Lightstand Automation
A wireless pan/tilt fixture for studio lights, built with stepper motors and an ESP-NOW link between ESP32 boards.
Personal project
Adjusting studio lights on tall stands normally means climbing up to each one between shots. This fixture mounts between the stand and the light and lets a photographer re-aim it from a remote instead.
Stepper motors drive the adjustment axes. The remote and the fixture each use an ESP32, communicating over ESP-NOW, which keeps latency low and avoids needing a Wi-Fi network or any pairing process on set. The structure is mostly 3D printed, with the load-bearing parts machined manually.