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Marty commented on Gary Mortimer's blog post Septentrio to Release the AsteRx3 Compact GPS/GLONASS/Galileo Receiver
"From memory Trimble's equivalent ~$10k :("
Jan 30, 2010
Marty commented on Chris Anderson's blog post First pictures of ArduPilot Mega mainboard!
"Thanks Chris, It was the SPI label that threw me."
Jan 15, 2010
Marty commented on Chris Anderson's blog post First pictures of ArduPilot Mega mainboard!
"Is there an ICSP header ?"
Jan 15, 2010
Marty commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Modular board strategy for ArduPilot Mega
"My only suggestion would be make sure you use stackable headers for the shields this time like the regular arduino shields. With the first expansion board that was made the headers were not stackable and were offset for additional boards."
Jan 4, 2010
Marty commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Sneak preview of ArduPilot Mega board development
"Jordi just to confirm, all the holes on the board are breadboard compatible ?

Just wanted to say that I am so glad that you guys are getting community input before reaching a final design. This is a great step forward."
Jan 2, 2010
Marty commented on Chris Anderson's blog post New quadcopter from Australian firm
"Another interestiing point is that this appears to be an instance of commercial operation of a UAV within Australia. I was under the impression that this was essentially impossible with the current regulations."
Dec 18, 2009
Marty commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Updates from the DIY Drones dev teams
"A question for with regards to thermopile replacement, The magnetometer is required because there is no GPS ? But 3 of the 4 systems that this is looking already have one on board. Was this decision not to have gps info fed through the imu based on…"
Dec 5, 2009
Marty commented on Chris Anderson's blog post T3, Round 4: Map a quarter-kilometer!
"The link on the main page needs updating Chris :)"
Dec 4, 2009
Marty commented on Jordi Muñoz's blog post New ArduStation Code: Now with Pan/Tilt Tracking Antenna
"Aren't winch servos limited to the number of times they can rotate 360 degrees ie. 3 or 4 rotations ?"
Oct 7, 2009
Marty commented on Chris Anderson's blog post ArduPilot (Legacy) main page
"Fefenin, I just tried it with 16 and it works also, cheers. Also had a deeper look in the repository and it looks as if the Ardupilot 1.0 code available to download is the most recent."
Sep 6, 2009
Marty commented on Chris Anderson's blog post ArduPilot (Legacy) main page
"Hi Fefenin,

When you verified/compiled the ardupilot 1.0 code you did not get the following error ?

In function 'void loop()':
error: 'reset_PIDs' was not declared in this scope In function 'void throttle_control()':
In function 'void…"
Sep 6, 2009
Marty commented on Chris Anderson's blog post ArduPilot (Legacy) main page
"I understand that Ardupilot1.0 is no longer supported but it seems a shame that most of the 1.0 code isn't available in the repository. The version available to download does not compile correctly."
Sep 5, 2009
Marty commented on Chris Anderson's blog post T3 Contest, Round 2--UPDATE: Deadline extended (and new contest previewed)
"Is the closing time right Chris ? doesn't give us a lot of time.

'Winning entries must be posted in the comments below by midnight PST on Sunday, September 4th.'"
Sep 3, 2009
Marty commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Creating a full hardware-in-the-loop simulator
"Don't forget Michal B's approach for X Plane using only the FTDI cable, the Ardupilot (running modified code) and his program.
http://www.diydrones.com/profiles/blog/show?id=705844%3ABlogPost%3A..."
Aug 14, 2009
Marty commented on Jack Crossfire's blog post NASA blog 4 U
"An interesting read, thanks Jack."
Aug 6, 2009
Marty commented on remzibi's blog post New toy - Ardupilot
"not with a $115 sensor package you can't :P"
Jul 14, 2009
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