Storm32 BGC gimbal

After combining my retracts from my previous blog post and my conversion plate to turn the 2-axis into a 3-axis gimbal

then also adding a mounting plate for the Storm32 BCG controller, further testing and setup goes great so far

Also did some tests using the spektrum sat option for the second operator to control the gimbal movements remotely (with possible future retract control also)

further settings to be done to fix the tilt upward issue I'm having yet

Goodluckbuy v1.31 Board:

http://www.goodluckbuy.com/storm32-bgc-32bit-3-axis-brushless-gimbal-controller-v1-31-drv8313-motor-driver.html

HC-06 Bluetooth Module (supports auto bluetooth tool in gimbal gui):

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281478553428

Gimbal Frame

http://www.ebay.com/itm/390937550571

2-axis to 3-axis conversion plate:

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:396619

Gimbal yaw motor:

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__55653__Quanum_2208_Precision_Brushless_Gimbal_Motor_GoPRO_size_100_200g_US_Warehouse_.html

Gimbal Roll & Pan Motors:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271193164634

Controller Mounting plate: (Part from this: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:666219)

http://www.thingiverse.com/download:1070501

Current firmware: (v0.65e)

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=30910876&postcount=3788

Storm32 Wiki:

http://www.olliw.eu/storm32bgc-wiki/Main_Page

Storm32 Main Site:

http://www.olliw.eu/2013/storm32bgc/

For anyone not familiar with the Storm32 controller the GUI gives you setup wizards for setup of motors, imu, Bluetooth and advanced settings to control Mavlink options for future development use with arducopter and such

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Charles lakins October 11, 2015 at 6:30am

The page Randy linked to says:

Note:

Support for this gimbal is included in Copter 3.3 (and higher) for gimbals running v067e (or higher).

I don't have a pixhawk or apm platform at this time to do further testing

Downloads - STorM32-BGC Wiki
Filip Tresvive October 11, 2015 at 5:59am

Kyoto Jung, good question! I have not gone through wiki pg yet, but I do have same questions
Gary McCray July 25, 2015 at 12:45pm

Hi Andre,

Looks like the Storm 32 serial protocol is fixed in the latest AC3.3-rc8 version.

Best,

Gary
Developer

Randy July 22, 2015 at 6:53pm

@Andre,

It works in AC3.3-rc7 using the MAVLink protocol. The alternative serial protocol method is not working.

We have a wiki page that details the setup: http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/common-optional-hardware/common-ca...
Gary McCray July 22, 2015 at 1:36pm

Hi Andre,

There is also some discussion of this on the drones discuss developer forum.

https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/drones-discuss

As I understand it Storm 32 integration with Pixhawk is working in The latest developer builds, but it may still have some issues.

I am soon going to be using one of these to drive my laser rangefinder based vision system with a 3 Axis DYS gimbal.

Although the interface will be ROS.

Best,

Gary
Charles lakins July 22, 2015 at 1:30pm

Olliw would have a better answer to that question, As I don't have a pixhawk to do further tests as things move on

another person you could ask is digaus on rcg too http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2423260, hes well versed in communication between the boards
Andre July 22, 2015 at 12:25pm

What is the current state of the Pixhawk/Storm32-BGC?
Is is working? What is working? Communication via Mavlink or the Storm32-BGC protocol?

I read that the Serial driver to the BGC is broken?
Charles lakins May 21, 2015 at 7:57pm

I forgot there's more info here too:

http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/common-optional-hardware/common-ca...
Kyomo Jung May 21, 2015 at 4:41pm

@Charles, thanks ^^
Charles lakins May 21, 2015 at 7:07am

GUI Screenshots

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