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Have you made any progress since your last post? I am trying to do something similar but am envisioning the PhoneDrone to be on the ground connected to my Android phone and have the Phonedrone connect to the Xbee ground unit. Is this…"
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Getting started with PhoneDrone
Started this discussion. Last reply by John Feb 29, 2012. 7 Replies 0 Likes
Hey all,I'm just getting started -- I've never flown an RC aircraft before, but I've got 3 months time off coming up and I want to dive in with both feet. I'm a professional programmer with a lot of…Continue
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deadfalkon replied to peterjdolan's discussion Getting started with PhoneDrone"You wanna join us in our Google Group https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=de&fromgroups#!forum/phone-drone-adk
Also, do you have any direct contact you can forward to someone from diydrones that can give us details to the board?"
pyromakus left a comment for peterjdolan"Hi,
I am also working on a similiar idea with phonedrone board. I wasn't able to detect the phonedrone board when it is connected to the android phone. I upload the google firmware and install the google app (ADK 512) without a…"
Mark replied to peterjdolan's discussion Getting started with PhoneDrone"I also purchased a phonedrone board and am finally getting around to playing with it. I am unable to connect via the micro usb connector. When windows tries to install the driver I point it to the arduino mega driver that it's asking for and it…"
peterjdolan commented on Chris Anderson's blog post New DIY Drones product preview: the PhoneDrone board for Android!"I picked up one of these boards at Maker Faire a little while ago, and I haven't been able to find any information whatsoever on it yet. Does anybody have a pointer to any resources on the board? I'd be happy even with an…"
peterjdolan replied to peterjdolan's discussion Getting started with PhoneDrone"Thanks Adrian, that helps a lot with the general questions. I picked up a powered glider and a 5-channel radio, so I expect I have the necessary bits to at least get off the ground manually, and the extra toggle to switch between manual and…"
Adrian Ryan replied to peterjdolan's discussion Getting started with PhoneDrone"hi before i start i will just let you know i am new at this and am only learning this stuff myself so i could be wrong.
how is it connected to the plane's control surfaces?
servos are run by the PWM pins that are pinned out one end of…"
peterjdolan replied to peterjdolan's discussion Getting started with PhoneDrone"You mean simulating the output of this library in an Android library?: http://code.google.com/p/ardu-imu/wiki/HomePage?tm=6
As far as I can tell, that functionality isn't present on the PhoneDrone board. Do you have in mind…"
peterjdolan posted a discussionGetting started with PhoneDrone
Hey all,I'm just getting started -- I've never flown an RC aircraft before, but I've got 3 months time off coming up and I want to dive in with both feet. I'm a professional programmer with a lot of Android experience, so I went to the San Mateo, CA Maker Faire a few weeks ago and picked up one of the PhoneDrone boards -- http://store.diydrones.com/PhoneDrone_Board_p/br-phonedrone.htm. Here's what I'm thinking so far,…See More
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- At 5:54am on January 6, 2012, pyromakus said…
Hi,
I am also working on a similiar idea with phonedrone board. I wasn't able to detect the phonedrone board when it is connected to the android phone. I upload the google firmware and install the google app (ADK 512) without a problem. Have you ran into the same issue?
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