Wiring Cheap brushless Gimbal Tilt control with servo tester for gopro or similar
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- A few people have asked for a video showing the wiring of the servo tester to gimbal tilt channel, these servo testers are all over ebay for a couple of dollars search "servo tester".
You will also need a male to male servo cable, these are very common and often come with the gimbals.
The most important thing is to check the labelling on servo tester it will have S or a sqiqggle for signal, + for positive, - for negative, the white or orange wire on cable goes to Signal - be very careful not to plug the cable in across the connections (ie across all three - pins) as this will short out the gimbal controller causing damage.
The gimbal side has two columns of three pins, one column will be tilt control, the other roll, and signal wire is labelled on the instruction sheet for mine it was furthest from the board, if you get this the wrong way round its harmless, as you will connect signal to ground, so gimbal won't respond to servo tester, but no damage will occur.
Hope this is useful.
You can get these cheap 2 axis brushless gimbals for gopro or similar all over the place, from ebay etc, so I suggest you search for the cheapest seller in your country, but this one came from here:
www.banggood.com/FPV-2-Axis-Br...
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i can to connect on this ESC? SkyRC Toro TS150A Pro? to control the rpm of the motor. i need somethink with potentiometer
Yes, servo tester will works perfectly with any servo or ESC - I use this to test all new ESC and servo when I buy new kit as a quick and safe way to test without risking damage to anything else on model. I've had one ESC and a couple of servo's which failed or were faulty straight out of the box so this is a good habit to check first !
@@jamesb72 nice is good to see if works fine or if had some issues, after that use it for a diferent project! i will install it in a sim racing steering wheel, the motor is very powerfull for this job! is not easy to make it but i will try! ..thanks a lot brother for your help!
Hi, I have a handmade gimbal. I wanted to install the potentiometer to regulate the invitation. A query: Does the tester need power to move the cardan? Or only with the signal wire already works. Because the gimbal works at 12 v (lipo 3s). and the tester only accepts 5 v. Thank you
The tester needs 5v, but the gimbal controllers I've seen all put 5v out on the 3 pin servo connector so this works fine, if your worried you can carefully check with a voltmeter, the +5v is centre pin, so carefully check centre pin voltage to either side - be careful not to short the pins with probe though as it will puff the voltage regulator on gimbal controller.
@@jamesb72 Oks James, finally connect it if external power (Tester servo) and it works. One more question ... the gimbal tremble a little. I guess it's a matter of adjusting the PIDs. Do you know any tricks? Thanks for answering
Sorry I'm no PID expert I've always found the gimbals worked fine with gopro style camera's without any adjustment, I would double check the balance is OK with gimbal powered off first. If you do need to adjust PIDs be careful connecting software as if it offers you a firmware update this can brick a clone control board which a lot of the cheaper ones are.
@@jamesb72 Thank you! I will do some tests with the PID to see if I can eliminate the vibrations!
The on/off switch is added to the red wire of the JST connector that is connected to the controller board?
Yes, that's right, just so its easy to flick on/off.
Sorry to bother you...but you are the only one who responds. I plugged the battery in the JST connector and all I get is a red light on the controller board and no response from gimbal. Downloaded the drivers and software...used mini usb connecter and get red light and PC does not recognize the device. A bad device??? Is there one more reliable? I would contact you my email if possible rather than through youtube
The gimbal should initialise after a couple of seconds and stabilise, it will need to be held still and camera mounted/balanced first. There are a few variations of software so probably best to contact the seller to check which one to use, and if it asks you if you want to update firmware say no, as this generally bricks the controller. Its worth short pressing the reset button if there is one, and if that does nothing try again with a long press (the button functions are configurable, but I've seen short press as relevel gimbal, and long press is a reset).
Could you make a video on how you did everything with the gimbal? From when you received it, did you just plug and play the servo tester and attach it to the paint pole extension tube or was it more difficult than that?
It is just plug and play, the battery plugs into gimbal (see th-cam.com/users/edit?o=U&video_id=IS0_JL7RxAI) and I screwed the gimbal to the paint brush holder, and plugged the servo tester in as shown in this video.
jamesb72 Is it really that easy? How much did it all cost you in total and do you have a link to the battery you are using?
Yes, its really easy. I use an 850mah 3S lipo with JST connector I already had, but any 3S lipo with correct connector will run the gimbal, so best to search your country model suppliers/amazon/ebay to find best price/battery for you
jamesb72 Thanks for the info!
hello..do you know what is the problem if i turn the servo the gimbal only tilts down..i cant tilt it up..
did you connect the positive wire to the servo and gimbal?
Renz Romaguera the male to male servo lead carries +5v from the gimbal board to power the servo tester if that's what you mean. I didn't connect separate power wire.
jamesb72 okay..that's what i did to my gimbal..but i could not tilt it up..only normal and tilt down..what do you think is the solution for that?
I think that's normal, tilt up would just see bottom of quadcopter, I think mine tilts from about 20deg up to 90deg down.
Hi can i use a potentiometer for the pitch control ?
TriniRCmodels not on its own the board expects ppm signal pulses from 1000ms to 2000ms with 1500ms centre so you need a servo tester to do this. You could probably wire your own pot into a servo tester if you wanted to make a thumb control or something like that just match value.
+jamesb72 On the video you said to not plug the male to male plug in vertically as it will cause damage to the gimbal I accidently did this whilst in a hurry and my gimbal wont power on anymore. Would you possibly now how to fix this?
I believe this will blow the DC regulator on the gimbal control board, so the easy fix is to buy a new gimbal control board, ideally get one from the same seller you bought the gimbal so its pre-configured, and will swap straight out, alternatively if you know someone good with electronics they can probably replace the DC regulator, its surface mount though so will need to be someone who can work with that !!
ok thank you so much i thought i wrecked the battery or smthing. btw love your videos too keep up the good work :)