Update on the DIY Drones dev teams

Those of you who tuned into the podcast this week heard that we're in high gear here at DIY Drones getting ready to release the next generation of ArduPilot, ArduPilot Mega. As always, this is a community effort--the product of dozens of people working for more than a year. So this is an opportunity to call out some of the heroes of the project and a way for people to figure out how they might contribute:

Project	Team leaders
ArduPilot hardware (classic & Mega)	Jordi Munoz and Nathan Seidle
ArduPilot software (classic & Mega)	Jason Short and Doug Weibel
ArduIMU hardware	Jordi Munoz
ArduIMU software	Jose Julio, Doug Weibel and Jordi Munoz
ArduPilot Mega IMU shield	Jordi Munoz and Jose Julio
Ground station software	Igor Koruga
Configuration utility	HappyKillmore
ArduStation Mega	Sarel Wagner
Telemetry data structure	Mikko Saarisalo
Documentation	Chris Anderson

Each of those team leaders typically has a few other contributors working with them; in total we probably have about two dozen core developers. These project are all sized to work best with small teams, so we're careful about adding too many new folks, but we also depend on the community to drive the project forward. So if you would like to contribute to one of these efforts, please comment below.

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3D Robotics

Chris Anderson April 9, 2010 at 8:01am

Looking good!
Sarel P. Wagner April 9, 2010 at 12:40am

Mega Ground Station mechanical mock ups.
MGS

The guts for the mock up.
Gubbinses

Rgrds
Daniele Pedrini March 30, 2010 at 6:25am

Thanks Doug Weibel!

I have updated this section with last working versions.
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I deduce from your avatar that you're also a glider pilot, right?
Developer

Doug Weibel March 29, 2010 at 7:58pm

ArduPilot 2.6 is at a semi-stable beta test state, but I have lots of new functionality that I will be adding soon.

@Danielle - the gps checksum error rate on ArduIMU has not been excessive. You can expand the buffer if you want but I don't see it as necessary. The groundstart/airstart modes are meant to function with ArduPilot. If you are not using ArduPilot just turn off the airstart option in the configuration and you will always get a groundstart on power up - no pushbutton necessary. I will review your other suggested enhancement. Thank you.
Developer

Jordi Muñoz March 29, 2010 at 7:51pm

Well ArduPilotMega:

-Final modifications for mass production, updated logo.

Possible candidate for the shield or pan oil is already on the batching factory.
Admin

Morli March 29, 2010 at 3:27pm

Ludovico
Don't ask, just do it :) and upload it some were and post the link, some one will verify and add it to wiki later. Thanks
Ludovico Antonio March 29, 2010 at 1:12pm

Hi guys,
are you intrested in having the ardupilot manual traslated in Italian (wich can be easily translated in spanish,there is a huge fpv community in spain, by google)??
If yes just send me a PM I' ll be glad to help
Sarel P. Wagner March 29, 2010 at 10:47am

ArduMega Ground station Schematics were completed, hardware was received last week so the mock up for board layout has started. We hope to finish this in the next week or 2, work pressure permitting. We have a good idea of where the components need to go on the board. They will all fit.

The layout of the actual copper is not easy, Jordi is making us prove our skills by keeping this board as a 2 layer board..... It will be a challenge to get all the tracks sorted with the best possible EMI/RFI since there will be little space for ground planes etc.

Rgrds
Developer

Jason Short March 29, 2010 at 10:01am

Maybe Teams can post their progress here.
2.5.03 is done, although I may post a patch to fix some formatting issues.
Doug has taken the reins and is rapidly finishing 2.6.
Daniele Pedrini March 29, 2010 at 7:59am

Hi,
I have placed some issue at http://code.google.com/p/ardu-imu/issues/list.
If you have no problems I can suggest more enhancements.

thanks!

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