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Storm 32 Brushless Gimbal Controller
« on: February 08, 2015, 08:44:12 PM »
Just ordered one of these as they are getting some really good reviews and are supposed to be easier to get working right and better results than the Alexmos 32b BGC

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

Cheap too!
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Re: Storm 32 Brushless Gimbal Controller
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2015, 01:00:33 AM »
were do you get one Ben ?
I like to see some test video ,curious are they really easier to setup then Alex.
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Re: Storm 32 Brushless Gimbal Controller
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2015, 10:37:54 PM »
I order from witespy but it's taken him 9 days to.post it out!! Only posted it today so very slow :-(

Try GOODLUCKBUY

http://www.goodluckbuy.com/storm32-bgc-32bit-3-axis-brushless-gimbal-controller-v1-31-drv8313-motor-driver.html
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Re: Storm 32 Brushless Gimbal Controller
« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2015, 06:48:20 PM »
Bought mine from glb just after Ben,   still waiting!
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Re: Storm 32 Brushless Gimbal Controller
« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2015, 03:41:09 AM »
Cant wait to hear your thoughts on it! Ill have my alexmos setup within a month :( and will post my thoughts on it as well.
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Re: Storm 32 Brushless Gimbal Controller
« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2015, 06:21:16 PM »
You managed to load in the FW yet? (FTDI cable required)

I cant seem to at the moment
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Re: Storm 32 Brushless Gimbal Controller
« Reply #6 on: March 03, 2015, 12:30:56 AM »
surely std cable
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Re: Storm 32 Brushless Gimbal Controller
« Reply #7 on: March 03, 2015, 03:04:54 AM »
Ftdi which I have but it's not playing ball
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Re: Storm 32 Brushless Gimbal Controller
« Reply #8 on: March 03, 2015, 08:22:42 AM »
Haven't looked at mine yet, too much real life to get on with atm
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Re: Storm 32 Brushless Gimbal Controller
« Reply #9 on: March 03, 2015, 08:47:02 AM »
alex moss ftw
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Re: Storm 32 Brushless Gimbal Controller
« Reply #10 on: March 03, 2015, 12:53:44 PM »
Haven't been overly impressed with any of the ones I've come across so far!

Setup has been finicky and the motors have been very low torque, making the gimbal balancing needed, super precise! Even just a lead out of place is enough to upset them...

Certainly wouldn't pay a lot for a gimbal!
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Re: Storm 32 Brushless Gimbal Controller
« Reply #11 on: March 03, 2015, 06:35:09 PM »
Ben what is the problem? what errors are you seeing?

Just flashed mine ok!
How I did it:

Follow directions on this page:
http://www.olliw.eu/storm32bgc-wiki/How_to_flash_firmware

On this page:
http://www.olliw.eu/storm32bgc-wiki/Downloads

Click download link on this line:
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Direct link to v0.56 firmware download: o323bgc-release-v056-v20141128 [.zip] (6.6MB)


Unzip onto the desktop (or anywhere convenient)

The o323BGCTool_v056 in the folder is the config/flashing tool!

I'm using windows7









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Re: Storm 32 Brushless Gimbal Controller
« Reply #12 on: March 03, 2015, 06:39:20 PM »
I've got various usb programming tools here! any usb to TTL converter will do, either a 3v3 or 5v, either will work, I used this one I but I have a few different types!

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Re: Storm 32 Brushless Gimbal Controller
« Reply #13 on: March 03, 2015, 06:45:17 PM »
I have the v1.31 board which I couldn't find listed anywhere (you probably have the same), so here is the connections I used:

Follow the wire colours, notice the red and yellow wire is swapped one end, this is just to suit my programmer, yours might well be different.
Do not connect +  rail, only GND TX RX

The connection on the pcb are GND, 0, 1 which are the second row of pins in from the edge
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Re: Storm 32 Brushless Gimbal Controller
« Reply #14 on: March 03, 2015, 06:49:26 PM »
well THANKYOU for a little encouragement and I gave it another go, it would seem I had the ground on the brown (pin2) when it should have been on the black (pin1)

just flashed it after checking the datasheet for my cable http://www.ftdichip.com/Products/Cables/USBTTLSerial.htm
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