Moderator Comment by Sgt Ric on October 2, 2010 at 8:47am

Jordi reported on Twitter that he ran out of Oilpan PCB's!!

Just like Alexanders's post, I also was shocked about the ESD precautions going out the window judging by the pic of the plastic box!
Perhaps you don't have the dryness that we have up here, but we are pretty serious about proper ESD protocol in my workshop.

Comment by Kenny on October 2, 2010 at 9:11am

@Chris i would to order the kit. Is that possible to have it as a whole or should ii buy them one by one at the store? I would like to have everything in a box for assembly. Really look forward to official launch. Nice work.

Admin Comment by Thomas J Coyle III on October 2, 2010 at 10:12am

Chris,

Since the IMU Mega Shield is built using static sensitive devices, are you using ESD protective tubs to hold the Sheilds after they are built?

Regards,
TCIII

3D Robotics Comment by Chris Anderson on October 2, 2010 at 10:23am

Relax guys, that box was just for the picture ;-)

Comment by Eric T on October 2, 2010 at 11:18am

now that the IMU's are inproduction can I assume that the gps and magnetometer will be back in stock soon as well? :)

3D Robotics Comment by Chris Anderson on October 2, 2010 at 11:56am

Eric: Magnetometers are awaiting sensors, which will be arriving in mid-Oct. We have plenty of uBlox GPS modules in stock (that's what I use). The MediaTeks are temporarily out of stock while we diagnose a QA problem with the batteries, which are draining voltage. It may be a bad batch of batteries, which we've ordered, but we're going to hold off shipping them until we're sorted that out. Should be a couple weeks at most.

Comment by Eric T on October 2, 2010 at 12:14pm

okay thanks good to know! On the mediatek vs. ublox, are there any relevant differences other than price? Does the 4hz/10hz affect anything? or does the board not take advantage of the increased hz anyways?

3D Robotics Comment by Chris Anderson on October 2, 2010 at 12:23pm

The 10Hz on the MediaTek is just interpolated 4Hz. APM only evaluates the "real" data (4Hz)

Comment by Neil Baker on October 4, 2010 at 12:25pm

Your holdin $5000 dollars in that box if that is 33 IMUs.

Comment by Eric T on October 5, 2010 at 11:08am

there is one mediatek gps in stock... does it have a bad battery? or is the problem sorted out?

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