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Status of Project:

Hardware Available and in public roadmap.

I wrote this post for me , for try to understand where this huge project are  going and for all our  developer , user and people that daily ask me a lot of things about It. I hope that this is a simple guide about what we're doing .

Multipilot32 (LYIF)

http://www.virtualrobotix.com/page/multipilot32-1

http://www.virtualrobotix.com/forum/topics/multipilot32-getting-started

http://www.virtualrobotix.com/profiles/blogs/multipilot-32-power-point

Status of availability:

• In stock 4 pcs.
• Next batch production will be available in second week of april.
• The product is available for developers, OEMs, students.
• The Product is available for end users.

If you want Buy the product contact : http://www.virtualrobotix.com/profile/ElisaLonga?xg_source=activity

Supported devices:

• DiyDrones Oilpan.
• PPM SUM Serial RADIO receiver same as used by Mikrokopter.
• Standard PWM ESC.

Upcoming device support:

• Standard multichannel PPM rc radio rx (need library implementation, HW is ok).
• DiyDrones GPS (need porting of library, HW and low level library is ok).
• DiyDrones Magnetometer (HW is ok, need low level i2c library and porting of apm library).
• LN IMU (work in progress).
• LN Navigation Expansion Board GPS, BARO.

Hardware in public roadmap:

• LN Multipilot32 IMU (work in Progress).
• LN Navigation Expansion Board GPS, BARO (work in progress).
• Next Revision of Multipilot32. RTF (work in progress).
• Pico CPU JTAG POD.

There are available two kind of enviroment one for entry level user supported by a branch of Arduino v 018 ide , called VRIde . Another is a complete professional Eclipse enviroment that support make project, upload firmware and debug using jtag functionality.

Available Ide :

VRIde rev 0.0.1

• simple user interface.
• Editing Code.
• Support C/C++ and wiring framework.
• fast editing and compile standard example.
• fast editing and compile standard library example.
• serial terminal interface for debugging.
• using external Demo Flash loader for update firmware to MP32.

Link: http://code.google.com/p/multipilot32/downloads/list

VROS : Eclipse + GCC Codesourcery.

• Professional Ide editor.
• Support Multiproject operation.
• Support C/C++ language.
• Editing makefile, linker script, asm code.
• Integrated make code: make clean , make all.
• Ready to use VROS 'C' template : ChibiOS/RT .
• using external Demo Flash loader for update firmware to MP32.

Link: http://code.google.com/p/multipilot32/source/browse/#svn%2Fbranches%2FRedfox74%2FChibiOS-VROS-Dist

Upcoming revision of ide: (working progress)

VRide rev 0.0.2

• Patch the interrupt vectortable to support high denisty micro.
• Update maple library for support of 4 serial interface , using also the serian interface connected to usb on oilpan.

VRide rev 0.0.3

• i2c support.
• flash bootloader by dfutil using usb.
  • link :http://code.google.com/p/multipilot32/source/browse/#svn%2Fbranches%2FRedfox74%2FVRide%2Fbootloader%20dfu

• support for Jtag uploader.
• support for Jtag debugger: step by step debug, variable watching in realtime.
• Vros C++ template and support of MP32 library.

Framework available status of development.

• Virtualrobotix branch of Xduino project for Multipilot32.
• Virtualrobotix branch of Maple library for Multipilot32.
  • link :http://code.google.com/p/multipilot32/source/browse/#svn%2Fbranches%2FRedfox74%2FVRide%2Fvride-library%253Fstate%253Dclosed
• Virtualrobotix MP32 VROS Library available for VRide and VROS.
• ChibiOS/RT with official support of Multipilot32.

Firmware available:

• Arducopter NG -> ArmFoxCopter 32.
  • Link : http://code.google.com/p/multipilot32/downloads/list
  • First Fligh link: http://www.virtualrobotix.com/profiles/blogs/multipilot-32-official

Upcoming Firmware:

• Arducopter Mega
• Ardupilot 2.0

Original Thread in the Forum : http://www.virtualrobotix.com/forum/topics/multipilot32-vride-and-vros