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GITEX GLOBAL 16—20 October
We’re delighted to announce our participation at GITEX GLOBAL, the largest tech show in the world that’s also been rated the world’s best large-scale exhibition. For the first time, GITEX GLOBAL will span across two venues with Expand North Star moving to the iconic Dubai Harbor.
Please visit us on Latvian national stand in venue 1 Dubai World Trade Center Hall 1 booth H1-C60.4
As always, we will be happy to welcome you in person and to tell you more about our products, plans and to discuss customization possibilities and any other cooperation details.
For more information or to set up a personal appointment please visit company profile.
LeViteZer and BaseCam is on Tech Runway
On 31st of August BaseCam Electronics team will participate Tech Runway expo at East Helsinki Aerodrome together with our trusted partner LeViteZer. The first day of event is public and every visitor is welcome to visit us. We will be sharing booth with LeViteZer and it is a perfect opportunity to discuss innovative gimbal design or any kind of specialized custom solution for your application.
Find more information about the event here: techrunway.info
Hannover Messe — 2023
Hannover, Germany, 17th — 21st April 2023
BaseCam Electronics team will take part in Hannover Messe this year as well. We are welcome all our partners and customers to meet is in person there to discover the upcoming product releases and to search for new cooperation possibilities.
The event will start at 17th of April and will be running till 21st of April. Meet us at Latvian national stand at Hannover Messe Hall 003 booth B04
BaseCam Electronics Invites to GITEX 2022
We are delighted to announce that BaseCam Electronics Team is participating at
We would be happy to see you there in person. You can find us at stand: H2-B60, where you will be able to examine our demo installations and see all our products live. We are eager to tell you more about our products, plans and to discuss future cooperation in detail.
Also, this year we will bring with us the first and truly exclusive gimbal LVZ360, for more information, please visit the web page: lvz360.levitezer.com
Visit to Norway
We are happy to announce that BaseCam Electronics representative is going on a trade mission to Norway to strengthen our relation to the space industry and to find new partners. This event is organized and sponsored by Innovation Norway and Latvian Investment and Development Agency.
During this event it is planned to visit Tromsø, Andøya, Bodø, Horten and Oslo. It will be our pleasure to meet you during this event. For more information, please contact us.
Hannover Messe — 2022
Hannover, Germany, 30th May — 2nd June 2022
BaseCam Electronics Team will participate the Hannover Messe — 2022. After two years of pandemic and several lockdowns all around the world finally we can meet in person with or customers and potential partners during Hannover Messe 2022 starting on 30th of May. We will be happy to meet you and discuss the future plans and visions for development of our products. Meet us at Latvian national stand at Hannover Messe Hall 004 booth A42
BaseCam Electronics is Now in Space!
We are proud to announce that BaseCam SimpleBGC 32-bit Extended was used in construction of the space rover for camera stabilization purposes.
Despite it being a small part in whole construction, this is a great breakthrough for our company. Every day we are pushing our limits and mastering our technology in order to provide you best products and services for perfect image stabilization. Please feel free to share our happiness and excitement and visit the official website of Latvian Technology in space, were from now will be listed our company as well.
How To Shoot Timelapse with a Gimbal based on BaseCam controllers
See full tutorial made by Tomasz Walczak
The gimbal "Traveller Gimbal" for Sony α5100 or similar cameras
We developed the gimbal for Sony α5100 or similar cameras. In this manual you can learn how to make it yourself
General view of the gimbal.
How to Make an LCD-enabled Arduino Based Remote Controller for Gimbals with the SimpleBGC 32-bit Controller
Remote controller assembled
This instruction will help you to build a simple remote controller with an LCD display for controlling a gimbal. The controller can be connected to any SimpleBGC 32 bit controller through the Serial interface. For that, you can use four-core cable, or wireless UART adapter (Bluetooth, 3DR modem, Zigbee, WiFi-UART, and so on).
DIY motion controller for gimbal
This DIY tutorial helps you build a Bluetooth motion controller for any SimpleBGC-based gimbals! This means you can simply move the controller, and the gimbal will match its orientation. This is the second project from Mark. We thank him for the work done.
Source code and details can be found here.
How to build a gamepad to control SimpleBGC controllers that have Bluetooth 2.0
An easy and cheap way to build remote control for your SimpleBGC controller (Thank you to Mark for that).
Source code and details can be found here.
BaseCam filter tuning
This is a short tutorial showing how to use BaseCam filters to provide better gimbal performance.Problem with the spektrum port
Some versions of the controllers can have a problem with the spektrum port: the satellite receiver does not get enough power from the 3.3V internal voltage regulator, resulting in unstable operation (symptoms: signal interrupts, LED blinks randomly, on binding attempt system goes to reset).
Find out how to solve the issue.Using adjustable variables with firmware 2.43
Using new features of the firmware you can design your own remote control for SimpleBGC.
Serial Protocol Specification (v.2.4)
Serial API Examples (v.2.4)
How to make reliable FPV-follow for YAW axis with the SimpleBGC-based gimbal
For 8bit and 32bit versions of the SimpleBGC-based gimbals.How to recover firmware on your 32-bit board
Suppose that you somehow damaged the firmware on your board and need to recover it. The following steps will help you to do that.
- You need GUI version 2.41b5 or higher. Find it on the download page.
- You also need a recovery firmware. You can find one here.
- Close FLASH pins on the board using a jumper shunt.
- Connect the board to your PC via USB. Note that the Red light has to light up on the board.
- Start GUI and do the following steps:
- Select appropriate COM port. Do not press button "Connect".
- Open TAB "Upgrade" -> "Manual".
- Specify location of Firmware HEX file.
- Select Board version -> v3 32bit.
- Press button "Flash".
- Wait until uploading to be finished.
- Unplug USB and remove jumper.
- Do automatic upgrade as described in the User Manual.
Rebotnix Gimbal Control for iOS
The rebotnix Gimbal Control allows you to remotely control a BaseCam SimpleBGC controller with an iPhone or iPad in conjunction with the rebotnix Apple and Bluetooth certified Bluetooth hardware module.
Rebotnix Gimbal Control is available in App Store.
RMotion - Is the application for remote scripting control of the BaseCam controllers
Let us introduce a very useful application - RMotion. The application allows scripting control of BaseCam controllers. Look at the video below to see it in action.