What is T-STorM32 about?

T-STorM32 is the encoder version of the STorM32 gimbal controller.

Concept

The T-STorM32's encoder support builds on the NT concept, and especially on the possibility of connecting separate NT motor modules to the NT bus. T-STorM32 achieves its goals by using dedicated NT motor modules, which include the encoders. These modules could be called NT motor-encoder modules (or should we call them TNT motor modules ?).

The T-STorM32's concept consists of a main STorM32 controller board and three NT motor-encoder modules, one for each axis. The motor drivers on the main STorM32 board cannot be used, and unlike with Basecam/Alexmos, it is also not possible to connect encoders to the main board. The NT motor-encoder modules are connected to the NT bus, and battery power. The NTX bus has thus been introduced, which carries both the NT bus signals and the battery power lines.

The concept, also sketching a typical wiring scheme, thus looks as this:

Documentation

For a want-to-be tutorial, see Getting Started with T-STorM32.

The discussion thread on rcgroups you find here.

Some videos: