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DeveloperPermalink Reply by jasonshort on August 7, 2012 at 9:09am

The APM 1 can be upgraded to a 2560 and will still fly very nicely for a long time.

Jason

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Permalink Reply by Craig Burden on August 7, 2012 at 9:25am

Thank you Jason, I will get myself a chip sometime soon and give it a go! I take it the pinouts are the same, it just has more memory.

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Permalink Reply by Andrew Radford on August 7, 2012 at 12:05pm

Or else you could buy an APM1 2560 and keep the oilpan. Save some hassle.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Mac on August 7, 2012 at 1:10pm

 

I have a APM1 that I was thinking about using again. How do I know it it’s a 2560? Is that displayed in the Mission Planner?

 

Also is it compatible with the new Ublox GPS?

 

 

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Permalink Reply by Craig Burden on August 7, 2012 at 1:49pm

You can find out what chip it is one of two ways:
One, read the top of the chip.

Two, try to upload 2.7.1 onto it and it will say its too big if its the 1280.

The GPS, if the Ublox is compatible with the APM1 then yes.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Mac on August 7, 2012 at 2:20pm

The code loaded ok from the Mission Planner so it looks like I am good to go. Will I notice and difference in performance when putting my APM1 on my quad that had an APM2 before? I have moved my APM 2 to an airplane.


Now I need to order another Ublox GPS.


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