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North Las Vegas, NV


About Me:

Drone Hobbyist- career types are: carpentry-finish and rough, roofing, welding, master bike mechanic, and security. My hobbies are: Fabrication, drones, gun mods, electronics, appliance repair, plumbing, home theater, computers, and auto mechanics. savant


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photography and advancement of drone capabilities.


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Las Vegas


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Charles C Spencer III replied to James masterman's discussion MinimOSD and PAL
"DO NOT connect a return wire from the osd back to the source. It confuses the video/osd....

Regards,
Charles C Spencer III
James masterman said:
Ok, some more investigating reveals this - If I plug the output from a DVD player into the MinimOSD, I…"
Mar 4, 2017
Charles C Spencer III replied to Simon L.'s discussion Fake Pixhawk 2.4.8 from Bangood - not working as expected in PIXHAWK
"  Most problems are not from the units build, they are from bad counterfeit chips or maybe mpu6000's may be sold as bad from the factory?  Jani Hirvinen said:
They are all "fakes", that's the problem with china companies. You never know what version…"
Aug 4, 2016
Charles C Spencer III replied to Simon L.'s discussion Fake Pixhawk 2.4.8 from Bangood - not working as expected in PIXHAWK
"2.4.8 is someone's upgrade of the current unit and unauthorized... However, I believe the artificial upgrade was to fix an issue or to upgrade
the voltage rail...  Jani Hirvinen said:
Just to clarify to you all. Pixhawk and APM version numbers…"
Aug 4, 2016
Charles C Spencer III replied to Charles C Spencer III's discussion Using an a/c to a pelican container housing the PH2. in Pixhawk 2 User Group
"Is there already programming out there for the Arduino thermal switch to be used independently as a thermostat, or alternative like you mentioned? either way, as long as it is separate from the ph, ph2's then that will be great. Do not want to see…"
Aug 1, 2016
Charles C Spencer III replied to Charles C Spencer III's discussion Using an a/c to a pelican container housing the PH2. in Pixhawk 2 User Group
"Ok I can take the advice. Here is what I got:"
Jul 28, 2016
Charles C Spencer III replied to Charles C Spencer III's discussion Using an a/c to a pelican container housing the PH2. in Pixhawk 2 User Group
"Also, could more than one of the pwm outs be assigned to a thermostat? Charles C Spencer III said:
  I decided to go the route mentioned-that is if someone writes the code. It will be battery to peltier to pwm switch back to battery. On the other…"
Jul 28, 2016
Charles C Spencer III replied to Charles C Spencer III's discussion Using an a/c to a pelican container housing the PH2. in Pixhawk 2 User Group
"  I decided to go the route mentioned-that is if someone writes the code. It will be battery to peltier to pwm switch back to battery. On the other side of the pwm switch is the pwm leads that I will attach to the ph 2. The reason I would like the…"
Jul 27, 2016
Charles C Spencer III replied to Charles C Spencer III's discussion Using an a/c to a pelican container housing the PH2. in Pixhawk 2 User Group
"Thermal switch? did not know there was one. Any idea what types would work? 15.4 volt capable 6 amp.  SkyRover said:
Sounds cool, interested to know what your application is needing a cooler. Also, why not use a simple thermal switch?
@Philip,…"
Jul 27, 2016
Charles C Spencer III replied to Charles C Spencer III's discussion Using an a/c to a pelican container housing the PH2. in Pixhawk 2 User Group
"Hand is raised :) ! If someone can add a thermostat in that would be great :). btw, what is the temp settings on the imu heater?"
Jul 27, 2016
Charles C Spencer III replied to Charles C Spencer III's discussion Using an a/c to a pelican container housing the PH2. in Pixhawk 2 User Group
" Options open would be to tap the temperature sensor, add a thermostat set of codes for temperature variance. Allow this as a pwm rail out, off/on switch for the peltier. Another would allow a LM35 temperature sensor to be added. LM35 could be…"
Jul 27, 2016
Charles C Spencer III replied to Charles C Spencer III's discussion Using an a/c to a pelican container housing the PH2. in Pixhawk 2 User Group
"Its a desert out here at 115 f. Since the PH 2 is encased in a pelican box, would like to maintain the imu temperature limits of hot and cold.  SkyRover said:
Sounds cool, interested to know what your application is needing a cooler. Also, why not…"
Jul 27, 2016
Charles C Spencer III replied to Charles C Spencer III's discussion Using an a/c to a pelican container housing the PH2. in Pixhawk 2 User Group
" Let me reword: A ubec, which has a on/off servo wire attachment can turn the peltier on/off."
Jul 26, 2016
Charles C Spencer III posted a discussion in Pixhawk 2 User Group
 I will be adding a peltier cooling module to a container to vent out heat. A ubec, which has a on/off servo wire attachment can turn the servo on/off.  Question is: Is there a built in software thermostat in the PH 2 that can be linked to a servo…
Jul 26, 2016