Forgive me if this has been asked before but i have spent a couple of weeks researching and reading the forums.
I am looking at the KT-ArduIMU-20"">ArduIMU+ V2 (Flat) and notice that there are 2 servo out pins, not sure whether there are any rx signal inputs but i am wondering whether i can use this board on its own to stabilse a camera mount in the roll and tilt axis. I also understand this board has a arduino chip on it and code can be modified and uploaded.
The mount is 3 axis and fitted to a large stabilised camera helicopter. The 3 axis of the mount are also operated by a 10 channel 2.4Gz receiver.
Im not too worried about the yaw axis as this is looked after on the helicopter by a heading hold gyro which seems to eliminate most unwanted travel.
Any thoughts on this project would be greatly appreciated.
Kind Regards,
Tony Brock
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I am also interested in building a UAV based on ArduPilot but I must admit i am having real difficulty getting to grips with whats needed. For example the ArduPilot Mega has just been released which looks like a nice board, but i need an IMU to go with it, the IMU+ V2 (flat) looks nice but i am told this board will not work with ArduPilot Mega. Is this true??
I assume this board will work with the older ArduPilot but seems silly to buy the older board. What is the output of the IMU board, is it just ascii data giving readings from the 3 axis for gyros and accelerometers. Is each axis outputted on a seperate pin. Whats the input on Ardupilot for IMU data, is it a single pin or a pin for each axis and is the input config the same for ardupilot and ardupilot mega.
For example, Is there anywhere on this site, even within a previos discussion that tells me this. The answer to every NOOB's question always seems to be look around and read, but i have spent the last 2 weeks struggling to find anything except a real simple overview of whats required.
Basic examples of code are also very difficult to find. Whats the basic theory behind reading the gyro and accelerometer data and adjusting the servos to react against the movement in each of the 3 axis to keep a mount still.
I was a software engineer for about 7 years a long time ago, working on V25 embeded controllers with code written in assembly and forth, but also have knowledge of labview, C and visual basic but having so many problems getting information which is a real shame and very frustrating. I am now an instructor at a Model Flying School in the UK and fly everything from Helicopters to Jets so my flying skills are very high.
Hope someone can help me get my teeth into this.
Many Thanks,
Tony Brock
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I was wondering the same thing about the two servo outputs. I looked around a bit and couldn't find anything either.