Tau Labs Sparky Brushless Gimbal Controller v2

I thought you guys here might find this interesting:
http://buildandcrash.blogspot.com/2014/08/sparky-brushless-gimbal-controller.html

It's an update on my brushless gimbal controller using a more tradition design (satellite for sensing attitude).

attachment.php


and works pretty well:

The CAN communications to the flight controller (in this case Sparky2) lets the gimbal know both its attitude and the angle of the frame. This is useful for doing things like locking the gimbal during flips

http://instagram.com/p/s6EJKElqlO/

or set the angle from the flight controller for things like passing the angle from the transmitter
http://instagram.com/p/s5YnOflqi9

or point of interest tracking
https://vimeo.com/91046135

----

I thought you guys might find this interesting. Also since I know there are a lot of AP / video people here I'd be pretty interested to hear if there are any things I should be trying to implement that would be particularly useful. Translating our flight controller autotuning to the gimbal is high on my list:
 

Attachments

  • Screen Shot 2014-09-13 at 8.55.37 PM.jpg
    Screen Shot 2014-09-13 at 8.55.37 PM.jpg
    8.5 KB · Views: 244
Last edited by a moderator:



Top