Using a GY401 for stablization

[debrooker]

I know there are some pretty smart electronics types on this forum, i thought i'd put this question out there:-

I'm making version 2 of my camera mount and would like to employ some basic stabilization. Initially I'll focus on one axis, and was planning to try a spare clone 401b gyro. However the gain needs a signal, and my question is - does this signal consist of some form of digital pulse or is it essentially a constant voltage?

Hope the question makes sense.

[simplyraptor]

How about using a servo tester to control your gyro gain, the same method can be used to free up the gear channel when you are flying a scale with retracts if you only have a 6 channel radio.

This video isn't that clear but it might help

[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_AOBJNrgUk"]Gyroscopic camera stabilisation (testing) - YouTube

[/URL]Not sure about the digital pulse or constant voltage.

[Voodoo]

Hi,
every system I know (Graupner, Jeti, Robbe aso.) uses definitely a digital pulsed system.

[xygax]

You need a servo signal. for sure. it wont work without. the servo tetser is agood idea because then you have an onboard adjustment for the stabilisor but a spare channel would be better

Steve

[cjcj1949]

The gyro needs to be given a signal that it uses as the no rotation reference. This often needs to be very close to the centre value of around 1.5ms. There are lots of simple timer circuits. The gap between pulses needs to be about 20ms for analogue servos. There is a range of value for digital servos and corresponding settings for the gyro. Some of the cheap clones need to be hot glued. There is an Assan servo that has mems available. For people using this for FPV the gyro will need to be mems or sms to handle temperature changes.