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How To Shoot Timelapse with a Gimbal based on BaseCam controllers
See full tutorial made by Tomasz Walczak
The gimbal "Traveller Gimbal" for Sony α5100 or similar cameras
We developed the gimbal for Sony α5100 or similar cameras. In this manual you can learn how to make it yourself
How to Make an LCD-enabled Arduino Based Remote Controller for Gimbals with the SimpleBGC 32-bit Controller
Remote controller assembled
This instruction will help you to build a simple remote controller with an LCD display for controlling a gimbal. The controller can be connected to any SimpleBGC 32 bit controller through the Serial interface. For that, you can use four-core cable, or wireless UART adapter (Bluetooth, 3DR modem, Zigbee, WiFi-UART, and so on).
Letus Helix Jr. was awarded by News Shooter at NAB Show as Best Pro Video Camera Accessory
Needless to say that Letus Helix gimbals work on BaseCam SimpleBGC 32bit controllers. From very beginning, Hien Le, owner of Letus Corporation, with his crew devised the unusual design for the gimbal. It took some time from our team to adapt our solution to the demands of Hien. It was not for nothing.
Letus Helix Jr. gimbal got the winner at NAB Show as Best Pro Video Camera Accessory.
DIY motion controller for gimbal
This DIY tutorial helps you build a Bluetooth motion controller for any SimpleBGC-based gimbals! This means you can simply move the controller, and the gimbal will match its orientation. This is the second project from Mark. We thank him for the work done.
Source code and details can be found here.
How to build a gamepad to control SimpleBGC controllers that have Bluetooth 2.0
An easy and cheap way to build remote control for your SimpleBGC controller (Thank you to Mark for that).
Source code and details can be found here.
BaseCam filter tuning
This is a short tutorial showing how to use BaseCam filters to provide better gimbal performance.
Problem with the spektrum port
Some versions of the controllers can have a problem with the spektrum port: the satellite receiver does not get enough power from the 3.3V internal voltage regulator, resulting in unstable operation (symptoms: signal interrupts, LED blinks randomly, on binding attempt system goes to reset).
Find out how to solve the issue.Using adjustable variables with firmware 2.43
Using new features of the firmware you can design your own remote control for SimpleBGC.
Serial Protocol Specification (v.2.4)
Serial API Examples (v.2.4)