Er9x transmitter now with MavLink

The er9x transmitter now will display MavLink data on the LCD.

Gerard Valade a DIYdrones member wrote the software and myself who was the principal debugger.

Works at 19200 and 38400 baud. Still have a problem with 57600 baud. Some kind of timing issue yet.

Here is a pic of the arduplane 2.30 MavLink display on the er9x.

There is an Xbee inside the er9x to receive the MaveLink data from the APN2.0 purple board.

We will post the er9x firmware soon.

Earl

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Comment by dudz on March 19, 2012 at 11:57am

Nice one Earl ! .... can't wait..


Distributor
Comment by Dany Thivierge on March 19, 2012 at 11:58am

Wow Time to MOD again the 9X!!! can you please post a step by step instruction from scratch? and tools to use? 

that would be superb! 

Thanks! 

Comment by Veikko Vierola on March 19, 2012 at 1:38pm

Any change to get this to Futaba radios too? :)


Developer
Comment by Pete Hollands on March 19, 2012 at 2:57pm

Is this project open source ?

If so :

    Where is the repository so we can read the source code ? (and download)

Best wishes, Pete


Developer
Comment by Pete Hollands on March 19, 2012 at 3:05pm

is this the site ?

Comment by JP on March 19, 2012 at 3:12pm

Awesome! regret my 7C now. hehehe

Comment by Adam Scriven on March 19, 2012 at 4:01pm

@Pete Hollands: I'm no expert, but I believe you can get all the 9x information on: 9xforums.com

Comment by Brian Donovan on March 19, 2012 at 6:44pm

Great stuff

I have looked at this development before but cannot figure out the wiring of the XBee from people who have done this. Can't find it on the forums either.

Comment by Rana on March 19, 2012 at 7:22pm

Very nice ! Motor current along with mAh consumed would be very useful, if space is not available, you may remove the less important parameter.

Comment by Joseph Reynolds on March 19, 2012 at 7:54pm

please bare with me and this stupid question but...  If I understand correctly you are receiving telem data from the APM2.0 (via xBee shield) as well as sending telem data i.e. waypoints back to the APM2.0 directly from the receiver (via another xBee link connected to the RC).

And if that *is* the case then why can't you just by-pass the whole xBee link (bad range) in lue of a long range UHF system ~433Mhz (great range) using the modified 9x RC?  Would it take up a whole channel?  If so that wouldn't be a problem for some builds, especially mine.  I am pretty sure the UHF waveform can handle it, I send upwards of 64k baud on our military UHF radios... same thing right?

Again if the answer is longer than 3 paragraphs written in "program-speak" then a simple Yes or No will suffice.

thank you,

Joey

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