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now you just wouldn't want to have to rebuild that helicopter after an accident.
I noticed they take Paypal. looks a nice piece of kit. worth an order I think.
I found This article regarding latencywith Xbee. It might be of some use to someone.
I'm sure technically you could but its unlikely you will find anything using those bands for UAV control being sold by anyone so that may mean having to design and build it yourself. That itself might lead to problems in the size of the receiver and…
nice work Jeff, I used the same camera setup when I was getting started. With the right antenna you maybe suprised at just how far these things can transmit. The only problem I had was having to use the tuning knob again during flying as the battery…
Thanks Morli, Its basically a re written version of a crude project I did last year. The software controls an SSC on the airframe and a UBW32 running FreeRTOS send's all the telemtry information back from the aiframe to the software via Xbee 868 mod…
Hi james,
nice setup :) , more detailed info pls. I like your throttle setup
The day ArduPilot can control a vacuum my wife it going to be very happy and let me spend me more hours per week on this hobby. In that respect I think it should be made a development priority. Not so sure about a Furby but an RTL for the TV remote…
If anything with a camera is now a UAS does that mean that FPV is now banned? I'm sure that most of it will come down to common sense but if it did mean having to register all camera equipped planes its unlikely that anyone other than government or…
Thanks Tyler. I have just got a UBW32 yesterday for the purpose of using it to replace a couple of PIC18's in my Tutor 40 so its always great when someone uploads some sample code to get you going. Does this hex load with the UBW32 bootloader or sho…
That's a great head start and I'm sure I will be able to work something out from this. Thanks very much.
cheers, I think what I'm really tried to find is some examples of how to use it. I had hoped to find some example for ADC, PWM and I2C on the net but there doesn't seem to be a lot around for the Coldfire but maybe I'm just not looking in the right…
Have you got any ADC libraries for the Netburnerby any chance ? I eventually bought A dnp/5280 which is also coldfire based but I dnd't get the starter kit so no examples :(
Does anyone know if and where you can buy a Tiny board assembled? I understand it's an open source project but my soldering skills are just not up to it and The website seems to have a few dead end links for suppliers (ppzuav is down at the moment).
If you find one please let me know. I've been looking for something like gumstick but without the tiny connector. I looked at the Netburner Jack suggested but cannot find much support for it.
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- I have over 20 years experience with electronics and the last 13 of those have been with Microprocessors and Microcontroller's. Last year I decided to have a go with RC planes which I have always wanted to do. Having combined the two hobbies I'm now looking to get into UAV's.
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- At 4:18pm on September 2, 2009,
Joe Jackson said… - Thanks James,
If you have a copy of the code for the PIC to replace the Pololu I would like to see it.
jajacksx@live.co.uk
I was going to run the the signal used to switch on the red led on the Pololu over to the reset pin on the pololu to see if it would be an option to reset it,it might not like it on a power up .
- At 11:40pm on September 2, 2009,
James Turner said…
- I Thought about the same thing but it always seemed to go back to the red light if it was restarted whilst data was be sent to it. it's a shame because the pololu unit is really small so it would have been ideal.
- At 3:07am on September 3, 2009,
Joe Jackson said…
- jajacksx@live.co.uk
James if you send the files to above email it would be good.
I dont know how to send emails internally within the diydrones site.
I might try use the red LED signal to reset the XBee aswell, that would stop data transfer ,it would be a a timing between issue then between the resets.
- At 5:49pm on September 11, 2009,
Joe Jackson said…
- I have not tried the software,when I get around to it I will use the timer interrupt section of it.
I beefed up the power supply to cut down on interference..
I had been running the setup on a bread board with linear regulators.
I got 2 switching regulators and have them running off the main battery.
One regulator for the servos and one regulator for the rest of the electronics.
I need to run this in now to see if it has reduced the chances of lock up on the pololu.
I will still need to setup a new serial servo controller anyway.
I saw on your page you had easystar(or something like it)
I decided to get one myself to use for flight testing,too much time and effort in the larger model to see it plough a field.
Plus I need to learn how fly........so far I have crashed and burned on cheap foam rc plane.
- At 11:53am on September 13, 2009,
Paul Wane said…
- Hi James. thanks for dropping in the mail. I live near Pilling Sands, Knott end. Perfect for test flights on a calm day which we have had for three days so far. If interested give me a shout.
- At 2:30am on September 14, 2009,
Paul Wane said…
- Not yet started due to funds. the company l worked for collapsed in Jan, not been able to find a suitable position and now just started basic aeronautical engineering. I have a glider with a 1.8m wingspan, electric engine and heavy NiCad 7.2v 1800ma battery which l can chage to a poly battery to save weight. had it for 8 years, the rest of the squadron have crashed over the years.
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