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Newport News, VA


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Team Captain of the Christopher Newport University UAS Competition team.


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Nigel Armstrong posted a blog post
I've been looking for a better way to protect my Iris+. Amazon recently had a daily deal on Pelican cases. When I saw the Pelican 1650 for only $150, I couldn't pass it up. I like the 1650 because I am able to fit everything in it, even though it is…
Dec 28, 2015
Nigel Armstrong replied to CUAIR's discussion MAVLink Message rate
"If you look at the GCS_Mavlink.pde you can see the datastreams and what messages they send. Hopefully this gives you a start."
Apr 23, 2015
Nigel Armstrong commented on Rogelio Nunez's blog post How to connect 3DR GPS uBlox to Raspberry Pi
"As far as I know it should be possible, but no guarantees.  http://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/49405/multiple-clien... could be helpful.  Make sure you have a common ground.  "
Jan 28, 2014
Nigel Armstrong commented on Rogelio Nunez's blog post How to connect 3DR GPS uBlox to Raspberry Pi
"I see why it doesn't damage the pi now.  Most, if not all, of the GPSs available run on 3.3 volts.  They take a 5v input and regulate it.  They are 5v tolerant on the input but output at 3.3v."
Jan 28, 2014
Nigel Armstrong commented on Rogelio Nunez's blog post How to connect 3DR GPS uBlox to Raspberry Pi
"Do you have any problems with using the 5v UART on the 3.3v only Pi?  I know that the pi gpio pins are not 5v tolerant. "
Jan 26, 2014
Nigel Armstrong replied to Nigel Armstrong's discussion Vertical Speed and Altitude Problem
"I am using the APM1.0 with the ATmega2560 and Mission Planner version 1.2.80.  It appears, after testing in the terminal that the accelerometers and gyros are good.  I cannot tell if the barometer is good. It seems to jump around a lot. That might…"
Oct 9, 2013
Nigel Armstrong posted a discussion
I have a APM1.0 and when I hook it up to the APM Mission planner the vertical speed jumps all over the place and altitude moves up and down.  It just goes to random values when the board is sitting still on my desk.  Does anyone have any idea what…
Oct 9, 2013