DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF A PORTABLE STABILIZING PALTFORM

Abstract

This report encompasses the work done in the design and control of a 2-Axis Inertially Stabilized Platform for a DSLR Camera. The need of the project arose due to the revival of the entertainment industry in Pakistan. To capture stunning movies stabilizing platforms are a must have and they must be provided to the industry at a very competitive price. The first step was to review all the commercially available designs and control schemes to get an idea of the design requirements and difficulties we may have to face. After review of design and control schemes design for a DSLR camera was brainstormed and control scheme for the design was prepared. After finalizing design and control scheme simulations were run to check the integrity of the design and the stability of the whole system. The results of the simulation lead to the tweaking of the design and control scheme and this process was repeated several times over until the target parameters and results were obtained. Simultaneously with this process motor selection process was carried out and this process was dependent on the design so motor for the platforms were also finalized with the help of final design. The work till this stage was presented to a panel of evaluators. The recommendations made by the panel are also discussed and they are taken into consideration. Future work that can be carried out in addition to the work done in this FYP is also presented at the last part.