I would like to start a discussion about how the world wide roll out of BPL will affect rc wireless systems.I'd like to discuss some other troubling things about this technology but I won't today.
Read more…I'm reviewing GPS-based navigation algorithms and studying Chris's source code for the Geocrawler 3. (My team is due to make a Powerpoint presentation to our principal in two weeks for funding). I think I can make sense of most of it but one thing th
Read more…Does anyone know of a quadcopter simulator that will work with the Clearview or Reflex Simulators?Many thanksSteve
Read more…I bought an FPUV2 from Parallax (http://www.parallax.com/Store/Components/IntegratedCircuits/tabid/154/CategoryID/31/List/0/SortField/0/catpageindex/3/Level/a/ProductID/244/Default.aspx)and I was wondering if anybody could help me with interfacing it
Read more…I was poking around on Parallax's forum and dug up a demo to use the Smart mode on Parallax GPS module. Thought I would share it.
Read more…Good day,Anyone out there using the Picaxe Chips to control their UAV? Presently I am working on developing code for my project and I am still looking for a good GPS to integrate into my toy.At the moment there are so many GPS units out there that ma
Read more…If I reduce a part to half the original size ,do I want to reduce the thickness of the part also,If I go 50% scale does that mean everything else would be scaled to half also ,like the effective payload or gross weight?I at first thought you just div
Read more…I have noticed lots of emphasis on electronics/autopilots/cameras...etc. and that is great..... But where are all the airframe ideas/designs? What about current airworthy projects? Test flights? Videos? Pictures? Thoughts? There are 465 members (and
Read more…Which is better, a conical tip or chisel tip when soldering components, pins and wires to a prototype board?
Read more…Has anyone looked into using an EYE-Fi SD card in their camera for real-time downloads? I wonder what the effective range would be ?http://www.eye.fi/
Read more…For those of us who lead a professional life devoted to business development after college, could someone run down the steps that are required to apply a Kalman filter to a collection of data? A pbasic example would help.
Read more…I found a great resource for all of us. The link is below:Micro Pilot Resource Links
Read more…Is anyone in the Sacramento area?I just joined up and I'm looking to move in the diretion of UAV's (autonomously of course) and would like to see if anyone else is in the Sacramento area... I'm up here in Folsom.
Read more…I would like to start a conversation to help me understand how digital IO output works, whats with IO pins being high and low (on and off), how to identify the state of a device when certina pins are and high and low, etc....
Read more…I'm just trying to find the best place to use a uav far removed from shared airspace.Does anyone have knowledge of any restrictions for use at sea? I have been looking at the possibility of making a uav 1/2 scale cri-cri aircraft. Maybe I could deliv
Read more…As a current using of PBASIC and about 14 approx other languages as I am a software developer by profession. How difficult is it to pick up the SPIN language? Is it more object oriented based?
Read more…I'm designing a remote controlled helicopter cameraship for commercial work and would like to know if it's possible to extend the range of the camera's remote controls for record/pause, iris and zoom. These are usually infra-red line-of-sight. I wond
Read more…If I network 2 or more basic stamps together, for example to use my old bs2 as a slave with my bs2p as the master. Will this in effect, provide me with more overall processing power if I simply use the slave to process and send the results for a coup
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