Hey everybody!I have planned for a project with my school for my final year. Basically the idea is to make a 4 channel transmitter (3 axis+ 1 throttle). It would be tilt sensing, and the throttle would be a trigger like the trigger on an Xbox360 controller. It would be good if it had trimming feature too, as i noticed in one youtube video.(he used a ps2 controller to fly a heli in his backyard via bluetooth interface. the x button would 'store' the current elevator/aileron angle as the trimmed angleIt sounds do-able, but im from mech engineering and lack electronic engineering knowledge, I need lots of guidance in the correct direction. I have studied only basic electronics like blinking circuits etc.)My lecturer said I can use the basic stamp from Parallax and also their tilt sensors. However is there any programming needed or do is it possible to do it fully analog? (ie. Sensors data>transmitter>aircraft).I'm sorry to be asking so many things at once! Any help would be greatly appreciated!Thanks guys.
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If you've got a microcontroller in the middle, you'll need to program it (ADC-->processing-->DAC). You can try hooking the sensors directly up the the transmitter stick pot inputs, but since they give resistance output and the tilt sensors give voltage output, you'll need to design an analog circuit for the interface. Trivial for an EE, but a bit harder for regular folks.
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