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Permalink Reply by Uwe Gartmann on December 12, 2010 at 1:55pm

Hallo Jan

 

Warum ein ArduIMU+ V2 (Flat) Board für den APM?

Warum APM überhaupt?

 

Ich würde sowas nicht auf Hardwareebene festlegen. Ein Notebook <€300 kann das mit Standardzubehör viel flexibler. Und du findest mehr Leute die das proggen können/wollen.

 

Achja: Budget?

 

Gruss

Uwe

 

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Permalink Reply by Jan Martin on December 12, 2010 at 2:36pm

Hello Uwe,

 

I am doing streetview on the ground: http://www.diy-streetview.org

 

So far I am working with a separate GPS logger (and separate intervallometer) and do all the geotagging afterwards at home. I build four very different rigs so far and found out the hard way what works in the field an what does not.

 

Now I need a solution that works for hiking with the cameras mounted to a backpack. One does not even stop to take an image every e.g. 5 seconds. For this to work I need to know not only the position by GPS, but also the orientation in space to automatically level the resulting panorama when the camera rig is not absolutely vertical, which is the case almost all the time.

Another consideration is "ease of usage". A Laptop one needs to operate. I am looking for a simpler workflow: Switch on and off only. Then after recording remove the SD-cards from the APM and the cameras and mail them to the office for processing.

 

The Ardu Pilot Mega board with ArduIMU+ V2 sensors is a fascinating hardware that already has most of what I need. Also it is powerful enough to log additional inputs and do some controlling like releasing the cameras and log the same split-second.

 

I am not looking for the cheapest solution, but for something that has potential and reserves and can be adopted to various usage cases by adding different extra sensors like dead reckoning by a cars wheel impulse or another DR device made for walking. Etc.

 

I do have a budged, and this is not a one-off job.
I need a prototype first and then ike two devices per month assembled and most likely some coding to be done for additional features.
This could finance someones hobby.

 

How much does it take?

How long will it need?

Please contact me.

 

Jan

janmartin AT diy-streetview DOT org

 

P.S.

Out of curiosity: What "standard accessories for a notebook" does have 3 gyroscopes, 3 accelerometers and a GPS receiver?

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Permalink Reply by Darren on December 14, 2010 at 12:09pm

Not sure why you would select the IMU V2 instead of the Mega Shield (Oilpan IMU) if using an APM.

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Permalink Reply by Jan Martin on December 14, 2010 at 4:09pm

Sorry,

that's what I meant:

 

ArduPilot Mega - Arduino Mega compatible UAV Controller
http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9710

ArduPilotMega IMU Shield/OilPan Rev-H (With Pins)
http://store.diydrones.com/product_p/br-0012-01.htm

 

I am open to suggestions how to get this done.

Happy to discuss details by email: janmartin AT diy-streetview DOT org

 

Jan

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