SteadyClip, An Economical Camera Gimbal – Part 04: Logistics and Roadblocks

RE: SteadyClip, An Economical Camera Gimbal – Part 04: Logistics and Roadblocks

cy.gul — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 00:24:58 GMT

Hi Jianyi,

I have a suggested workaround for your issues on Windows 8.1 which might be preventing the installer from putting the required drivers on your computer.

What you can do is manually copy over drivers from another pre-Win 8.1 install, if you have one.

Let me know, I could also send you the driver files over email (they're fairly small).

The drivers typically get installed in “C:\Program Files\Cypress\Programmer\3.19.0\drivers\KitProg”

thanks,

-Gagan

RE: SteadyClip, An Economical Camera Gimbal – Part 04: Logistics and Roadblocks

cy.gul — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 04:26:36 GMT

Sorry to hear about your issues with Windows 8.1. Creator 3.0 is not fully supported on the latest OS that was only officially released last month. We are continuing the test and will provide and update shortly.

About the mechanical parts - agreed, this can be a bit of a challenge.

Have you looked at some of the 'electronic stabilizers' that some hobbyists have built for quadcopters? there's seems to be a wealth of information around that. you might be able to borrow some mechanical elements. example: UPDATE: How to do a DIY MōVI? 2-axis digital stabilized camera gimbal from 100$ | ISO 1200 Magazine | Photography Video…

RE: SteadyClip, An Economical Camera Gimbal – Part 04: Logistics and Roadblocks

DAB — Mon, 11 Nov 2013 20:29:54 GMT

Hi Jianyi,

Have you considered setting up your system to dual boot Windows 7?

That change might get you up and running until the issues with 8.1 is resolved.

DAB

RE: SteadyClip, An Economical Camera Gimbal – Part 04: Logistics and Roadblocks

vsluiter — Sun, 10 Nov 2013 23:26:22 GMT

Ouch. The Windows 8.1 issue has also blocked some mbed functionality. One of my students found that out....

On the programming side: in the project with that student we used a software based PID. The timing source is a timer interrupt. You should be able to create something like that from the standard timers, or from a digital timer block in the PSOC, generating an interrupt at which time you calculate your PID.

Good luck,

Victor