Can someone tell me the differences between a Pixhawk and the Pixhawk 2 that 3DR is marketing as being supplied with the Solo?
I've tried searching, but only found vague references to Pixhawk 2.
Even the 3DR web site is very light with info about Pixhawk 2.
Perhaps the info is being kept quiet until the final release? If so, that's ok, just let us know.
Thanks!
Rich
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https://www.facebook.com/groups/pixhawk2/
No account on facebook, so ?
That will be the center for info...
Great !
We are going to have the chance to buy pheripeals as spare parts and use what we have or change for newer ones when this come to the market yo give a try? that's what dyiers like to do I think . ;)
What's the little black box on the top? a wifi module?
No, Cala. This cube is the Pixhawk 2, plugged into the daughter board.
For OEMs, they can just place the cube directly, for Enthusiastic DIY, you can build carrier boards that suit your needs.
For others, you can buy a carrier board that breaks out the connectors. It's flexible.
Inside the cube is a Tripple IMU autopilot, with heating and vibration isolation.
To put that in perspective...
It has 9 gyros (3 X 3 axis) 9 accelerometers, 6 magnetometers, two barometers.
That's 26 mems sensors!
All of that is in the cube, the carrier is mearly a glorified wiring loom, of which anyone is free to make their own!
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do you start the batch production?
Thank's Philip, looks nice.
I really doubt they'll be releasing the Pixhawk2 as a standalone FC. Right now it's in the Solo, and there's an onboard "processor" that is tied to the processor in the transmitter. The only way i see it happening is if you purchase the transmitter and the FC for the bird, but with the camera/transmitter/C2 all being over the same link, it's pretty much the same as the solo. 3DR has pretty much stated before that there is no money in the DIY community, so pretty much clones and incremental improvements are done with the open source Pixhawk version 1. I believe 3DR is focused on the commercial and enterprise market so there's no real reason for them to release the pixhawk2 as a DIY component since it'd require retrofitting most of the transmitter and video/RC link. If you look at their website, i'm sure they'll continue to sell the solo as a camera platform but they're expanding into the commercial/enterprise space. I honestly see the market splitting, with the DIY community leveraging the clones with companion processors and the big guys focusing on turn-key solutions for commercial applications. With "legal" commercial applications imminent, there is alot of focus on all vendors to push towards a simple solution for platform development. Hopefully they all get along and settle on a common standard so we don't get left out of the "cool new stuff". I like the solo, but alot of my frames are either larger or smaller than the Solo and I like the flexibility of choosing my own gear/payload.
The closest thing the community has to a pixhawk 2 is the snapdragon flight kit. It's really the best 'next gen' device that has more than just an upgraded processor/sensors and smaller footprint. I've been playing around with the Navio2, Erle Brain2 and PXFmini. But haven't been sufficiently impressed so far, too large a FC or too low compute to be worth replacing a F4 chip for a processor that'll operate both FC functions and compute/companion functions.
http://ardupilot.org/copter/docs/common-qualcomm-snapdragon-flight-...
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