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Wakefield, RI


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DIY'er. IT/Network engineer by day, typical geek by night.


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Excessive. It's all I know.


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Activity Feed

Mathew Ferreira replied to climr's discussion Possible to disable internal compass?
"I'm having this issue too with 3.3.3-rc2. I cannot get the internal compass to disable no matter how I adjust the settings. :("
Feb 21, 2016
Mathew Ferreira replied to Harry Courter's discussion Lidar Lite and Pixhawk PWM installation in PIXHAWK
"I have the SF10/C LiDAR and found that it only seems to work well in the 3.3.3 RC1 and now RC2."
Jan 31, 2016
Mathew Ferreira replied to sijongmu's discussion smoking happened during pixhawk+6s battery connecting in PIXHAWK
"On my 6S build I used this:  http://www.mauch-electronic.com/apps/webstore/products/show/6626809

Awesome quality. He also has a 50A and 100A."
Jan 31, 2016
Mathew Ferreira replied to Mathew Ferreira's discussion Lightware SF10/C and Pixhawk AC 3.3.2 Serial connection
"The newest Beta firmware seems to work perfectly. All 6 motors and LiDAR all working. I think the version I installed was 3.3.3 RC1."
Jan 23, 2016
Mathew Ferreira replied to Mathew Ferreira's discussion Lightware SF10/C and Pixhawk AC 3.3.2 Serial connection
"I have confirmed that the upgraded 3.3.2 I also lose channels 5 and 6."
Jan 22, 2016
Mathew Ferreira replied to Mathew Ferreira's discussion Lightware SF10/C and Pixhawk AC 3.3.2 Serial connection
"Great to know. My setup is a hex too but not ready for flight. I'm still finishing off the wiring after upgrading to the PixHawk."
Jan 21, 2016
Mathew Ferreira replied to Mathew Ferreira's discussion Lightware SF10/C and Pixhawk AC 3.3.2 Serial connection
"Sure. Let me know any progress. My copter is not complete so it's not been airborne yet but very soon it will be airborne. :-)"
Jan 20, 2016
Mathew Ferreira replied to Mathew Ferreira's discussion Lightware SF10/C and Pixhawk AC 3.3.2 Serial connection
"This worked. Thank you. Now is there any way to have this reading the default for altitude?"
Jan 19, 2016
Mathew Ferreira replied to Mathew Ferreira's discussion Hex build. Am I nuts?
"Oh, I'm also a ham radio operator so I felt the need to utilize the ham bands."
Jan 19, 2016
Mathew Ferreira posted a discussion
OK, well this is the 2nd revision of my first RC anything. The first revision was the same craft but it was using an Eagle Tree Vector controller.So far these are the parts I have:Tarot FY680 Iron ManSigma Summit Motor Mounts (~740mm now)PixHawk…
Jan 19, 2016
Mathew Ferreira replied to Mathew Ferreira's discussion Lightware SF10/C and Pixhawk AC 3.3.2 Serial connection
"I will try this as soon as I am home from work. Thank you. "
Jan 19, 2016
Mathew Ferreira posted a discussion
Hello all. I've connected a Lightware SF10/c to my pixhawk serial 4/5 port as the instructions here show:http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/com...re-sf10-lidar/My SonarRange is flat on 0. I can see that the unit is powered up because I can see the dot…
Jan 18, 2016