Posted by Faisal Shah on November 10, 2009 at 9:20am
I'm putting together schematics for my YADIYA board (http://www.diydrones.com/forum/topics/yadiya-yet-another-diy), and I was wondering how many switches, pushbuttons, and LEDs should I use and for what (so I can label them properly). If you read my post above, you will see that I am trying to make this as general purpose and expandable as possible. Here are my thoughts so far:LEDs1. Power2. GPS lock3. Failsafe activated4. Sensors ready (indicated sensors are "warmed up". See: http://www.diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/razor-6dof-imu-arduino-dcm)Pushbuttons:1. Reset2. ?Switches:1. ?
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Hi, I would think of 3 leds:
1. green: board has power
2. yellow: non-critical error (you can fly the plane manually, but autopilot won't work - can be sensor issues, also gps.)
3. red: critical error, unsafe to fly plane (at least one RX input is missing, voltage too low, etc)
I would connect serial display in order to get more detailed fault information when alarmed by led's.
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1. green: board has power
2. yellow: non-critical error (you can fly the plane manually, but autopilot won't work - can be sensor issues, also gps.)
3. red: critical error, unsafe to fly plane (at least one RX input is missing, voltage too low, etc)
I would connect serial display in order to get more detailed fault information when alarmed by led's.