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Will the APM2.5 drive the cheapie gimbal sold by RCTimer?

Posted by Jim Townsend on July 1, 2013 at 8:32pm

I see thatRCTimer has a cheapie $99 gimbal with brushless motors.

http://www.rctimer.com/index.php?gOo=goods_details.dwt&goodsid=872&productname=

They state that this gimbal needs a special driver board (an extra 63 dollars).. I was wondering if this extra board is required, or can the gimbal be set up to be controlled by the APM using the Mission Planner 'gimbal set up utility'?

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Bill Bonney July 2, 2013 at 1:44am

You need a motor controller to convert the PWM out from the APM to a signal that can control the gimbal motors.

See http://fpvlab.com/forums/showthread.php?14654-Working-on-a-Brushles... for more info

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