I'm asking this here, because this is literally the only place on the entire internet I've seen any discussion about the innards of the Zifon gimbals.
Has anyone done a teardown of the other Zifon (or similarly priced) gimbal heads (eg YT-1500, TY-2000 etc) and assessed their capability for computer control?
I notice after a closer look at the YT-1000 that the motors are regular two-wire DC brushed motors with no encoders, so absolute angle positioning is not going to be possible. Some of the other models have A/B position buttons (I've no idea how accurate they are) but it would imply there is either an encoder or they are stepper motors.
I'm looking for a 2-axis gimbal that I can can control via Linux that can point to an absolute angle / elevation with moderate accuracy in the EUR/USD 100 - 250 price point. I don't mind a bit of electronics/software hacking to achieve this, but I don't want to do any machining.
I'm asking this here, because this is literally the only place on the entire internet I've seen any discussion about the innards of the Zifon gimbals.
Has anyone done a teardown of the other Zifon (or similarly priced) gimbal heads (eg YT-1500, TY-2000 etc) and assessed their capability for computer control?
I notice after a closer look at the YT-1000 that the motors are regular two-wire DC brushed motors with no encoders, so absolute angle positioning is not going to be possible. Some of the other models have A/B position buttons (I've no idea how accurate they are) but it would imply there is either an encoder or they are stepper motors.
I'm looking for a 2-axis gimbal that I can can control via Linux that can point to an absolute angle / elevation with moderate accuracy in the EUR/USD 100 - 250 price point. I don't mind a bit of electronics/software hacking to achieve this, but I don't want to do any machining.