"great!
but how can I know which one is my serial port?"
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Oilpan AD335 accelerometer failed?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Dale Feb 6. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Removing apm 2.0 shield
Started this discussion. Last reply by Greg Owen Jul 24, 2012. 11 Replies 0 Likes
Has anyone removed the shield to allow remote location (for traditional heli)?Looks like it's possible to desolder the 6 pins (actually only 4 are soldered), and make an extension harness.Continue
MediaTek GPS and APM supply voltage, level shifter?
Started Oct 23, 2011 0 Replies 0 Likes
I'm wondering if a 3.3 to 5 volt level shifter would provide more robust serial communication between the GPS and APM. I don't see one, looks like the tx/rx lines just go straight between the…Continue
ArduPilotMega / Flightgear simulation on Linux
Started this discussion. Last reply by think linux Mar 31. 14 Replies 0 Likes
Just documenting steps to get this set up, so as I don't forget. Sorry but couldn't find a concise summary to fit my specific desire: do it on linux. I'll clear this up in the wiki if I could…Continue
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Dale replied to Dale's discussion Oilpan AD335 accelerometer failed?"It was able to be fixed! Instead of a new oil-pan, I ordered a hot air rework / solder station, only about $90, and it works nice. (I did open it up and double check inspect it, but all looked good enough.) …"
Dale commented on Vince Hogg's blog post Passive thrust vectoring with anti vibration mounts."How do the motors sound so cool and quiet? Is it the isolation from the arm mounts? Or are they big heavy motors and they look like pretty low kv?"
Dale commented on Scott Berfield's blog post Checking out my new GoPro - and learning not to accidentally enter Simple Mode"Not so bad, congratulations on the nice soft cushy tree and bushes."
Dale replied to Josh Potter's discussion Some newbie power questions"ahh, good point about avoid connectors on both ends."
Dale replied to Josh Potter's discussion Some newbie power questions"I had seen Roberts setup before, and looked also at others. Theres a Skookums item for this purpose.
I made a small power distribution block for the servos, from a right angle 3x7 header. Connect the two shorter rows together with wire/solder, these…"
Dale replied to Dale's discussion Oilpan AD335 accelerometer failed?"Touched up the solder on the x y and neighboring pins. now the y axis works normal again. But the x axis output seems shorted to ground. At the pins on the ADC, the y and z are 1.6 +- now, but the x is 0.
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Dale posted a discussionOilpan AD335 accelerometer failed?
We have here a Hotel 1.0 oilpan 8/19/2010, on a 2560 APMega. :>( It has worked fine for a few flights on a plane, and have been setting up now in a 450 heli. It seemed to be…See More
Dale replied to G. Timothy's discussion EM406 connector for use between extender cable..."You probably solved it by now, but if for nothing more than my own future reference:
They look like JST SR connectors, http://www.jst-mfg.com/product/pdf/eng/eSR.pdf"
Greg Owen replied to Dale's discussion Removing apm 2.0 shield"I removed the GPS daughter board and it was relatively easy BUT I have professional solder equipment and have done rework for 25 years. I just used thin solder wick and a soldering iron. Now, why did I do it? Does the ground connection…"
Oliver replied to Dale's discussion Removing apm 2.0 shield"I also have a APM2 board. I do have my external GPS from my APM1.0. Is it possible to disable the APM2 onboard GPS and just plugin the external on the provided port ?
Ollie."
Cool Dude replied to Dale's discussion Removing apm 2.0 shield"Hi 3Drobotics Team,
If future do you plan to provide just the daughter board - GPS. So people who want to use external GPS can just buy a new daughter board to use the GPS outside of fuselage?
Thanks"
OllyB replied to Dale's discussion Removing apm 2.0 shield"I don't know if I'm the only one this applies to, but when I read the blog post, I definitely came away with the impression that the daughterboard could be disconnected by the end user, in the same way that one might disconnect a shield…"
3D Robotics Tech Support replied to Dale's discussion Removing apm 2.0 shield"Hi Dale,
If you need more information about the connector, please contact tech support at help@3drobotics.com"
Graham Boucher replied to Dale's discussion Removing apm 2.0 shield"Dale
Just a thought on sourcing the header pins. I'm not at home so can't measure the pitch required but the following link is close and there are plenty more to choose from on the site. A better approach may be to ask…"
Graham Boucher replied to Dale's discussion Removing apm 2.0 shield"Dale
I've chickened out and moved the receiver, Xbee and MinomOSD from being over the APM2 board to various arms. Not an option for you with your heli I guess.
Best of luck with your setup.
Graham"
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SPI between ArduPilot, ArduIMU, SCP1000
Posted on January 4, 2010 at 10:30pm 11 Comments 0 Likes
Finaallly tonight got this to work more completely. SCP baro sensor to IMU was not so hard. Getting IMU and Pilot to work was more trouble for me.
The layout I chose is: ArduIMU is spi master, SCP1000 and ArduPilot are slaves.
ArduIMU requests airspeed from the ArduPilot, it will be used in combination with the gps based speed in the IMU. It will send the resulting AHRS data to the ArduPilot, as a predefined message, with variables in a certain order. The IMU requests baro… Continue
The layout I chose is: ArduIMU is spi master, SCP1000 and ArduPilot are slaves.
ArduIMU requests airspeed from the ArduPilot, it will be used in combination with the gps based speed in the IMU. It will send the resulting AHRS data to the ArduPilot, as a predefined message, with variables in a certain order. The IMU requests baro… Continue
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