"If it compiles when you use the "None" option in the Arduino IDE menu, then you are using a pre-HAL version of the arducopter code. ( ie 2.9.1b or earlier ). There is absolutely nothing…"
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MAVProxy documentation effort !
Started Sep 12, 2012 0 Replies 0 Likes
Please be advised that MAVProxy now has a "homepage" and initial documentation effort. If you can add to the documentation please do. If you find a mistake, please fix it. If you want to…Continue
Tags: mavlogdump, mavgraph, mavproxy
Wanted to buy - broken APM2 unit/s! I will pay actual $ for them.
Started Jul 29, 2012 0 Replies 0 Likes
Send me your broken APM2s!I'll pay you $40 if it boots into software at all and you can prove it ( eg the serial console, or the radio telemetry works, or any of the ABC LED's flash repeatedly on…Continue
routing of the 4 APM serial ports......?
Started Dec 22, 2011 0 Replies 0 Likes
I was looking at this page:http://code.google.com/p/ardupilot-mega/wiki/Hardwareand at the google docs spreadsheet that is linked…Continue
Flight Termination System? - ArduTerminator
Started this discussion. Last reply by davidbuzz Dec 3, 2011. 3 Replies 0 Likes
Hi All,I'm currently developing a "Flight Termination System" that will be used as part of a competition entry ( see links below), and I thought others might like to be involved.... and/or the DIY…Continue
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davidbuzz replied to QQ's discussion Is there any different between Maximun Pitch Angle and Maximun tilt angle"AFAICT , MNT_* variables relate to the camera gimbal functions, not the plane."
davidbuzz replied to Christian Lopez's discussion Crashing APM 2.0"any form of Serial.print('xxxxxxx') is the easiest and most likely culprint, no matter what you are printing or to which port. the reason is that the 'xxxxxxx' I gave there uses 7 bytes of RAM, permanently, and these…"
davidbuzz replied to Christian Lopez's discussion Crashing APM 2.0"typically the thing that causes me symptom/s most like the ones you are experiencing is running out of ram. ( SRAM)
see here for more clues: http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/Memory
in-short, comment out all your Serial.print('some debugging…"
davidbuzz replied to Chris Waltham's discussion APM2.5 Nose Wheel Control on Take Off"I'm no expert at this, but with the autotakeoff feature in arduplane ( since 2.60 ) , it relies on it being a taildragger, in as much as it expects the the tailwheel to be attached to the rudder, and it expects to be able to "climb…"
davidbuzz replied to Seppo's discussion RFD900 - New long range radio modem"I visited Seppo a couple of weeks back, and saw some very nice looking prototype boards that were just being populated, so I think it's probably "real soon now".... but you can't be sure till it happens, can you. :-)"
davidbuzz replied to David Jones's discussion Multiple UAVs with one ground station"All the things you have suggested are theoretically possible, but none of them will "just work", they will require someone with development skills, and the desire to write/test these features.
For example, I have previously written…"
davidbuzz replied to Shyam Balasubramanian's discussion Quick IDEA Required: Continuous servos"another option for "continuous rotation" is to take a "stock" servo, and mechanically disconnect the potentiometer from the output shaft. in this way the PWM value/s come to represent speed, not…"
davidbuzz replied to Shyam Balasubramanian's discussion Quick IDEA Required: Continuous servos"It sounds to me like you are stuck, simply because the system is designed for a non-continuous servo, not a continuous one. You'll need to calculate your direction and speed of rotation differently than usual, but it shouldn't…"
davidbuzz commented on Chris Anderson's blog post "$40,000-$60,000"?"It's probably supplied with a "fully trained & highly operator", and that's to cover their wage. Alternatively, it's got a 100% unconditional repair and replacement warranty for 12months on it,…"
davidbuzz replied to David Jones's discussion APM1 vs APM2"have you remembered to uncomment the line in the APM_COnfig.h that tells the system ot use the APM2 settings?
// comment the line out for APM1, uncomment it for APM2
//#define CONFIG_APM_HARDWARE APM_HARDWARE_APM2"
davidbuzz replied to Minh Quang Tran's discussion DO_JUMP has no effect at all"Can you please upload ( or cut-n-paste) the mission file you are using, so we can see what your issue looks like first-hand. Also, with regard to the "zero", this is supposed to be used to cause the system to "not…"
davidbuzz replied to Minh Quang Tran's discussion DO_JUMP has no effect at all"this is a known bug. add a dummy waypoint directly after a DO_JUMP , and the problem will no longer manifest. code contribution/s to fix it are welcome. "
davidbuzz replied to Shyam Balasubramanian's discussion GOLDEN QUESTION: GIMBAL/ Camera mount (APM)"which part of the code is unclear? The comment at the top of the function says "Stabilizes mount relative to the Earth's frame", which seems pretty clear to me.
It gets the rotation of the DCM ( ie…"
davidbuzz replied to Lucas Tan's discussion Anyone has any idea on how to edit the source code?"everything is possible, it just depends how badly you want it.
* source code is here: http://code.google.com/p/ardupilot-mega/source/browse/
* IDE/compiler is Arduino. from http://arduino.cc
* instructions are in the wiki…"
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- I am one of the developers of the RepRap.org Arduino Mega firmware for 3D printing!. I also fly full-sized Gyro-copter/s for fun. I'm founding president for http://hsbne.org ( Australia's first HackerSpace ! )
- Tell us a bit about your UAV interest
- I have just built a platform for a ACM ( ardu copter mega ) using the APM + oilpan + turnigy motors + etc, and am a serious arduino software hacker
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- Brisbane
Davidbuzz's Blog
MAVProxy documentation effort and "homepage".
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 5:00am 4 Comments 3 Likes
Please be advised that MAVProxy now has a "homepage" and initial documentation effort.
If you can add to the documentation please do. If you find a mistake, please fix it. If you want to complain about how poor it is to start with, I'll listen to your complaints only after you've edited more on that…
Continue MAVProxy addon or two are a work-in-progress ( netconsole and mavgui )
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 4:00am 0 Comments 2 Likes
I've been working on-and-off on a cross-platform GUI for mavproxy, which I've been calling "mavgui". it's written in QT, and so will run natively anywhere where Qt will ( Mac, Android, Windows, etc ) ... and I've just started to add support in it for a "browser" window (…
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