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Optical and Sonar Sensors

Started Apr 18, 2012 0 Replies

So in a spending spree I picked up a Optical sensor (the ADNS3080) and on looking to add it I am a bit confused.... It seems both the optical and the sonar use the same pin on the APM (well at least…Continue

Dropped out the sky

Started this discussion. Last reply by TonyP Mar 30, 2012. 22 Replies

Hi Everyone. Recently got into ArduCopters, and have a standard 3DR frame with the 850 motors, APM1 etc. Radio I use is a Spektrum DX8. Being a total noob, I have been the cause of a number of…Continue

 

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Oprical and Sonar Sensors

So in a spending spree I picked up a Optical sensor (the ADNS3080) and on looking to add it I am a bit confused.... It seems both the optical and the sonar use the same pin on the APM (well at least for the APM1 board) so I was wondering what other folk have done here? Ideally I would like to use both, for no other reason than I can..... Any other pins I can connect the optical sensor to? Thanks, TonySee More
Apr 18, 2012
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TonyP replied to TonyP's discussion Dropped out the sky
"Right following ion from Crispin's blog post here http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/spektrum-dx8-and-ar8000-failsafe-setup , I set up the failsafe and went to test.....   Mixed results, really.   Quad was very stable all round,…"
Mar 30, 2012
Dave replied to TonyP's discussion Dropped out the sky
"I'd say it's unlikely.  Phone towers are relatively low power and spread across a band. If it was a TV, FM or AM broadcast transmitter, then I'd say yes.  I've had my GPS clobbered when within about 500m of a TV tower."
Mar 29, 2012

DeveloperR_Lefebvre replied to TonyP's discussion Dropped out the sky
"Absolutely!"
Mar 29, 2012
Crispin replied to TonyP's discussion Dropped out the sky
"So for the benefit of others, Tony and I live about a mile apart.  We were pondering a few minutes ago about where he was flying. It's a farmer's field but the corner where Tony was has a cell tower not that far from it. Maybe 100m…"
Mar 28, 2012
TonyP replied to TonyP's discussion Dropped out the sky
"Interesting find Crispin, I thought I had read that before, so to me this is a APM failsafe. Will look at this in a bit more detail tomorrow.  Also did some testing with range again, and compared to another DX8 radio and similar set up we got…"
Mar 28, 2012
Crispin replied to TonyP's discussion Dropped out the sky
"Is the APM fail safe not when you set the rx to output less than 950uS. That way the APM knows it's all gone Pete Tong and  it needs to do what you preset i.e. RTL. it's got nothing to do with channel 7. Just found…"
Mar 28, 2012
Silvio replied to TonyP's discussion Dropped out the sky
"Hello, I have the same Problem like you, and i have a DX8 too.... :/ But this error i have only 2and time! I fly now over 3-4hours with my new APM2.0 from the V2.4 -> 2.5.3, have no problems like this.... And i hope i dont have this…"
Mar 28, 2012

DeveloperR_Lefebvre replied to TonyP's discussion Dropped out the sky
"The way it works is that, with the aircraft on the ground, no motor power, you put your radio in the condition you want the failsafe.  So, all sticks at neutral, and RTL mode selected.  Then you push a button on... I think it's on the…"
Mar 28, 2012
Bradley J Carr replied to TonyP's discussion Dropped out the sky
"But if you can't program it in the actual radio, then you can program the RX different?"
Mar 28, 2012
Bradley J Carr replied to TonyP's discussion Dropped out the sky
"I am looking into that now.  I want the Failsafe to be my RTL.  It is a little scary knowing that I really don't have a Failsafe."
Mar 28, 2012

DeveloperR_Lefebvre replied to TonyP's discussion Dropped out the sky
"Just get the FrSky modules. They are really good."
Mar 28, 2012
Bradley J Carr replied to TonyP's discussion Dropped out the sky
"I have the Futaba T7C.  I was just reading through the manual and it tells me that only channel three can be set.  I need a new radio"
Mar 28, 2012

DeveloperR_Lefebvre replied to TonyP's discussion Dropped out the sky
"Really?  What Radio?  I'm using an FrSky radio in a Futaba, and I can set the failsafe to be anything I want. What good is a failsafe that just holds the last known output?"
Mar 28, 2012

DeveloperR_Lefebvre replied to TonyP's discussion Dropped out the sky
"Yes, you could set Ch7 option to RTL, and then trigger that in your receiver failsafe. Or, the way I have it done, is RTL is one of my flight modes, and I simply set the Rx failsafe to that. So, if I turn off my Tx, the Rx will output all sticks…"
Mar 28, 2012
Bradley J Carr replied to TonyP's discussion Dropped out the sky
"I was just checking my radio and haveing the F/S would not even help.  it would keep the throttle at one position and the others channels to the last know fixed position.  Well if you were flying away from you it will just keep going until…"
Mar 28, 2012

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