Has anyone successfully used the APM2.5 (or other APM) with the cheaper NEO-6M ublox gps ?
Did you need any modifications to the source code ?
Thx !
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Has anyone successfully used the APM2.5 (or other APM) with the cheaper NEO-6M ublox gps ?
Did you need any modifications to the source code ?
Thx !
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Thank you very much! How silly of me! I did the same thing Marco did.
Thanks, you just helped me fix my homebuilt cable. :-)
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hi, did u sort it out? i'm in the same boat.... cannot write 3dr config file to the module.
@ibrahim:
Its the LEA-6N, which supports GLONASS, probably hard to get or not available as ready to go BOB with GLONASS/GPS antenna.The chinese cheapo supplyers are usually selling the H type for GPS only. Obsolete.
Meanwhile, you can buy ready modules with Max-M8Q or even with NEO M8N and compass at CSG shop. Great for simultanious GLONASS and GPS reception, as Peter reported at drones-discuss.
Seller has a blog here.
http://diydrones.com/profiles/blog/list?user=2b799iudk4qli
Yes, I did not mention Galileo, because when this system is operating (in 2020 ?) we will be discussing about the NEO 16 ;-)
big nonsense Ibrahim....that battery you see on board is to power EEprom...
@ibrahim no its not fake. For example jDrones GPSes have EEPROM installed and they also have configurations uploaded.
Battery is not for EEPROM. Battery is for keeping Navigation almanac and last position/lock informations alive inside GPS computer. Without it getting first position locks will take much l9nger as a lot of data needs to be loaded from satellites eg. Cold boot that clears all memories on GPS computer.
I run a cheap $26 Chinese NEO6 unit (with compass) as well, and left it completely standard. As long as you make sure you have plenty satellites before arming, it works perfectly well - loiter is rock solid.
I've just bought a $26 compass + NEO-6 unit from goodluckbuy, and - indoors - it seems to be reasonable accurate. Got sat lock in around 2-3 minutes from cold, and fluctuated between 8 and 10 sats 8 (which is the same for the LEA-6). Left it running in Mission planner for over an hour, and it was ok - didn't move about any more than the standard 3DR LEA-6.
Also comes in a handy case with tidy cabling, and slightly longer than the standard as well, which is handy.
I'm still not sure why NEO is so bad? Seems ok here...Are there any "gotchas" I should be wary of? I'm running arducopter 3.1.2 in quad mode.
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