Posted by Jason Short on October 27, 2009 at 9:41am
One of the biggest limitations I've run into with the ardupilot hardware is the use of functions that need to disable the interrupt register to do precise timing such as pulsein() or similar functions. Would the 1280 have the same issues?Have you guys considered a dual processor design for the Ardupilot? I can image I2C connected chips would give you the ability to offload the radio input and give you multiple UARTS.Are there any other design considerations for the next generation board or for an alternate design?
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Well hopefully the new version will handle more than 4 servos.. At least 7 , preferably 9 would be great..
Different power connector as well would be great, the same one as eagle uses.. Then the board could meassure amps directly as well.
Add airspeed and altimeter aswell then to the shield so it can be used as vario, there are some glider pilots out here aswell.
Keep up the great work folks..
ArduPilot Mega will be a three-processor board: a 1280 for logic, an atmega328 for IMU and an atmega328 for failsafe/RC signal reading (replacing the attiny on the current board).
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Different power connector as well would be great, the same one as eagle uses.. Then the board could meassure amps directly as well.
Add airspeed and altimeter aswell then to the shield so it can be used as vario, there are some glider pilots out here aswell.
Keep up the great work folks..