Great work with the ArduPilot it looks awesome.I was thinking of using it to send telemetry down for my UAV but I had a couple of quick questions.On the software you used when you won the competition, I noticed you had an air speed and course bearing dial. Where did you get the airspeed and course bearing data from? I also noticed another dial reading in the center of the GUI that can read from 1-5 and -1 to -5. What does that dial tell you? Is there anyway you could transmit fuel level or battery voltage data through the Arduino? Are there any sensors that are easily compatible with the ArduPilot that can do this?Can you set the ArduPilot to wirelessly transmit data down with an XBee that is set to transmit at a different frequency then what you are using? My assumption is that it shouldn't really matter but I just wanted to be sure.I am sorry if anyone has answered these questions before. Feel free to link the discussions that reference my questions. (I might have missed them).Thanks in advance.
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The airspeed data came from an airspeed sensor (differential pressure sensor), which was a prototype of our forthcoming ArduPilot expansion board. Course bearing comes from GPS. Dial in the center is climb rate. Any other sensor (power, voltage, etc) can easily be added to the spare digital or analog input pins on the board. Analog sensors are easiest to read, but digital sensors (from PWM to I2C) can also be read with a little coding.
ArduPilot doesn't care which Xbee you use or what frequency. It's all just serial out to the board....
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ArduPilot doesn't care which Xbee you use or what frequency. It's all just serial out to the board....
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