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Solo link in a DIY Drone

Has anybody used a solo link in a custom drone yet? I notice you can buy the cards for about $50 each. Then add a long range wifi card and you're in business.3DR has released the firmware and code for it I think?Rolling a HD VTx, Radio Control, and t

Started by Nicholas Witham

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EKF velocity error before Auto flight - Copter 3.4.6

Hi,

I was flying a new quadcopter on Friday to test the Auto flight mode. I had a successful first mission and I tried to replicate it. Since my last waypoint was facing the opposite direction from takeoff and the RTL kept this heading, I manually rot

Started by Javier Cerna

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avrdude unable to program my ATmega328p microcontroller

I am going to be brief here. So I got my Atmega328p(this is datesheet of atmega328p) microcontroller from Arduino Uno(I pulled it out of the board). And then I bought my USBASP programmer chip to program my MCU. I properly installed its x64 drivers.

Started by nanawhite107

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Building a Autonomous Quadcopter drone

Dear All,

I m very much interested in drones and i am planning to do a Autonomous Quadcopter drone which can lift 10 kg of payload with a flight time of 45 mins.

I want to know a complete list of requirements

1. What is the best frame?

2. What is the be

Started by Kumar

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Test cases for testing Mission planner and Drones.

Is there any test cases/suite to test Mission planner and Drones.

I am looking for following test cases which will cover all following testes:
Unit Testing
Integration Testing
Overall System Testing

Please advice me if there are any test cases avai

Started by Jothi

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Open Source & Programmable Mini-Drone

The first drone developed which uses ESP8266 module.

So you would like to get started in drone programming? ESPcopter has you covered. You don’t need to spend a fortune to get started in drone programming. The ESPcopter is a small drone with program

Started by Metehan Emlik

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Getting an APM to communicate with a Mac

Hi All,

I see this issue has been posted many times....However I post in the hope that someone actually found the answer....Please forgive a rank amateur ...First go.

Assembled my quad copter yesterday...basics achieved eventually...

Using an Ardupilot

Started by Darren Fisher

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pixhawk2.1 and f450 frame basic question.

Hello.

I am using the F450 frame.

I am not familiar with electronical engineering stuff.

I want to connect the px4 flow and lidar lite v3 for indoor flying.

I try to connect my lidar lite v3 to pixhawk2.1 follwing ardupilot doc.

My understand is right

Howe

Started by Dong Ho Kang

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Getting input on one channel and giving its output on another auxiliary channel

Hi,

I need help for a simple function in mission planner but can't get how to do it. I am getting input on a channel (say ch 6), and want to output it on any aux channel. I can't directly take it because my output is in PPM. Appreciate it if anyone ca

Started by Shlok J

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DIY multicopter modding

Hi Everyone, on the occasion of the launch of my site

www.flyingmods.com

I would like to put the idea of DIY multicopter modding up for discussion:

A lot can be done with the countless, seldom flown and deadly boring quadcopters forgotten in hobby

Started by Jan Holthusen

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Set 6 point switch for 'flight mode' control in Futaba T14SG transmitter

Futaba T14SG is widely used and here is a way to set six-point switch for flight mode control in T14SG. I have used it in Pixhark and flight tested. It is very accurate and simple.

First go to the 'LINKAGE MENU' and select 'FUNCTION' as below.

Then go

Started by Tiejun Xie

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attiny85: example of OC1B/!OC1B output?

I have a piezo transducer hooked up to 2 of my attiny85 pins, and I'm driving it via software in AC mode @4khz using a timer and interrupt.

Here is the date sheet of attiny85:

http://www.componentschip.com/details/Atmel/ATTINY85.html

I would like to swi

Started by nanawhite107

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Canon G9X and Pixhawk

Good evening! I would like to know if anyone has any solution to integrate the Canon G9X with Pixhawk, 
since there is still no reliable CHDK firmware. I see some adapted with a cable, but I did not find any 
diagram of this adaptation. Thank you all!

Started by RICARDO MATOS MOLINARI

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Help. Pixhawk error after upload fw QGroundControl.

Dear all,
My pixhawk maybe died after I upload firmware from Qgroundcontrol!
now connect to usb cable happend the error ( connect external usb is same)

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Center Led is off
Led B/E on FMU blinking
Led ATC on IO is blinking

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Started by Reed Noel

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[Opinions Needes] Selling Drone Kits

Hi, so basically I am going to start a little drone business. I am going to sell a full, unassembled drone kit. In the kit, in will consist of all of the necessary components to fly. Which includes the frame, motor, flight controller, motors, esc, et

Started by Eric Park

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APM Planner/MissionPlanner Mavlink Mystery

Working with a PX4 and Mission Planner, it "threw a wobbly" and started refusing the MAVLINK connection.

Since I had APM Planner2 sitting on the desktop I tried that and it made connection at the same COM port with the same cable.

I started by installi

Started by Ken Barrie

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BEST OPEN-SOURCE DRONES

Hey guys!

I'd like to know if any of you have any opinions on open source drones on the market. I'd like to write scripts and codes for drones to complete tasks and objectives such as continuously patrolling an area and landing back at "home" without

Started by Yabo Abdo

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No response from Pixhawk when I send it a Set Attitude Target message

I have a pixhawk that is receiving telemetry messages from my laptop via a serial port. I send the message like so:

int MAVLinkIF::SendAttitudeTarget()
{
    // basic messaging set up
    mavlink_message_t msg;
    int len;
    uint8_t buf[MAVLINK_MA

Started by Matthew Conrad

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Help. Pixhawk error after upload fw QGroundControl.

After upload fw onto pixhawk with QGC. So QGC difficult with me, and I trying flashing fw from Mission Planner, but some thing error in Usb ( the pin of USP maybe not tight, when I keep my hand it can connect. But when my hand strong, Usb take out. I

Started by Reed Noel

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Auto-post drone image to website?

I want to do a project with a drone transmitting a picture which is then relayed to a website automatically. I expect there to be an intermediate step with a smart phone or maybe an arduino.

The drone camera sends the picture over Bluetooth (I assume)

Started by Andrew

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Solo link in a DIY Drone

EKF velocity error before Auto flight - Copter 3.4.6

avrdude unable to program my ATmega328p microcontroller

Building a Autonomous Quadcopter drone

Test cases for testing Mission planner and Drones.

Open Source & Programmable Mini-Drone

Getting an APM to communicate with a Mac

pixhawk2.1 and f450 frame basic question.

Getting input on one channel and giving its output on another auxiliary channel

DIY multicopter modding

Set 6 point switch for 'flight mode' control in Futaba T14SG transmitter

attiny85: example of OC1B/!OC1B output?

Canon G9X and Pixhawk

Help. Pixhawk error after upload fw QGroundControl.

[Opinions Needes] Selling Drone Kits

APM Planner/MissionPlanner Mavlink Mystery

BEST OPEN-SOURCE DRONES

No response from Pixhawk when I send it a Set Attitude Target message

Help. Pixhawk error after upload fw QGroundControl.

Auto-post drone image to website?

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