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3 axis Camera Gimble connections.

Posted by Jared Reabow on May 19, 2013 at 12:30am

NEW APM 2.5 Pin out and Wire Diagram And Camera Gimble explanation
CAMERA_APM2.jpgHey guys i recently got the APM 2.5, when looking at the pins, I saw A0 - A11 Pins werent being used and i did not know what they were for so i was googling and found a PDF that stated

A0- Sonar/ Ultrasonic A1- Voltage Sensor – Attopilot
A2-Current Sensor – Attopilot
A3- Optical Flow Sensor
A4-Motor LED
A5-Motor LED / Buzzer
A6-Motor LED
A7-Motor LED
A8-Motor LED / Analogue RSSI
A9-Camera Shutterhttp://speedtester.bsnl.co.in/
A10-Camera Roll

Link to Gimble explanation in google
http://code.google.com/p/arducopter/wiki/AC2_Camera

So After researching for some time, I have found that for a camera gimble A10 is roll and A11 is pich but there was no explanation of were Pan is connected (YAW).So I i dug some more and found some consensus to the following :
Currently Mission Planner shows that we have 3 axis so would be good to update that. I suspect (haven't check the code) that PAN goes to A9 but that is just a guess.
Anyway, I lack one wiki page on those extra outputs, what can be connected to them. So we have A11, A10 (and A9?) for gimbal, A1 and A2 for AttoPilot? current/voltage sensor:.

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So after my post was denied several times as being " a request for assistance" let me rephrase, What is your guys experience, have you tried A9  and it worked or not, what other solutions have you tried?

Here is more info: http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/camera-mount/

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  • Earl May 19, 2013 at 8:39am

    In mission planner you can set the battery voltage and current to pins A0-A13. Where is A12 and A13 ?

    Earl

  • Developer
    Bill Bonney May 19, 2013 at 7:18am
    jared: the diagram is labeling the SPI port as A9-A11, which is wrong. Also note A9-11 can either be PWM out 9-11 or analog in see http://code.google.com/p/arducopter/wiki/SolderJumpers to see how they can be changed
  • Sebastian Pometti May 19, 2013 at 7:18am

    If you got the plastic case, dont trust in the numbers printed on this because they dont match with the pins. 

  • Developer
    Bill Bonney May 19, 2013 at 7:15am
    A9 is PWM out you can use it for anything that needs PWM out. You can configure in mission planner or advanced parameters page
  • Jared Reabow May 19, 2013 at 6:32am

    you enabled the gimble in the missionplanner?

  • mohd fitri May 19, 2013 at 5:29am

    MIne not function for the camera Roll and Pitch  gimble function on any Pin 

  • Craig Doyle May 19, 2013 at 3:28am

    There is certainly a need for more explanation for these pins

    Not sure what "motor LED" means for instance

    Lots of potential but don't know how to tap it

    Thanks for the post

  • Admin
    Morli May 19, 2013 at 1:46am

    Good Documentation.  Tnx for sharing

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