Bounty offered a ArduIMU+ V3 camera gimbal stabilizer
I haven't been able to find a descent standalone camera gimbal stabilizer so I am offering a bounty/reward for the FIRST person who is able to provide me with working source code for a ArduIMU+ v3 camera gimbal stabilizer. I know that arducopter and arduplane code includes camera stabilization code, so hopefully it won't be too hard of an ask.
One condition is that the code will be made open source for everyone to use.
I will pay $100 USD for code that meets all the mandatory requirements, and bonus $ for desirables. This offer/bounty/reward is open until 30 March or until someone claims it.
[EDIT: extended to 11 May or until the bounty is successfully claimed]
Mandatory requirements:
2 x channel PWM in and out to control the camera gimbals roll and pitch using a standard R/C RX and servos
Stabilize the camera gimbal to maintain a level attitude/bank angle
Real time R/C channel or serial CLI configuration of servo endpoint and gain/PID
Settings stored in NVRAM
Desirable requirements
Pan/Yaw stabilization and control on a 3rd PWM channel +$25
PPM R/C input option +$10
"3D" mode, where the attitude/bank/yaw angle is held when the R/C stick is at neutral +$50
Working source code by 10 March 2012 +$50
Ability to tell the unit to keep pointing at point/region of interest such as a GPS coodinate/altitude $50
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Comment by SaadTiwana on March 5, 2012 at 12:13am -
Haven't looked at the existing code yet, but at ~100$, good luck! :P
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Moderator Comment by Hai Tran on March 5, 2012 at 12:28am -
@SaadTiwana thanks. Alots of people contribute code for nothing. This offer would reward someone for their effort and hopefully result in a piece of
Open source code that would be useful to the whole community.
Maybe you would match my bounty and make it more enticing?
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Comment by Jeff Olijar on March 5, 2012 at 12:59am -
To whoever does this I'll buy you a beer if your in my part of town just to sweeten the pot.
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Comment by SaadTiwana on March 5, 2012 at 1:10am
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Idk...the way i think, when i have to contribute something to the community, i'd rather do it for free (in good spirit) rather than getting paid a little for it :) OR i'd do something and get paid comparable to the amount of work involved (not in community spirit). But not a combination of the two.
Anyway, that's just my opinion. Don't wanna get into a discussion on this. Apologies if you found it offensive.
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Moderator Comment by Hai Tran on March 5, 2012 at 1:12am -
If everyone who needs a gimbal stabilizer matches my $100 the person who claims the bounty will get a nice reward.
Come on guys match my bounty. $100 plus $75 for a arduimu is cheaper than many not so good gimbal stabilizers out there!
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Comment by Rob on March 5, 2012 at 4:16am -
I would chip-in more often to get work done on additional addons if that would speed the creation up. Especially addons that would expand the ardupilot platform. People got expenses that need to be payed before they have time left to do other stuff.
Just brainstorming (without checking technical difficulties):
Long range telemetry and control by using 433mhz UHF
GPS-follow module
Antenna-tracking trough APM PlannerI know these kinda exists in hacked together fashion, but not in an easier to use opensource format.
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Developer Comment by R_Lefebvre on March 5, 2012 at 5:48am -
I think this is all a good idea, but IMO the timeline is too short.
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Comment by diego colonnello on March 5, 2012 at 7:17am -
@hai tran, i had the same idea in my mind, will give it a try, if i get it working will post it for free.
Note: i like the 100 dollars but this one (if i can do it) it`s on me... :-)
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Comment by arashi on March 5, 2012 at 4:07pm -
Rob -
An open source 433mhz UHF already exists and works great. Flytron LRS
APM Mission Planner already has follow me mode.
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