Stiffness Tunning

Stiffness setting has a significant impact on the performance of the Pixy S. This setting adjusts the degrees to which the gimbal tries to correct for unwanted camera movement and hold the camera.

GENERAL METHOD

Manual Tunning

METHOD 1

Stiffness Expert: Keep all axes Hold Strength at 30 values. GAIN: 120

Stiffness Basic

Start with a low value of 10 for all axes then turn motors ON. Slowly increase this setting until you feel an oscillation in each axis, then reduce it until the oscillation subsides. You can touch the camera to feel the oscillation during tuning. Increase the stiffness setting 5-10 points at a time until oscillation appears then reduce 5 points until oscillation subsides.

Stiffness Basic Default Settings

STEP 01 - TILT STIFFNESS

Slowly increase this setting until you feel an oscillation in the tilt axis, then reduce the setting until the oscillation subsides. Make sure there is no vibration when tilting the camera up and down and when moving the gimbal in any orientation.

STEP 02 - ROLL STIFFNESS

Slowly increase this setting until you feel an oscillation in the roll axis, then reduce the setting until the oscillation subsides. Pick the Pixy S up and make sure there is no vibration when you move the gimbal around.

STEP 03 - PAN STIFFNESS

Slowly increase this setting until you feel an oscillation in the pan axis, then reduce the setting until the oscillation subsides. Tilt the Pixy S about 20 degrees from the verticality and make sure that no vibrations are presented.

METHOD 2

Stiffness Basic: Keep all axes Hold Strength at 10 values.

Stiffness Expert:

Start with a low value of 10 for all axes then turn motors ON. Slowly increase this setting until you feel an oscillation in each axis, then reduce it until the oscillation subsides. You can touch the camera to feel the oscillation during tuning. Increase the stiffness setting 5-10 points at a time until oscillation appears then reduce 5 points until oscillation subsides.

Stiffness Expert Default Settings

STEP 01 - TILT HOLD STRENGTH

Slowly increase this setting until you feel an oscillation in the tilt axis, then reduce the setting until the oscillation subsides. Make sure there is no vibration when tilting the camera up and down and when moving the gimbal in any orientation.

STEP 02 - ROLL HOLD STRENGTH

Slowly increase this setting until you feel an oscillation in the roll axis, then reduce the setting until the oscillation subsides. Pick the Pixy S up and make sure there is no vibration when you move the gimbal around.

STEP 03 - PAN HOLD STRENGTH

Slowly increase this setting until you feel an oscillation in the pan axis, then reduce the setting until the oscillation subsides. Tilt the Pixy S about 20 degrees from the verticality and make sure that no vibrations are presented.

Autotune Tunning

Autotune Tunning Button