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UAV industry jobs
Started this discussion. Last reply by Mike Stroup Nov 6, 2012. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Im a senior at Virginia Tech in Aerospace Engineering, ive been looking to get involved in the UAV industry professionally but it seems like applying for jobs is limited to the big name companies.…Continue
Potentiometer feedback
Started this discussion. Last reply by Chris Kevorkian Sep 27, 2010. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Hi,So i am working on a research project at Virginia Tech and im on the Electronics team, im somewhat out of my realm of knowledge being an Aerospace student, but we have an underwater glider that we…Continue
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Chris Kevorkian posted a discussionUAV industry jobs
Im a senior at Virginia Tech in Aerospace Engineering, ive been looking to get involved in the UAV industry professionally but it seems like applying for jobs is limited to the big name companies. Do any of yall know of smaller companies that would be hiring?See More
Chris Kevorkian commented on trappy's blog post Stunt sheep"Thats probably the best view of the University of Virginia ive seen in a long time, any chance you could get to a real school and come fly all over Virginia Tech? Go Hokies"
Chris Kevorkian replied to Jacob Dickinson's discussion Gumstix Autopilot?"Ive looked at the Gumstix Overo for an autonomous submarine, but it seems to be limited by its input pins only recieve a 10 bit resolution, which to me means i only have a 1 m resolution which is not quite good enough.
There wouldnt be a to…"
Chris Kevorkian replied to Simone Chiaretta's discussion Basics of UAV stabilization"this a great lil pdf that breaks down PID controllers a lil bit futher
http://igor.chudov.com/manuals/Servo-Tuning/PID-without-a-PhD.pdf"
Chris Kevorkian replied to Chris Kevorkian's discussion Potentiometer feedback"oh wow, im sorry, we are making out own autopilot to operate it and yes we are using an arduino mega to run our systems.
ok, so i really hate to sound ignorant here, but um, thats a lil bit above my head. but does that say that whatever voltage is…"
DeveloperDoug Weibel replied to Chris Kevorkian's discussion Potentiometer feedback
"Chris, you don't give any information on if you are using ArduPilot, or even Arduino, so I'm not sure this answer has relevance.
Assuming that your servo's will still be driven with PWM.... You can use a PWM output to drive the…"
Chris Kevorkian posted a discussionPotentiometer feedback
Hi,So i am working on a research project at Virginia Tech and im on the Electronics team, im somewhat out of my realm of knowledge being an Aerospace student, but we have an underwater glider that we are building and it operates similar to an aeroplane in the manner that we use it.Essentially the thrust is provided by a ballast system that pushed water in and out of the hull changing the boyancy allowing it to go up or down and the forward motion is thus controlled by the lift from the wings.…See More
Chris Kevorkian replied to Brian White's discussion Starting From Scratch"Hey,
Im pretty new to this myself, but this is pretty good for pointing in the right direction i feel,
http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/a-newbies-guide-to-uavs
they have a lot of information and links to otherwise help out.
Chris"
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- I am an undergraduate at Virginia Tech studying Aerospace Engineering and i work in the Non-linear Systems Lab, with UAVs.
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- I work with them graduate students in developing autopilots for UAVs.
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- Roanoke, VA
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