Posted by Eric Zarowny on September 16, 2010 at 7:05pm
I would like to receive telemetry data (or really, any data) and pass it to another microcontroller inside of my plane. Would this be feasible with the current I/O and software setup of the ArduPilot Mega?
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You dont' even need the spare ports. Just use the regular telemetry port and either decode the standard stream with your other microcontroller or replace the GCS code with your own. You can drive both an xbee and a digital input on your other microcontroller with the telem port output.
The "spare" serial port is not necessarily available. If you are using the gps and telemetry port the other two serial ports are not really available. One is wired to the usb and not accessible without hacking. The fourth is used for a i2c port dedicated to the A/D converter.
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The "spare" serial port is not necessarily available. If you are using the gps and telemetry port the other two serial ports are not really available. One is wired to the usb and not accessible without hacking. The fourth is used for a i2c port dedicated to the A/D converter.