Sam Kelly's Blog Posts Tagged 'ArduCopter' (3)

New 3D Robotics product: u-blox LEA-6H GPS

Hi everyone! I'm very happy to announce our new u-blox based GPS board. The development teams and 3D Robotics have been working on this GPS unit for some time, and we have seen very good results on ArduPlane, ArduCopter and ArduRover. The Sparkfun AVC and the Quadcopter Rodeo were excellent opportunities to observe this GPS…

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Added by Sam Kelly on July 3, 2012 at 3:30pm — 85 Comments

Minimalist ArduCopter 3DR build

Hi guys, I just wanted to share some photos of my minimalist ArduCopter 3DR. The APM is using Jason Short's power hack, a Spektrum adapter, and a DSM2 remote Rx. the OilPan is standard except for the compass, which is one of the first ten or so HMC5883L prototype boards from a while ago. The rest of the frame is mostly stock (arms, ESCs, motors), but the stack-up is a little shorter than usual, and…

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Added by Sam Kelly on September 28, 2011 at 6:00pm — 8 Comments

ArduPilotMega + Spektrum satellite Rx -- NOW AVAILABLE

Hi guys. Here's a little experiment we did yesterday using Doug Weibel's spektrum-to-PPM substitute firmware for the APM's ATmega328P, an…

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Added by Sam Kelly on August 19, 2011 at 10:00am — 79 Comments

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Season Two of the Trust Time Trial (T3) Contest has now begun. The fourth round is an accuracy round for multicopters, which requires contestants to fly a cube. The deadline is April 14th.

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