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Optical sensor

Started Jan 19 0 Replies

nope still no easy way to set up the optical flow sensorI'm sure there's another wayAnybody please?!Continue

Optical flow sensor problems...

Started this discussion. Last reply by William Burkert Jun 1. 7 Replies

Hi guys -Anybody out there that has a more user friendly way of setting up the optical-flow-sensor on APM 2.5?My AVR and Arduino editors gives errors...I assume I must load the test PDE in APM2.5…Continue

Wrong artificial horizon on flight data

Started this discussion. Last reply by Joe Jan 12. 2 Replies

Dear all...my ist drone is ready for UAV flight but I have one small problem...my artificial horison roll wrong its  invertedThe pitch is fine and works the right wayHow van I fix it?Continue

power monitor cable

Started this discussion. Last reply by R. D. Starwalt Jan 12. 3 Replies

I decided to upgrade my 500mm quad-frame to ardupilot APM2.5+GPSUnfortunately I don't have the power monitor cable and was wondering for some help on this? I'll build one if need be...I'm an robotics…Continue

 

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William Burkert replied to Theo Moelich's discussion Optical flow sensor problems...
"Theo, Did you ever have any progress?  Did you ever get an answer?  In Flight Planner I test the sensor and never get any values other than zero."
Jun 1
Theo Moelich replied to Simon Gibson-Poole's discussion GPS offset error ?!? in the group ArduCopter User Group
"Simon my very 1st flight ended in a crash because of the exact problems. I only later (through much reading) found out that all my default values regarding GPS and especially compass was out by a mile. I actually set my compass the auto learn fir…"
Feb 16
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Optical sensor

nope still no easy way to set up the optical flow sensorI'm sure there's another wayAnybody please?!See More
Jan 19
Theo Moelich replied to Theo Moelich's discussion Optical flow sensor problems...
"It seems like it's working - APM2.5 Loiter and Alt-hold works fairly good but need to make sure..."
Jan 16
Theo Moelich replied to Theo Moelich's discussion Optical flow sensor problems...
"Will do thanks"
Jan 16
Theo Moelich replied to Theo Moelich's discussion Optical flow sensor problems...
"Carlson Bought it from a place called Netram Technologies in South Africa Have a look at www.netram.co.za Enjoy... "
Jan 16
Shawn Mason replied to Theo Moelich's discussion Optical flow sensor problems...
"Call Dany at canadadrones.com"
Jan 16
Carlson replied to Theo Moelich's discussion Optical flow sensor problems...
"Hell, I want an Optical Flow sensor but cant find one. Where did you get yours from?"
Jan 15
Shawn Mason replied to Theo Moelich's discussion Optical flow sensor problems...
"Same question"
Jan 15
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Jan 13
R. D. Starwalt replied to Theo Moelich's discussion power monitor cable
"You might also get some benefit from the APM2.5 Simplified Power schematic. It shows the 'Mystery Port' which was revealed to be the  APM Power Module port. -=Doug"
Jan 12
Joe replied to Theo Moelich's discussion Wrong artificial horizon on flight data
"Imagine the RED horizontal line is the wing of your aircraft, if you bank to the right the right wing tip drops down toward GREEN earth and the left wing tip rises."
Jan 12
u4eake replied to Theo Moelich's discussion Wrong artificial horizon on flight data
"Are you sure the horizon is wrong ?  If your plane rolls right, the "ground" should roll left, just like when you would be inside a real plane.  So it might seem at first that it's inverted. Just make sure that the ailerons…"
Jan 12
Theo Moelich replied to Theo Moelich's discussion power monitor cable
"Hi Bill Thanks a million, great information"
Jan 12
Bill Bonney replied to Theo Moelich's discussion power monitor cable
"The PM is a voltage divider scaling 50V to 5V. And current is converted using a opamp to multiply the voltage across 0.1mOhm to 0-5V to represent 90A. It's based on the AttoPilot current sensor. See…"
Jan 1
Theo Moelich posted a discussion

power monitor cable

I decided to upgrade my 500mm quad-frame to ardupilot APM2.5+GPSUnfortunately I don't have the power monitor cable and was wondering for some help on this? I'll build one if need be...I'm an robotics engineer and has no problem understanding ccts, firmware and softwaremy question is -The power cable monitors the lipo cell voltages (I assume) and when reaching a thresshold gives a boolean logic signal to the APMMy questions are then does it monitors voltage or current?What type of signal does it…See More
Jan 1

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