Patrick Mccabe
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Motor, ESC, and Servos for sale

Started Nov 25, 2010 0 Replies

ESC says dont use above 3500mah battery

Started this discussion. Last reply by DaveyWaveyBunsenBurner Nov 10, 2010. 4 Replies

Config tool returns a error but there is none: windows 7

Started Jul 19, 2010 0 Replies

 

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Aizzat commented on Patrick Mccabe's photo
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My AGV

"Same with mine... "
Jul 22, 2012
Patrick Mccabe commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Telemetry kit back in stock
"@Thomas, I see no level shifting on the DOUT of the Adafruit adapter, http://www.ladyada.net/images/xbee/xbee11sch.png which is Bill's concern. I did not check the Parallax one."
Jun 17, 2011
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My AGV

Jan 28, 2011
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Patrick Mccabe commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Help wanted: great photos for the front page of DIY Drones
"I made an Autonomous Ground Vehicle with an Arduino. Much like the ardupilot setup, i could easily do it with an ardupilot if I had one. http://diydrones.com/photo/my-agv?xg_source=activity"
Jan 26, 2011
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Jan 26, 2011
Sebastian Gralla commented on Patrick Mccabe's blog post AGV Chassis change
"I would add some distance sensors (like IR or sonar) for obstacle avoidance or try IR sensors on one side for automous parking"
Dec 5, 2010
Patrick Mccabe posted a discussion

Motor, ESC, and Servos for sale

I have a Turnigy brushless in runner motor plus prop, 2 Hitec HS-81 servos, and 1 Hobby king 40-50amp ESC for sale. All in working condition, sold as is. The ESC has some extensions i soldered on and the female plug is not on it, just a…See More
Nov 25, 2010
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DaveyWaveyBunsenBurner replied to Patrick Mccabe's discussion ESC says dont use above 3500mah battery
"The only thing I can possibly think of is if the ESC is really, really, close on specification. "it can take x amps for 15 or so mins, then starts to warm up rapidly"I suppose then you might hit some kind of theoretical capacity limit.…"
Nov 10, 2010
wolfgang replied to Patrick Mccabe's discussion ESC says dont use above 3500mah battery
"Hi Patrick, not sure, if you are still waiting for an answer, but here i go anyway :) you are correct in your assumption that this limit is non-sense. the ESC only cares about volts and amperes, not about the capacity of the power…"
Nov 10, 2010
James Cann replied to Patrick Mccabe's discussion ESC says dont use above 3500mah battery
"Hi Patrick The answer you are looking for is this: If you try to use a battery that has a higher *voltage* than specified, you may/will eventually destroy the ESC. At all times, you have to stay below the maximum Amps or things will also overheat…"
Nov 7, 2010
Krzysztof Bosak replied to Patrick Mccabe's discussion ESC says dont use above 3500mah battery
"This sounds like typically chinese warning. One chinese smartass copied EU/US produced ESC rated 35amps that can handle officially 40amps for 30s, and so claimed his copy can handle 45. Because of a few mistakes and 0.1USD cheaper parts it handles…"
Oct 17, 2010
Patrick Mccabe posted a discussion

ESC says dont use above 3500mah battery

My ESC on the AGV says do not use a battery above 3500mah (something like that maybe a bit greater. I peeled the sticker off already)  with it. (there was a little sticker under the battery that said this, i took it off a while ago). Well this limits my driving time, and i would like more. So i am wondering why would there be a limit like this on it? i thought current was asked for, why would there be a limit for how much could be supplied? I want to wire my batteries in parallel to get longer…See More
Oct 17, 2010
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Patrick Mccabe replied to Patrick Mccabe's discussion RC receiver
"wow old thread popping up again :)"
Oct 13, 2010
Ken replied to Patrick Mccabe's discussion RC receiver
"Patrick, "i dont get why most rc receivers have a small voltage rating that are lower than the batteries have." That is historical / backwards compatibility. Way back when rocks were new and I was roughly your age, R/C gear came with a…"
Oct 13, 2010
James Pearson replied to Patrick Mccabe's discussion RC receiver
"Just going to thrown in another solution I was considering encase my ESC did not put out a safe 5-6 volts. Its also possible to use a 7805 voltage regulator. Or maybe there is a problem with doing this... Any one feel to point out a problem with…"
Oct 13, 2010
Patrick Mccabe replied to Joel's discussion GPS for UGV
"Has been a while since you gave me all that nice help. Not quite the beach person, spent all summer working on projects. Back in school just looking to find time to work on projects and school work."
Sep 29, 2010

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AGV Chassis change

Posted on August 22, 2010 at 1:21pm 1 Comment







Yup, it now has 2 platforms instead of that plastic truck shell.



Here is a picture to remind you what it looked like…



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AGV improvements

Posted on July 22, 2010 at 5:12pm 4 Comments









The AGV code has been improved tons with lots of help from Bill porter, Thanks Bill. A lot of cleaning up and basic improvements were done but so were major ones. Added PD control instead of the plain P like before. The code runs faster at 10hz. The best part by far is the added functionality of storing waypoints in EEPROM and using the Ardupilot config tool to upload the points. Just today i ended up…
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My New AGV

Posted on July 3, 2010 at 12:51pm 25 Comments





You might remember the old one, which was just a prototype, this one is much better.



The new really big difference is the vehicle (you can see the name of it on the truck every where). I am pleased with…

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AGV update--- Custom Controller

Posted on June 18, 2010 at 11:01am 5 Comments





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AGV update

Posted on May 20, 2010 at 4:22pm 6 Comments

Update 5.20.10…

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At 10:13am on August 8, 2009, Robert Drone said…
what system is needed to power the tx/rx you showed me?

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