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Indiegogo campaign for Navio is about to close in 14 hours. Emlid team would like to thank DIYdrones community for the support to our project - your feedback was very helpful to us.

For those who have missed our previous posts about Navio - it is a shield for Raspberry Pi that gives it all the necessary capabilities required for autopilot applications: MPU9250 IMU over SPI, MS5611 barometer, U-blox NEO-7M / NEO-6T GPS module, ADS1115 4-x channel ADC, PCA9685 PWM generator with 13 servo channels, PPM input, DF13 ports for extensions.

It’s main goal is to provide a convenient platform for development and promotion of drones with Linux control. But Navio can be used for any other tasks that require navigation and servo control.

Detailed description can be found on our Indiegogo page.

We have reached several stretch goals, and our supporters will receive additional accessories: a pack of DF13 jumper wires for connecting extensions and active GPS/GLONASS antenna. Also, all Navio boards will get an additional chip - FRAM memory for reliable non-volatile storage.

After the campaign we’ll keep our supporters updated on the manufacturing process.

Links:

Our website - www.emlid.com

Navio’s page on Indiegogo

 

Best regards,

Emlid team

 

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  • Dear Andrew,

    We’d love to get involved in the development of APM much more, but recently all of our time was consumed by setting up the supplies, manufacturing and verifying the design. Hopefully, it’ll ease soon and we’ll be able to spend more time with the developer community.

    Fear not, we absolutely do not want to make our own private fork and would prefer that Navio is supported in the mainstream APM, of course, if you let us:) Ardupilot team really made a great work on Linux port and we definitely don’t want to reinvent the wheel. We’ll contact you soon to discuss all that.

    Best regards,

    Emlid team

  • Developer

    btw, I'd really encourage the Navio team to get a bit more involved on drones-discuss, and in our weekly dev calls and coding sessions. I'm delighted that you are doing a board like this, but it's important to have good communication with the ardupilot developers.

    What I hope you aren't doing (but fear you may be doing!) is working on your own private fork of ardupilot. That would be a very silly thing to do, as the Linux port of ardupilot is developing very fast, and it will be a nightmare to merge later. Far better to work with us now to ensure we can properly support your board.

    Cheers, Tridge

  • Developer

    Hi Emlid,

    I'm really glad to see the MPU9250 is on SPI now. That will make it much more practical.I backed the indegogo campaign today after I saw that it wasn't on I2C any more.

    I've been working on some changes to ardupilot recently which will make it much easier to port ardupilot to the Navio. A new HAL_BOARD_SUBTYPE has been introduced that allows you to have the same HAL_Linux for multiple board types, with the subtype controlling what devices are available and other key features of the board. It is in the https://github.com/BeaglePilot/ardupilot tree now, and should be merged into the main master branch soon.

    Cheers, Tridge

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