Comment by Vincent Mees on September 19, 2011 at 12:21pm

Seems to be the sameissue with the arducopter wiki??

 

3D Robotics Comment by Chris Anderson on September 19, 2011 at 12:27pm

Also fixed now

Wiki Ninja Comment by Gary McCray on September 19, 2011 at 5:01pm

Hello, I have installed my new Mega and shield in a Great Planes EP Super Sportster and it worked fine.

With the default set up, "Stabilize" behaved perfectly, It flys better than I do.

Small complaint though, as delivered the red "C" LED on the shield was in backwards and in trying to remove it and put it in correctly, the LED itself came apart. Verified correct operation with a standard LED, but I don't have any sub micro surface mount LEDs. Could you identify this LED and let me know the current rating on it?

Another thought! I had incorrectly programmed the servo reversals in both manual and on the ArduPilot in auto modes. Fortunately I caught this just before takeoff, but it is very easy to do and I would greatly suggest a strong warning to be very careful in this regard.

3D Robotics Comment by Chris Anderson on September 20, 2011 at 12:19am

Jonny: No, you're confusing the original (legacy)  ArduPilot, which is no longer sold, with ArduPilot Mega (APM), the current hardware. The ArduPilot 2.7 code is for the original. The code for APM depends on what vehicle you're going to use: ArduPlane, ArduCopter, etc.

 

All this is spelled out clearly in the very post you're commenting on. You might want to read it again. 

3D Robotics Comment by Lorenzo@StoreDIYDrones on September 20, 2011 at 9:23am

@Gary McCray, here's the part number for the led, APT1608SRCPRV.  You can also get in touch with the store and can repair it for you.  Let me know!

Wiki Ninja Comment by Gary McCray on September 20, 2011 at 12:07pm

Thank You Lorenzo, Kingbright LED from Digikey.

I'll get one the next time I order from them.

3D Robotics Comment by Chris Anderson on September 22, 2011 at 11:05pm

Jonny: Yes. All this is in the manual. 

Comment by Bill on September 28, 2011 at 2:15am

For dual APM I could feed both APM with the Rx outputs, feed both APM outputs to an extra mux and control that mux from the primary APM mux c/o line.

The extra mux normally passes the primary APM output to the servos.

If the primary APM fails the extra mux switches to the secondary APM output, then if the secondary APM fails it passes the Rx outputs directly to the servos.

Or is there a better way to run dual APMs?

 

Comment by Richard BH on October 21, 2011 at 2:18am

Can you run HIL simulation with just the APM and no IMU oil pan?

If not, is there a reason?

 

Thanks,

Richard.

Comment by Julian Davidson on November 18, 2011 at 5:11am

Dear All,

Greeting~! I'm new in this and hope can have some advise from you all Thanks in advance.

I'm new in embedded/IC programing too, am thinking to start learning through this project :)

(My last 'C' programing class was 12 years ago! Can do some basic HTML only)

 

Some Q on (1280):

1) I have APM V1 board (ATME1280), the source code can be uploaded in Mission Planer (MP) however later it will say 'Verify failed: exp 10 got C at 126976" ... it is because 1280 board can never be use again? My Mp version > 1.0.77.

 

2) If I still want to use the 1280 What are the 'APM version' codes I need to upload?Those <V2.2?

 

Q on APM V1.4 (2560)

3) Bought everything connected and tested. (For Quad.Thank God for that haha) ... tried it on MP, works well in the 'flight data'...however when I 'tilt' the sensors, I dont see any 'response' output from any of the output channel shown on the display. (I thought as I tilt it and as it is in stabilize mode, it should give out some PWM to counter it??) .... My 900Mz Xbee connection dint work..guess I need to change the boudrate to 57K as I just found out both was at 9600

 

3.1) Where can I find any guideline on how to connect my quad? e.g connection for motor...etc..(I've my own made quad that is tested and workable)

 

3.2) Can we also use pitot tube for the above together with the sonar sensor?

 

Other (Programing side)

4) I would really love to learn how to do some GUI (e.g my own GCS) to do some basic control + display. Where should I start?  Learn the "MAVLink protocol command" ?

 

5) can we modify the current Mission Planner? As in the code is there for us to modify? If so which software I should use to open the file?

 

6) How can I read files send from the APM via Xbee and how can I sent new command back to the aircraft?

 

 

Thanks! Sorry for the lengthy Q .... Looking forward to begin my journey in programming! :) (Dreams come true! Thanks for starting this great project Christ + team + others!)

 

 

 

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