"IMHO, even with all the RTOS autopilots and evolving hardware, there should be space for an extensible open-source autopilot that is part of the arduino ecosystem (if you want to call it that). Note that most folks would be perfectly happy with a…"
Andre S's Discussions
Product request: clean regulated switch-mode 5V power supply (BEC)
Started this discussion. Last reply by Hooks Apr 15, 2012. 6 Replies 1 Like
Hi everyone,Not sure where else this discussion fits in. Since this category seems to be the closest match I post it here.For a long time I've had issues with my MT339 GPS getting locks at all or…Continue
MediaTek (or its adapter board) temperature sensitive?
Started this discussion. Last reply by John Leichty Oct 28, 2011. 13 Replies 0 Likes
Hi everyone,would like to ask whether anybody has experienced problems for finding a GPS fix with the MTK when it is cold outside. I have had issues with mine during last autumn and decided to remove…Continue
How to understand MT3329 binary output
Started this discussion. Last reply by Donald J Millet Jr Dec 21, 2010. 43 Replies 0 Likes
Hi,I was wondering whether anybody else has been experiencing weird offsets in either latitude or longitude coming from the mediatek GPS? Strangely, it only seems to occur when it runs in binary mode…Continue
APM IMU test program
Started this discussion. Last reply by Andre S Jul 27, 2010. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Hi,Yesterday I put my new APM and IMU shield together and would like to now make sure that I did not destroy them in the process. I found a couple of tests in the repository and these seem to be fine…Continue
Andre S's Page
Latest Activity
Andre S replied to Andrew Tridgell's discussion ArduPlane 2.65 released"Andrew,
Thanks for the update and congrats to your win.
I was flying 2.65 on APM 1 1280 a few days ago and noticed some strange startup effects. Before filing an issue I wanted to doublecheck that this is not specific to my setup. I power the APM,…"
Andre S replied to Stefan Gofferje's discussion Hyvää iltaa - good evening! in the group X8"Hi,
just a word about your choice of plane: you write you have no practical prior RC experience. Based on its looks (and what I read here on the forum about similar planes) the RQ4 does not make a good beginner aircraft. Usually people start off…"
Andre S replied to Will Snodgrass's discussion Arduplane Code Size"Why don't you just try? (if you have an 1280)"
Andre S replied to Jeffrey Nichols's discussion Crash Report"Sorry, I'm not familiar with the APM 2.5, was thinking of the APM 1."
Andre S replied to Will Snodgrass's discussion Arduplane Code Size"Yes. Not sure whether you can load it through MP though, you may need to use Arduino IDE or the Makefile/cmake."
Andre S replied to Jeffrey Nichols's discussion Crash Report"Sorry, the last part of the sentence still leaves me confused. Are you saying you had positive (+) leads from both the UBEC and your ESC connected to APM at the same time? That would be like asking for trouble of course."
Andre S replied to Jeffrey Nichols's discussion Crash Report"Sorry about your loss. I know it doesn't help you but this reminds me of the point why one may consider APM1 be the more appropriate autopilot for planes due to its hardware multiplexer. I'm fairly sure that this crash wouldn't have…"
Andre S replied to Stefan Gofferje's discussion Hyvää iltaa - good evening! in the group X8"Hi Stefan,
Sorry for the late reply. Actually I was in Tampere a few weeks ago but now back in the capital.
I guess everyone's taste is different. I am a plane person (if you want to call it like that :) and not really into anything that has a…"
Andre S replied to Ger Harris's discussion A Humble Request for Software Versions"Thanks Chris for taking the time to explain in detail. I suppose there is so much happening "behind the scenes" that we (i.e., the users) don't see. BTW: is it anyhow possible to join the dev mailing list in order to stay informed? As…"
Andre S replied to Andrew Tridgell's discussion ArduPlane 2.62 released"well, depends on your radio but something in the 900's or 1000. But now that I think about it probably you would see very abrupt deflection (from 0 to 100%) in one direction and normal in the other direction. That's what I saw on my second…"
Andre S replied to Andrew Tridgell's discussion ArduPlane 2.62 released"Not sure whether this may be the problem but you may want to check (best via CLI) that your RCX_MIN values are correctly stored in EEPROM. I've had problems with that on an APM1 recently (2.50 still worked fine)."
Andre S replied to Ger Harris's discussion A Humble Request for Software Versions"Hi,
I've been thinking along the same lines and didn't want to raise it because I was feeling bad about asking for more work of those dev volunteers. But in principle I think having a "stable" and an "experimental" line…"
Andre S replied to Naji Karim's discussion APM 1 (1280) final stable version"Note that if you're comfortable with loading the code yourself via arduino it is relatively easy to make the current (git repo master trunk) fit to the 1280 by removing features. Note sure how this affects MP though but basic operations should…"
Andre S replied to Stefan Gofferje's discussion Hyvää iltaa - good evening! in the group X8"Hi Stefan,
may I ask around what area in Finland you're located? Myself I'm flying fixed wing with APM1 in the metropolitan area (Vantaa that is) and it would be great to see an X8 in real life after watching lots of youtube videos. But I…"
Andre S replied to Andrew Tridgell's discussion ArduPlane 2.62 released"A question about the software reboot: Code-wise it seems to be restricted to APM2. Is there any reason to believe the same method would not work for an APM1 1280 or is it just untested? Thanks!"
Profile Information
- About Me:
- ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
- Tell us a bit about your UAV interest
- ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Andre S's Blog
web censorship, SOPA/PIPA blackout, open-source and diydrones
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 8:09am 22 Comments 2 Likes
Dear all,
DISCLAIMER: I hope I do not bend the forum rules too much by this blog post and would hate to offend the community by starting the discussion of a (at least marginally) political topic. However, since in the past also UAV regulatory developments and issues that relate to the…
Continue APM hardware-in-the-loop simulation on non-windows system (mac, linux)
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 2:33pm 26 Comments 5 Likes
Hi guys,
This is not really a post about something new but rather a summary of steps others did before me and a little help to my personal memory (already forgot once how it works). The post is referring to ArduPlane but I don't see what would be different for ArduCopter. Would also like…
Continue First version of Yagcs (combined GCS and mission generator) released
Posted on October 9, 2010 at 2:50pm 21 Comments 0 Likes
Hi guys,
I uploaded the current version of my QT-based GCS to google code. The sources are available via the SVN repository at https://code.google.com/p/yagcs/ .
Current features:
- Real-time map display (native interface, does not rely on google earth plugin, allows offline access)
- Real-time data plot for distance,… Continue
Comment Wall (1 comment)
- At 12:45am on August 11, 2011,
John said… - HI Andre
You are most welcome to ask about Xbee setup.
I using the XBP24-ZB firmware. One Xbee is programmed as a coordinator and the other is programmed as a router. The reason for programming the second one as a router is that you can set the sleep command to no sleep. I have found that the end devise tends to go to sleep and can be quite troublesome to get it awake again. I will post my setting for my Xbees later today.
Regards
John
Social Networking
Top Content
Contests
Season Two of the Trust Time Trial (T3) Contest has now begun. The fourth round is an accuracy round for multicopters, which requires contestants to fly a cube. The deadline is April 14th.A list of all T3 contests is here.
Groups
-
Japan ArduCopter Group
58 members
-
Andropilot Users Group
204 members
-
ArduCopter User Group
1356 members
-
Nitro-powered Arduplane …
15 members
-
ArduPlane User Group
721 members
Advertisement
© 2013 Created by Chris Anderson.
Powered by
