Jordi Muñoz's Blog (83)

3DR Customer support nightmare (Our bad, sorry!)

Last week we implemented a fancy ticketing system that will enable us to properly track issues among customers and be able to supervise the time response of our representatives but at the same time give them access to a set of tools that will help them be a lot more efficient.

Unfortunately the systems blow up last Friday (the 20th) so we were receiving emails from customers but any of our responses made it out, they were probably sent to the limbo.net.

The system…

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Added by Jordi Muñoz on July 27, 2012 at 11:00am — 13 Comments

Announcing APM 2.5!

I’m pleased to announce the new APM 2.0 revision, better known as APM2.5!

But before you start screaming that you just got an APM 2.0, let me explain that there’s NO difference in performance at all between the two, the board is still the same in terms of functionally and it runs exactly the same code as…

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Added by Jordi Muñoz on July 26, 2012 at 7:30pm — 146 Comments

Please welcome ArduPilotMega 2.0!

APM 2.0 is the culmination of almost a year of hard work. We wanted to make it perfect and we…

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Added by Jordi Muñoz on November 30, 2011 at 11:30pm — 1072 Comments

ArduIMU V3 ready for pre-order and check our new color!

Hi there! Finally you can pre-order the ArduIMU V3 here.. You can find more info abut it in my last post here

The final…

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Added by Jordi Muñoz on November 15, 2011 at 6:30pm — 185 Comments

ArduIMU V3 is finally here!

Long time since my last post!

I'm glad to announce the new ArduIMU V3 that will take the place of the very successful ArduIMU v2 (flat version). We called it flat version because ArduIMU V2 was created in a time where 3 axis and even 2 axis gyros were not so common and we had to place some of the…

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Added by Jordi Muñoz on November 2, 2011 at 1:00pm — 66 Comments

Early Christmas for DIYDrones store!

Finally our new MC-385 arrived! We are lucky to have Manncorp just a few miles away, they have been very supportive with us. Thanks Manncorp!



This little machine is similar to the Sparkfun one (MC-384) but ours has dual head! This is…

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Added by Jordi Muñoz on June 20, 2011 at 6:00pm — 10 Comments

DIYDrones Magnetometer issue resolution

 

It's a long story that I will try to summarize. The latest revision of the magnetometer that had some design improvements including making it easier to manufacture to boost production using the pick and…

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Added by Jordi Muñoz on January 12, 2011 at 11:00pm — 88 Comments

Help wanted for top secret project

Happy new year folks!

DIYdrones hardware development team needs some help, if you think you can contribute in something please PM, our requirements are:

-Any microcontroller capable to handle a little web server can be used.

-The hardware must have WiFi access (behave as an access…

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Added by Jordi Muñoz on January 2, 2011 at 6:00pm — 211 Comments

APM Oilpan Rev. H, Version 1.0 now in production!



The new ArduPilotMega Shield "Hotel' Version 1.0 has finally replaced our old and problematic Foxtrap 2.2, many of the changes are just to accelerate the assembly process and reduce production failure rates, working in conjunction with the very supportive… Continue

Added by Jordi Muñoz on September 16, 2010 at 5:00pm — 43 Comments

New MTK firmware fix update.

Help wanted! Here is the latest firmware revision that fixes the longitude issue. If you are one of those that are having problems please try this new version:



AXN1.30_2278_3329_384.1151100.1_binary.bin



Let me know your results.



Instructions for reloading your…
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Added by Jordi Muñoz on September 2, 2010 at 5:30pm — 31 Comments

DIYDrones Store Switching back to FedEx, up to 50% off on international shipments!

This a long, long story but let's go to the point: We are now offering FedEx again and they offered us unbelievable "negotiated rates" compared with UPS. Thanks to Chris Anderson and Fred Smith! (… Continue

Added by Jordi Muñoz on July 14, 2010 at 1:00pm — 8 Comments

The store has Twitter!

Hey hello guys, if you want to fallow me on Twitter and see what's going on inside, well take a look:

http://twitter.com/storediydrones

I hope you like it!

Regards.

Added by Jordi Muñoz on June 15, 2010 at 5:56pm — 5 Comments

ArdupilotMega Shield/Oilpan available for preorder



For those who don't want to be waiting for it, here's your your best option: Order it and be one of the firsts to receive it (As always FIFO service).



Go for it here:… Continue

Added by Jordi Muñoz on May 30, 2010 at 1:20am — 60 Comments

Quick Post: ArduPilotMega Shield/OilPan Photos!



Is not ready yet, has tiny mistakes, but the tweaked boards is under the last hardware performance test's , as soon as i get an answer, I will start the mass production... ETA two weeks! (Maybe sooner).



The shield can be bottom placed (oil pan) or in the top (Shield). I would suggest the… Continue

Added by Jordi Muñoz on May 16, 2010 at 10:30am — 62 Comments

Meditek MK3329, 66 channels, 10Hz for just $34.95!

With my endless effort to keep everything cheap and I'm just starting (I just got a pick and place machine!). If you want a cheap GPS here is the best deal you can get, pretty good actually:



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Added by Jordi Muñoz on May 13, 2010 at 10:30pm — 35 Comments

uBlox GS-407 Antenna Problems.. (Solution)



A few batches of the GS407 (uBlox) modules came defective. This problem includes units sold by SparkFun and DIYDrones Store ... The problem seems to be around the antenna solder joins, they are weak and break easily, so any little crash may break it. You can try to solder them by removing the hard… Continue

Added by Jordi Muñoz on May 6, 2010 at 12:30pm — 23 Comments

ArduPilot Mega Updates, updates!

I have several stuff i would like to explain! Let's enumerate them:



1.-The first batch of ArduPilot Mega's may be released this Wednesday 28.



2.- The lasted shield is ready (codename: Foxtrap) and has many advantages compared to the last board, including the Invensense gyros (cheaper… Continue

Added by Jordi Muñoz on April 24, 2010 at 7:00pm — 36 Comments

How can i get my own SparkFun building right into my flying field?

If you want get your own SparkFun building for practicing well jsut fallow the next steps:



1.-Download SparkFun Model from here

2.-Open… Continue

Added by Jordi Muñoz on April 3, 2010 at 4:00pm — 20 Comments

How to Get Extra Juice for your Ground Station Gear?



When testing my airplane on the flying field i have two main problems:



1.-I can't see anything on my laptop under the sun. SOLVED!

2.-Battery life less than 3 hours. SOLVED!



The way i did to solve this problem was actually pretty simple and now i can get more than 12 hours of… Continue

Added by Jordi Muñoz on April 1, 2010 at 2:40pm — 10 Comments

APM Oil Pan!



Is 2:22AM (when i started writing this) and i can't sleep, so i decided to write this post.


I been working "hard" and the fastest i can to finish this thing, theres only one step remaining in order to start the "mass" production of this board.


This…
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Added by Jordi Muñoz on March 1, 2010 at 3:30am — 67 Comments

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