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Help Needed: GPS and Accelerometer Testing in APM2.0

Posted by Aizzat on June 19, 2012 at 9:54am

Hi,

I just bought my APM2.0 and I am new here. I managed to verify my board is working by using Mission Planner to check the sensors (gyro, accelerometer). But somehow, I plan not to use Mission Planner to check or debug the output from the APM2.0.

Is there any source code that others has developed that I could modify to read the sensor data from APM2.0 and display the output (maybe just showing at serial terminal)?

I am stuck with this. Your help is much appreciated.

Thanks.

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Michael Pursifull June 19, 2012 at 10:06am

Connect over serial. 115200k for usb, 56k when using 3DR or Xbee radios.

There is a completely functional command line interface. It includes a "test" mode, where you can review the output of your various onboard sensors.

Of course most of the sensor data is also available in the telemetry stream, if you have any MAVLink capable program.