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Features include:
- Return to Launch with a flick of your RC toggle switch or a mouse click in the graphical Ground Station
- Unlimited 3D GPS waypoints
- Built-in camera control
- Fully-scriptable missions
- One-click software load, and easy point-and-click configuration in the powerful Mission Planner. NO programming required!
- Replay recorded missions and analyze all the data with a graphing interface
- Supports two-way telemetry with Xbee wireless modules.
- Point-and-click waypoint entry or real-time mission commands while the UAV is in the air
- Fly with a joystick or gamepad via your PC--no need for RC control!
- Built-in failsafe will bring your aircraft home in the case of radio loss
All instructions and software are here.
APM 2 is an open source, Arduino-compatible, pro-quality autopilot. It is the most advanced IMU-based open source autopilot available today, and provides an entire UAV control system with scriptable missions with 3D waypoints, in-flight uploading of commands and powerful ground station software.
APM 2 supports any kind of of vehicle with a one-click change of code. Available code include ArduPlane (fixed wing), ArduCopter (rotary wing), ArduRover (ground vehicles) and more.
Everything you need to create an ArduPlane UAV:
* APM 2.5 autopilot with GPS ($179)
* [Optional] Telemetry kit ($75).
You'll also need a at least a five-channel RC radio setup, a soldering iron, a mini USB cable and of course something that flies!
(We're partial to the SkyFun delta wing (right) and
Bixlee 2 powered glider (left) or its equivalents ourselves).
Resources:
Manual
Source code/firmware
Note: ArduPilot Mega requires no programming, but it's open source and you're welcome to modify it if you'd like. If you are going to play with the code, you can use the free Arduino IDE to edit and upload the code to the ArduPilot board.
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Comment by Ed Stewart on January 8, 2012 at 4:23am -
Adi,
Welcome to the group. It's my understanding that a 'shield' in this case is basically a daughter board attached to the main processor board to add additional functions, a Gyro would measure degrees of rotation in any particular direction and an Accelerometer would measure changes in speed and the rate of change in any particular direction.
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Comment by MIGUEL JUAREZ TAPIA on February 1, 2012 at 8:58am
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if only i have the ardupilot mega, it is forced use de IMU shield?
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Comment by Lisa Aston on February 9, 2012 at 8:36pm
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I get an 3D GPS lock in 30 seconds when connected using the USB cable, but after 30 minutes using XBEE I get no GPS lock at all. I can't look at satellites in the GCS terminal using the XBEE so I don't know what's going on. Thank you for your help.
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Comment by Martin Szymanski on February 9, 2012 at 9:59pm
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I am not sure of the Freq of your Xbee but adjacent interference, from the Xbee, to a receiver can cause problems.
Front end overloading being a xmitter is to close can be a problem. Inverse distance square in inches or any other unit has a rule with RF. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse-square_law
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Comment by Shashank Sunil on February 20, 2012 at 8:10am
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Hello,
I was wondering if it is possible to replace the Xbee module with a modem using an RS-232 cable. I know there are uart to RS-232 converters available. Using such a converter can I just connect the ardupilot to a modem. Also, using such a setup can I expect the features at the ground control station such as collecting data and controlling the UAV with a joystick possible?
In short, I would want to replace the xbee module with an actual RF wireless modem such as 9XTend-PKG-R . Any help on this topic would be appreciated.
Thank You
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Comment by vbeeeks on March 6, 2012 at 10:08pm
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Can the APM Planner be run on beefed up Raspberry Pi (Arm/Debian OS) connected to 7" LCD, if yes then I'd order this and tweak for Ground Station - laptops are too heavy for outdoor use. Pls note I haven't yet flown my Arduplane on APM1 - just on track - following the forums. Autopilot FPV are my realms I want to explore.
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Comment by Gustav Kuhn on April 8, 2012 at 8:10am -
Hi guys, I loaded the latest firmware, and the previously well behaved plane flew like a dog.
I noticed that there are no PID values for yaw in the config window, and can't remember what was in the older firmware.
Other than being an idiot, what did I do wrong ?
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3D Robotics Comment by Chris Anderson on April 8, 2012 at 11:00am -
Gustav: Did you go through the config process again? Did you load your config file from your previous settings?
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Comment by Gustav Kuhn on April 8, 2012 at 11:11am
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Hi Chris, yes I did redo the config process.
No, I didn't save the previous config, it was default anyway.
Wev'e just had a weekend of storms, but tomorrow appears ok, so I reloaded everything tonight, test again tomorrow.
Still a bit confused about the lack of data in the yaw block, anyone else flying ST Models Discovery or similar, that can share configs?
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Comment by Gustav Kuhn on April 9, 2012 at 9:58am
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Ok, reloaded firmware, deleted, erased eeprom, reconfigure every thing.
Still no values in the Yaw block, but what the heck, it flew
beautifully :-)
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