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Power supply noise

Started this discussion. Last reply by Gabriel Jun 16, 2012. 2 Replies

Can someone tell me what regulators we have on the APM1 and how good they should be ?looking at the 5V rail either off the telemetry port or the SPI port i have a variance of -+ 50mV so it varies…Continue

jdrones quadcopter setup issues

Started this discussion. Last reply by Djalma C Jr Apr 11, 2012. 10 Replies

ok so I'll start with equipment:Adrucoputer quad 1.1 kit pre soldered880kv motors and 12x45 props.30amp escs 28cm full holes arms.radio Futaba 7C with receiver that comes with it.configuration:frame…Continue

 

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Gabriel replied to Gabriel's discussion Power supply noise
"well It's pretty much stock because i still get floating voltage when plug just into the usb port. with the only extra thing that is powered being the 915mhz 3DRadio. There is like 8 servos connected to the PWM output ports through.."
Jun 16, 2012
Nick Arsov replied to Gabriel's discussion Power supply noise
"Hi Gabriel, Not so easy to answer your question without having the wirings you've made. The first two things you have to check are: 1. Drawing excessive currents from points which can't deliver such; 2. Overlapping current contours. This…"
Jun 16, 2012
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Power supply noise

Can someone tell me what regulators we have on the APM1 and how good they should be ?looking at the 5V rail either off the telemetry port or the SPI port i have a variance of -+ 50mV so it varies between 4.61 to 4.69 VoltsTesting with a Agilent U1232A  so it's not some cheap $10 DMM.anyone else able to test to tell me if I have a fault.See More
Jun 16, 2012
Gabriel replied to Darren Stan Oakley's discussion New to ardumega what code to learn
" start here http://arduino.cc/en/Guide/HomePage you don't need to know how to code to use a APM2 through just if you want to make the code better."
May 9, 2012
Gabriel replied to Cody O.'s discussion Switching from Serial to Ethernet
"no you want to look at the serial in the GCS library the update and send message commands would need to be changed to use UDP etc...  see GCS.h file (i think)"
May 3, 2012
Gabriel replied to Szabó József's discussion 3DR RadioTelemetry Kit-915 Mhz
"the 433mhz ground modules weren't sold at all because of design issues."
May 3, 2012
Gabriel replied to Farmer John's discussion Farmer looking for advice.
"what sort of distances are we talking ?"
May 3, 2012
Gabriel replied to Wesley Chuen's discussion Is the Relaxed Patch for Arduino needed?
"they may of added the patch to newer versions can't see anything in the change log through."
May 3, 2012

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