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Help with airspeed

Posted by Aaron Renwald on July 20, 2010 at 5:49pm

 

  Hi all.  So I am building my first APM system, and I am unclear on how airspeed is measured. All of the pages where the APM is sold say something like "AirSpeed sensor port (optional, sold separately)" in the product description.  What airspeed sensor should I be using, where do I hook it up?

 

  (On a related note, are the temperature and absolute pressure sensors just integrated onto the board?)

 

 Thanks in advance

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  • Darren August 9, 2010 at 6:13am
    Oops!
    Instead of this,

    BR-0004-03-1.jpg(MPXV7002DP)


    I bought this,

    KT-MPXV5004DP-01-1.jpg(Kit MPXV5004DP)

    Which has this sensor,

    BR-0004-02-1.jpg(MPXV5004DP)


    Does anyone know: Since this is for a APMega w/Oilpan, will I be ok with the MPXV5004DP, or should I get the MPXV7002DP?

  • Aaron Renwald July 21, 2010 at 3:26pm
    Excellent, thank you. I will look forward to the new software version ( while I try to get the current version running! :) ) Any idea when that new version will be ready for prime time?
  • 3D Robotics
    Chris Anderson July 20, 2010 at 6:17pm
    We'll be adding airspeed support in one of the next versions of the software. You connect the sensor on the pins marked "pitot".

    The absolute pressure and temp sensor is integrated on the board. You can see all the details on the product listing.
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