Developer Comment by Mark Colwell on July 15, 2009 at 1:44pm

Earl, I am looking at the Wii nunchuck code and want to add gyro's and filter/combined outputs for position data. I am new to C but grasp most concepts. But Bill P's DCM is too advanced for me, may be you could help with DCM ?? I also have 5DF & 6DF boards from SparkFun 5DF needs repair, gyro is miss-aligned to pads. The 6DF is working with demo Mixer tool but that as far as I got I need to get IMU board to talk with ArduPilot.

Comment by Earl on July 15, 2009 at 3:09pm

Chris,
In the manual this section
Appendix 1: Correct LED behavior
You refer to
ArduPilot 2.x code loaded, autopilot in auto mode 1 (middle position of toggle switch), jumper removed, GPS connected

Could you make it clear what auto mode 1 and auto mode 2 is. Like refer to them as RTL and Waypoint mode please.
Earl

Comment by Reto on July 15, 2009 at 3:59pm

@Chris and Earl: the cables are only there to connect the new XYZ sensors for those who have ordered the "expansion shield kit". Those who were too fast (like I was) and/or ordered the "expansion shield" do not have the cable to eventually connect the new sensors, unless they already have the FMA Copilot and can use those cables!

Comment by Earl on July 15, 2009 at 5:12pm

I got connectors with the new XYZ sensors but no cable, which is ok if I has the correct pinout of the sensors. I know they go to about the center of the shield in this order.
Gnd
+5
A3
A2
A1
Which is which ? I have a1 and a2 on the XY sensor, and a3 (next to +5) on the Z. I have a feeling that is not right. How about a few pics with the proper hookup ?
Earl

3D Robotics Comment by Jordi Muñoz on July 15, 2009 at 7:30pm

Earl,

Careful, the labels are wrong, it suppose to be A0,A1 and A2. A0=A1, A1=A2, A2=A3. A2(A3 in the wrong labels) is Z. The other two i don't know because are in diagonal, just remember this the first signal output is the first signal input. Use the Force Earl.

Comment by Earl on July 15, 2009 at 7:53pm

At my age the Force is almost on the other side ! OK on the labels, I thought thats what it was. I got it hooked up properly by accident.
Still some pics with lables for others in the manual might be good.
Earl

Comment by Cronselaar on July 16, 2009 at 1:26pm

So let me get this right... FMA screwed all it's customers over by not selling the Z-sensor anymore, no more support for FS8 customers... And although i have the sensors i am still hopelessly screwed seeing that i now have to spend another $120 times 2 becuase i don't have the Z-sensor...

Comment by Bill Eason on July 17, 2009 at 7:08pm

Its great to see these up for sale! And thanks for lowering the price from $115 to $99, any saved money counts. Is there a BOM for the z sensor like there is for the xy sensor?

3D Robotics Comment by Jordi Muñoz on July 17, 2009 at 7:12pm

Bill,

You are welcome. Thanks to the people that first bought the sensors i was able to buy the thermophiles in bigger quantity's and lower the price.

Comment by Tom in ON on July 17, 2009 at 7:22pm

Photo from a previous post showing the label issue.

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