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APM Sensor Integration
Started this discussion. Last reply by Andrew Beckett Dec 28, 2011. 10 Replies 0 Likes
Howdy DIYDrones. I'm presently working on a university research project with a few other students integrating a PixArt IR sensor from a Nintendo Wiimote with ArduPlane. I'm using version 2.24 of the…Continue
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Andrew Beckett replied to Jason Beach's discussion Autopilot Comparison in the group ArduPlane User Group"Howdy Jason,
The best place to look for system configuration information is in the APM source code. The configuration register settings for the MPU6000 are in the AP_InertialSensor_MPU6000 class; if you cross-reference the register settings with the…"
Michael Pursifull replied to Andrew Beckett's discussion APM2 Hardware Fail-safe? in the group ArduPlane User Group"I've bought a good number of 3dr boards, and I haven't yet found one I can't use. I've even been buying up old boards on Buy, Sell, Trade.
Since the 1280 has become a pain with the current ArduPlane, ArduCopter, they still…"
Andrew Beckett replied to Andrew Beckett's discussion APM2 Hardware Fail-safe? in the group ArduPlane User Group"That's going to be what we do for now. I was really looking forward to having the extra code space the MPU6000 frees up though."
3D RoboticsChris Anderson replied to Andrew Beckett's discussion APM2 Hardware Fail-safe? in the group ArduPlane User Group
"Most people use APM 2 for copters, which cannot be controlled manually, so a direct PWM pass-through doesn't make any sense. For planes, APM 1 is still great platform and performs essentially identically to APM 2, so that might be a better…"
Andrew Beckett replied to Andrew Beckett's discussion APM2 Hardware Fail-safe? in the group ArduPlane User Group"The PWM output to the servos is still through the 2560 though. Even before we started modifying the APM software for our own uses, we can't prove that the APM core software can't encounter a critical exception. One of our teams made their…"
3D RoboticsChris Anderson replied to Andrew Beckett's discussion APM2 Hardware Fail-safe? in the group ArduPlane User Group
"It didn't do anything we couldn't do in software on the new 32U2 chips in APM2, and we wanted to lower chip count, cost and complexity. The software MUX has been working great. "
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APM2 Hardware Fail-safe?
I realize this is a little late, but why was the hardware MUX fail-safe removed going from APM1 to APM2?See More
Andrew Beckett commented on Paul's blog post Raspberry Pi Computer To Cross The Atlantic Ocean In Autonomous Boat"I want a 130W solar panel that can fit on the hull pictured above."
Andrew Beckett commented on Ruwan's blog post FAA Reveals List of Colleges and Police Departments That Can Fly Drones"@Justin Stiltner, same here. We were in the middle of a flight test project when these rules were first issued. The project was delayed over a year for the application process! We can only fly over our private airport (83TX).
@Cliff-E, which…"
Andrew Beckett replied to Andrew Beckett's discussion APM Sensor Integration"We'll definitely keep that option in mind if getting Mavlink with two-way comms working proves problematic. If necessary, we can rework the experiment for one-way but here's hoping we won't need to."
Andrew Beckett replied to Andrew Beckett's discussion APM Sensor Integration"We're doing two-way with the GCS. As an aside though, which GCS still supports legacy APM streams?"
Paul Mather replied to Andrew Beckett's discussion APM Sensor Integration"Ok, are you guys doing 2-way with the GCS or just reading the outbound data stream? If it's just out from the auto pilot, you might want to try a simple ArduPilot Legacy stream which would be easy to maintain."
Josh Harris replied to Andrew Beckett's discussion APM Sensor Integration"I'm one of the people working on the GCS end, and I did most of the implementation of the message definitions and UI widget. There aren't any specific technical problems we've had with the GCS itself. The maintainability problems…"
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- I am a graduate student in aerospace engineering at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.
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- I design, build, and operate fixed-wing UAVs for the TAMU aerospace engineering department. I also write software and firmware to support the aircraft as well as other miscellaneous research projects.
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