"I manage to get it working. Just follow the LED connection section and then use the same electronic chip as recommended for the apm1. Instead of 12V I use the 5V from the APM2.5 as power source and it works fine."
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Camera Relay Shutter trigger
Started this discussion. Last reply by Hein Apr 12. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Please help.I have setup my camera trigger according to Arducopter wiki pages. I am using pin AN9 and also use ch7 (trigger camera). Good news is if I measure the signal pin of AN9 I can see it…Continue
CineStar 2 Axis Gimbal
Started this discussion. Last reply by Bill Bonney Apr 2. 29 Replies 0 Likes
I am interested in buying and Cinestar 2 Axis Gimbal.Does anybody have experience in using this gimbal with APM2 or APM2.5? Without using the Radian Stabilization modules? Greetings,HeinContinue
PID Tuning on your ArduCopter
Started this discussion. Last reply by John C. Dec 17, 2010. 34 Replies 0 Likes
I have just finish building my Quad. There are lots of information on setting up the quad and configuring it with Configurator. Thank you for all these details. My quad is working, (haven't tested…Continue
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Bill Bonney replied to Hein's discussion CineStar 2 Axis Gimbal"If you have spare outputs on CH7 and CH8 use them as they are at 490Hz. CH10 & CH11 are at 50Hz. It maybe configurable in code but I haven't looked."
Peter replied to Hein's discussion CineStar 2 Axis Gimbal"Can the APM2x gimbal ports (9 or 10) efficiently drive a 400hz class digital server as I have my doubts. When I tried APM2.5 (v2.9.1) the servo response was very slow, always trying to catchup, even after changing the gimbal gain…"
Hein posted a discussionCamera Relay Shutter trigger
Please help.I have setup my camera trigger according to Arducopter wiki pages. I am using pin AN9 and also use ch7 (trigger camera). Good news is if I measure the signal pin of AN9 I can see it goes high (4.65V) when I trigger ch7. Bad news if I connect my relay (HFD23) to ground and signal pin it will not switch relay? The voltage drop falls to about 0.325V with no switching. I only need about 35mA to switch the relay. I tested the relay by just connecting it to 5V and ground on AN9 and…See More
Hein commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Fantastic Maxbotics tutorial on using sonor sensors with multicopters"Chris, This could be very useful info under the Arducopter wiki pages. "additional sonar info" under the sonar page. Or just add a link."
Don Fiedler replied to Hein's discussion CineStar 2 Axis Gimbal"I'm actually using my own, it's identical to the Cinestar 2 axis, functioality should be the same...........Don"
cirilo replied to Hein's discussion CineStar 2 Axis Gimbal"Thanks Don.I will try to reverse the tilt and see what happens. I think I already tried without any luck.
The roll is not using any pot yet, that's why I ordered the 5.5k resistor and that explains the continuous rotation I'm experiencing.…"
Don Fiedler replied to Hein's discussion CineStar 2 Axis Gimbal"cirilo,
Another question, are you using the pots for the roll and pitch, with those servos, you need both pots as there are no pots in those servos. You don't need their pots, but for the pitch it is good as you have many more options with the…"
Don Fiedler replied to Hein's discussion CineStar 2 Axis Gimbal"It sounds like your tilt is reversed, go into MP and change the reverse box, check or uncheck, see what that does.
Roll, is the servo using the internal pot, or do you have an external pot........
I assume you are using the APM 2 or 2.5,…"
cirilo replied to Hein's discussion CineStar 2 Axis Gimbal"Thanks Don for your quick answer and I really need your help on this one ! I've spent the last 3 days trying to make it work with no result and it's starting to make me crazy !
1- For the tilt : I connected the freefly servo to the APM…"
Don Fiedler replied to Hein's discussion CineStar 2 Axis Gimbal"I have that same setup, it will work, I am using it with the APM 2.0 and 2.5. I had a problem with my roll oscillating, the pot I got from Quadrocopter was bad, I replaced with just a Radio Shack 5K pot, you do not need a 360 pot in the roll…"
cirilo replied to Hein's discussion CineStar 2 Axis Gimbal"Luke,
After reading your post, I went and bought the Freefly 360 servos to put on my new Rusty's gimbal for both tilt and roll. I just cannot make them work. APM does not support infinite servos. Even when I connect the tilt pot to the servo,…"
Don Fiedler replied to Hein's discussion CineStar 2 Axis Gimbal"I am using the Cinestar with the APM 2.0 and have tried the 2.5 as well, connecting the servos to 10 & 11 on the APM. The pitch works wonderful, however the roll just wants to oscillate, bad enough that I cannot fly with it. It oscillates about…"
Don Fiedler replied to Hein's discussion CineStar 2 Axis Gimbal"I am using the APM 2.0 and Cinestar servo, and roll pot and cannot get the toll to stop oscillating with the Mission Planner configurations, any ideas......Don"
Hein replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter 2.9 released"I just finished building a Octa and are Happy with 2.9 release. It looks great in Barometric Altitude Hold, Loiter and stabilize. All default settings except for lowering p-stabilize (roll and pitch) to 3.7
The only thing I don't…"
steve F11music.com replied to Hein's discussion CineStar 2 Axis Gimbal"I'm also building the rusty seismic gimbal using 7940TH and 7955TH. I will use it with APM2.5."
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New Distributor in South African Market - Gauteng area
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 10:30pm 23 Comments 0 Likes
As a member of Arducopter (maybe not so active anymore) I have started my own business on the side line. Its call Vertical Limits Aerial Photography. Recently I have just put up my website and then also decided to market some DIYDrones products…
Continue Bixler with ArduPilot flying Waypoints
Posted on December 2, 2011 at 11:46am 4 Comments 2 Likes
Just an update on my previous Blog Post. I have tested Loiter, RTL and Waypoint navigation on my Bixler Plane.
So far I am happy with the results. There was a bit of wind on this specific day. I also tested waypoints at 100m Altitude which I was looking forward to seeing the end result myself.........but my camera battery went flat..........
Chris you are welcome to link some of these videos to the Arduplane site.....
Pictures of my plane with…
Continue Bixler Plane setup with ArduPilot
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 12:46pm 11 Comments 5 Likes
I finished building my Bixler plane and did some test flights. I was just flying in an anticlockwise circle with these tests (I have not been flying a plane for almost over a year and my last flight ended in a crash). Yet with the ArduPilot flying is very much more easy..... Landing is a breeze....
I am more familier with the heli's (multirotors, Quad, Hexa and Octa) but believe this plane could also be helpful to me in FPV flying.
Still learning the…
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- At 2:18pm on February 15, 2012,
Ellison Chan said… Hi Hein, to embed a video, just add an iframe.
The quickest way is to got to the video on YouTube, and click share->embed, and you'll be presented with the iframe html. Paste that into your post by clicking the button in the menu bar that looks like a cell of film, and paste the iframe command that Youtube gave you:
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