Meshroom or colmap to convert those photos (cut video in to 1fps stills) in to a 3D model. If you want to play around with dense scans that may be worth a try.
Doing it with a LIDAR is nice though because it is the correct scale, something photogrammetry inherently fails at without additional sensors.
I'm a very project oriented learner, and I'm always making things and learning stuff and then pivoting with my projects. I've been doing that for 20 years and it's great because I learn whatever the hell I want and after I get good at it I can get a job in that area. So keep up the hardware projects! This one looks great.
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#8I'm not familiar with the 3d scanning tech, but my first thought when looking at the examples is that they do not look really detailed. What is the max "resolution" of the machine? Can it scan objects with a higher number of particles?
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#9Taking a break from my software developer job, I've started to work on my first ever hardware project and with too much free time on my hands it quickly turned into something bigger than I've anticipated. Working with a friend, we wanted to explore the use of 3D scanners on construction sites but quickly got stuck as no cheap hardware was available to fool around with. How hard can it be to build one I thought? I've…
Cool project! You could also have used a 2 Axis Brushless Gimbal Stabilizer for most of the mechanics stuff, coupled with either your Garmin Lidar Lite module, or a 360 degrees Lidar module.
Re: Show HN: 3dasd – open-source DIY room-scale 3D scanner
#10Taking a break from my software developer job, I've started to work on my first ever hardware project and with too much free time on my hands it quickly turned into something bigger than I've anticipated. Working with a friend, we wanted to explore the use of 3D scanners on construction sites but quickly got stuck as no cheap hardware was available to fool around with. How hard can it be to build one I thought? I've…
Great project Daniel! Really cool that you're venturing out of software land. Looks like you would have learned a lot about Arduino from this! I've recently been playing around with 3D scanning, but using photogrammetry. You could record high res video or take high res photographs of a scene, and then use the program Meshroom or colmap to convert those photos (cut video in to 1fps stills) in to a 3D model. If you wan…
We've been working on using the new iOS devices and integrating their LiDAR data into our photogrammetry pipeline.
We've also developed an app that gets good scale using only photogrammetry and AR functionality