Cody Lewis
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Cody Lewis replied to endrew's discussion xy&z sensing, altitude sensing, and where are the data sheets??
Aug 26, 2009
Cody Lewis replied to Lorenzo's discussion A challenge: build a rainforest canopy exploration system
"If you go the blimp route you could probably make an electronic anchor. The anchor would be on ~200ft of cable and would start out as a cylinder. When it's time to stop, the blimp just drops the anchor, and it plunges into the cannopy. When it…"
Jun 14, 2009
Cody Lewis replied to Joseph Glanville's discussion Cheap Laser Altimeter
Jun 14, 2009
Cody Lewis replied to Adam Kaplan's discussion FPV questions
"You'll need to have a TV tuner card if you want to hook up AV to a computer. Alternately, you could try one of these: http://brilldea.com/product_30LCDanddriver.html I've used one before, and it's pretty nice."
Apr 21, 2009
Cody Lewis replied to Cheetah223's discussion UAV Books?
"A good place to start would be a general purpose programming language book. C++ or Java would be good (I particularly like "Programming Principles and Practice Using C++" by Bjarne Stroustrup). The advantage by learning a high level…"
Apr 3, 2009
Cody Lewis replied to wayne garris's discussion GPS ground speed 2D or 3D ?
"GPS speed (and heading) are calculated from taking sequential recordings of the location (lat and long) and comparing them. Since lat and long are 2D, it follows that speed (and heading) are also 2D."
Apr 3, 2009
Cody Lewis replied to GTHill's discussion I have a list of criteria. Hoping someone can point me in the correct direction.
"For the video problem you mentioned earlier. You don't need to review an hour of tape every day. Since the gates don't move (they have a fixed coordinate) you can just have the UAV take a single photo of the coordinate, then review that…"
Mar 7, 2009
Cody Lewis replied to Ben's discussion Co-Ordinate Fun
"Here's a link to some code on how to calculate a heading based on two GPS coordinates. It's made for the multiple slot BS2s since it takes quite a bit of code to work around the 16 bit processor. I haven't tested it in any sort of…"
Feb 18, 2009

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