I have a winter student doing a blimpduino as a project.


So far we have it out of the box and running the default beacon finding code with no problem. I am having the student go through the project as an opportunity to learn about microcontrollers, programming, navigation etc. If you want to follow our progress, you can look at: mtsacflight.blogspot.com

There are flight videos and more.

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Comment by Chris Anderson on January 15, 2009 at 12:53am
Cool to see their learning process, but why are they reinventing the wheel and writing code from scratch? Is part of the class rules that they can't start with our code?
Comment by profmason on January 15, 2009 at 1:14am
No, they are looking at your code as they work. Since they have no experience working with microcontrollers, I think that dissecting and understanding this project gives them exposure to a large number of topics in robotics and control theory. We will see how the project evolves.
Thanks again!
Comment by AeroBoy on August 2, 2010 at 5:53am
hi there,

i am new to DIY and have decided to use Blimpduino for my autonomous flying robot project. I would like to know how i can integrate wifi onto it in order for me to transmit and receive from a ground station(which will send commands to the blimp)

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Comment by Chris Anderson on August 2, 2010 at 6:24am
If your wifi module weighs less than about 40 grams and can accept serial, yes. Otherwise, you're better off with Xbee modules.
Comment by AeroBoy on August 27, 2010 at 7:43am
hey chris,just to check with you. ive got the xbee retail kit and how can i integrate it with the ardupilot 2.x?

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