This is the PARIS Sirius™® Gimbal control board v4r6 - PARIS Sirius™® 2 +1 axis outputs - Used to stabilise the gimbal - this board is preprogrammed and calibrated.  Requires 5v 3amps to operate.  Power can be supplied via the Primary PARIS board TRG PIN or via aseparate uBEC 5v 3amp.

Uses the IDG3200 Gyro and BMA180Acc to maintain the Gimbal in a level position - NOW (April 26 2012) also INCLUDES 5883L MAG ! this gives the option for Heading lock of the gimbal when the board is mounted on the gimbal -  Overall the PARIS Sirius™ is in auto leveling mode -  smoothing any suden yaw movements using the servo output PIDs (yaw) for PIN 3 - but from radio switch setup and selection the pilot and a 2nd person controlling the 3 axis gimbal can now achive YAW lock - rotation of the gimbal is not tied to the rotation (YAW) of the copter - this does require retractable landing gear for 360° panning and lock to be 100% useful.  Requires a knowledge of Arduino code to program the servo travel, direction (see below) - use of the JAVA GUI etc.... PARIS v4r6 features onboard USB mini connector.

Does NOT require any connection to RC Rx to function - Providing it is kept LEVEL for 4 secs after power up will function independantly of any RC connection.  The Roll function of a gimbal is the primary tool - Pilots skills can minimise any sudden pitch movements of this can be edited in post production easily with good pilot skills in the first place.   Yaw axis control requires a dedicated receiver be attached (for 2nd Pilot) to use his Tx to fly the camera.

Includes 

• One PARIS Sirius™ V4r6 gimbal board special version - - pre-programmed with 3 active axis output - see photo
• includes a 7.4v -> 25.2v (input) switching UBEC prewired - uBEC outputs 5v to PARIS and Servos - 7.4v 2SLiPo recommend if your buying one - but can also be wired to a 12v car/bike system - going into the INPUT of the UBEC
• Includes 3200 Invensense OEM 3 axis Gyro ; Bosch 180 3 axis accelerometer ; (Honeywell 5883L Compass MAG for heading lock of the 3rd axis - these are fitted but not activated in software by default - to active - alter code and reload firmware)
• Also Includes PARIS RC Rx input wire 175mm Not required - this wire is optional if you are wanting to use inflight tilt - then a PPM-SUM serial Rx must be used .  SUM Rx permit use of PARIS Aux 3 & 4 with no additional wires (ch7 and Ch 8)
• Preconfigured and calibrated with GIMBAL Code - v2.1 three axis gimbal here

Excludes/Requires

• • Download Arduino 1.0 here  for MacBook or PC win 7
  • Download v 2.1 Configurator JAVA software HERE
  • Download PARIS v2.1 QuadX software sketch here
  • Download PARIS v2.1 TriiKopta software Sketch HERE
  • Download Win 2.1 GUI HERE
  • Download PC 32bit or Mac OSX FTDI USB drivers here
   
  Excludes training in Arduino software - see below - download the Paris Sirius™ 
• user must be able to alter the lines in the Arduino code below to tune it - and reload code to be able to use and tune this product.  If you cannot alter code - or dont know how to connect an FTDi - then please don't buy this item.  User must be familiar with the GUI - to select and program functions - and set these on their radio.
• Excludes - How to setup your Transmitter or Receiver training courses - tilt is driven by direct mixing thru Aux 3 and Aux 4 (in Multiwiicoter .pde base code for SUM output).  For other Rx tilt can coded thru the ELEV input - first recode the board to uncomment gimbal uncomment Tricopter uncomment Servo tilt - So inputs going into the PARIS Elev input will drive the servo attached to the Cm1 pin.
• Excludes training in how to make - use - or setup a 3 axis gimbal - see your Gimbal building guide supplied by the manufacturer of that gimbal
• Excludes all other hardware such as mounting standoffs - electrical isolation hardware - nylons bolts or gel-foam tape - not included - Please buy separately on this site

In this video you can see Tretch5000 (USA Multiwiicopter Pro-Pilot) panning around himself using a PARIS Sirius™® GIMBAL controller - normally (without a gimbal control board) the video would be tilted to achive sideways flight - the PARIS gimbal is holding the camera/horizon line level in this video above - and has 2 axis active here.  He has also mixed the Tx Aux channels to allow him to use his Tx to swivel the camera down at the end.  So he has a separate flight control controlling the helicopter - 6 channels from his Radio Ch1-6 go direct tot he Flight control CPU (not to the gimbal board) - then he has a single ch7 wire going from his Rx Ch7 - a longer wire - going down to the PARIS ELEV input - to the PARIS Sirius™ controll board  - it is mounted on the gimbal.   Then to tilt down - as you see at the end - he set servo speed to 3 secs in his transmitter end-to-end - when he flicks the Ch7 switch on his Tx - it sends an elevator input to the PARIS Sirius™ gimbal - and the Tilt servo travel thru 90° (this is not autmatically 90° - the pilot set up the servo travel and the Tx programming of ch7 to achive this effect).  To calibrate the LEVEL position - Gimbal must LEVEL at power-up for 4 secs.