Re: [Paparazzi-devel] POI Camera Tracking?

[Joseph Metz]

Thanks Martin,

i will test it in some days :)

Regards,
Joseph
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Martin Mueller" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 7:05 AM
Subject: Re: [Paparazzi-devel] POI Camera Tracking?


> Hallo Joseph,
>
> the code is in sw/airborne/point.c. It was used in some other planes than 
> the Twinstar, e.g. the Slicer. Just search for point.c in the airframes 
> directory.
>
> You have to set the servo range in the servos CAM_PAN/_TILT and the 
> corresponding angles in the CAM PAN_* and TILT_* section. It needs some 
> documentation...
>
> Martin
>
> Joseph Metz wrote:
> > Hi Guys,
> >
> > my twinstar performs very well and i did about 100 flights in the last 3 
> > weeks.
> > Now i want to put a FPV camera on it with a 2 axis gimbal which is always 
> > used for fpv flights like that: 
> > http://www.fpvsystems.com/images/Videotx/CCDKiller%20Pan&Tilt.jpg
> >
> > But i do not want to use a headtracker for turnig the servos but the 
> > paparazzi board (TWOG).
> > Martin Müller did almost the same some years ago: 
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAL2Tgkyk2U
> >
> > The camera should point always to the point of interest (POI) which is a 
> > waypoint in the flightplan file.
> > Did anyone exept matin müller realized this or did someone know where i 
> > can find the code?
> > Some small modification is not the problem but i´m not the best 
> > programmer so it would be a problem to code all by myself.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Joseph
> >
> >
> >
> >
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