Due to some regulatory issues I am trying to reduce some telemetry stream data rates using the SR3_* parameters. I would even like to disable some steams completely. Unfortunately, there must be some hard-coded minimum limit per parameter in the Ardu
Read more…Would it be possible to build a drone that could scan for wifi hotspots using the Arduino WiFi Shield? If the R/C electronics on the drone are 2.4Ghz will that cause interference and render the WiFi shield unusable?
Read more…To the DIY Drones community...
I am 18 years old and currently studying first year Electrical Engineering. What I would like to know is how I can help in the development of Ardupilot? How do I get started, what do you recommend?
Just FYI I have been us
Read more…Hi!
While messing around with my MTK i found a weird initialization string in the AP_GPS_MTK_Common.h for waas.
It is currently:
#define WAAS_ON "$PSRF151,1*3F\r\n"
this string doesn't seem to be a valid command judging from the documentation.
Read more…Hi !!
I am currently messing around with MTK GPS stuff and the binary protocol.
Assuming my APM2.0 GPS has the 1.6 loaded, i want to upgrade the GPS FW. Since the gps is directly mounted to the mainboard i don't know how to do it.
The APM wiki http://c
Read more…I am going to build a rover/car robot with onboard camera that is connected to my network via wifi.
Here is what I have planned;
Onboard PC (running XP on an SD based drive with usb based video capture and wifi) with a servo controller for all actio
I am dumb struck!!
I have a Bixler 1 and have been flying it for three to four months with no problems at all.
Have a bigger motor in and FPV gear on it. Last Thursday went to fly and something very strange happened. The Bixler nose-dived on its own, i
Read more…I have this battery: http://www.hobbypartz.com/98p-65c-5000-2s2p-hardcase.html
The battery cables that go to my PDB on the hexacopter have a male deans connector, but this battery seems to have bullet connectors. Can I just cut them off and solder a
Read more…Ok,
I have some UAV clients here that don't undestand english and I want to translate the APM "going to waypoint X", "altitude x" etc to my language. How can I do this?
Thanks
Read more…I was just playing with my apm 2.0 and minimOSD and everything was just working fine, then suddenly all out of nothing I stopped to get "heartbeat packet" so the minimOSD could not get messages from APM 2.0, then I tried to connect APM to mission pla
Read more…Hi Guys,
I am using APM-1. I am raising this question after I heard from Chris Anderson that SD card interfacing with APM is not possible. It may go a bit technical from here as follows:
I read that SD card interfacing is possible with bit-banging by n
Read more…Hi, can someone point me to the docs describing the APM's camera control features?
Í've hardwired a connection to my stills camera which I can successfully trigger using an Arduino board (by setting the output signal pin to HIGH), and was hoping to do
Read more…Hi Everyone,
It's been a while since I have contributed to the forum. I have been spending quite a bit of time working bugs out of my Tricopter build but have learned much in the process. What I wanted to share with you was my revi
Read more…Hi, I was going through documentation for APM2 (finally found the time to setup up my arducopter) and I found that there are a 6 optional output labeled as MOTOR LED.
I was wondering if they are used somehow in the arducopter code, and if affirmative
Read more…Hi,
today i tried to fly in the altitude hold mode resp. loiter mode.
When I activate it the Hexacopter ascends about 6-8 meters and descends to the ground.
I just installed the MB1260 XL-MaxSonar-EZL0.
When deactivating the sonar everything works fine.
W
Hi guys my first post here.Me and a friend of mine is working on designing a low cost mid range drone for agricultural and law enforment use here in Jamaica.The range we are hoping to achieve is 100km radius with a max altitude of 12,000 feet and a c
Read more…I had to reinstall my Mission Planner the other day but now certain settings are not remembered.
Things like the check boxes for speech, incl waypoint and mode are checked if I close the MP and then unchecked if I start it again?
So everytime I start t
Read more…Does anyone know where in mission planner I have to go to adjust this setting? I can find axis_enable, but not the other two settings (below)
ACRO_BAL_ROLL
ACRO_BAL_PITCH
Read more…* When AXIS_ENABLE = 1 the controller is basically a rate controlled stabilised mo
Hi,
I'm building my arducopter, after a few years leaving it in the box.
I have the APM2.0 with the case, but cannot find a way to fix it to the jDrones frame.
I could fix it without the case using o-rings, but I cannot see how to fix it with the case o
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