I have 2 of these from Sparkfun.
http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9085
and got the Explorer board from them too. One usb which connects directly to my pc.
The other, I wired the headers and then to the APM2.
Is there anything else I
Read more…I have been trying to send and receive data using a 2G cell phone network. I wish to communicate the bare minimum needed for telemetry and send waypoints to the uav. I hope that when i graduate to 3G, i can use a 3G video call for sending video and u
Read more…NASA opensourced their flight design tool a while ago.
Has anyone used it? Is it worth learning how to use?
http://www.openvsp.org/
Thanks
Ames
My JDrones standard-quad lost a light dispute with a tree in the backyard and broke some arms and motor mounts falling a short distance to the ground.
I want to rebuild the Arducopter as a hexacopter and have decided on the 3DR frame. I even have an A
Read more…My Multiwii Scarab-Stealth quad went cartwheeling along the street. Arms and motors/mounts are a total write-off.
I broke my own code of safety, omitted going through the pre-flight checks and tighten a loose arm (that I knew about) before I let my so
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I was curious how to interface with the RVOSD current sensor. It puts out 12 volts and I dont know how that would work with the APM 2. Im pretty sure the signal is analog but I dont know the signals voltage range(0-3.3v or 0-5v or 0-12v ?) and Im
Read more…I got myself a HoverThings HT-FPV frame, and I made up an adapter board using Eagle for connecting the APM2 to the frame and also allowing me to only hook up one ESC to the APM2 without having to cut wires anywhere. I got the board manufactured by Os
Read more…I have upgraded to MP 1.1.95 . If I try to go into "help" then update , this error page apears ;
But the larger problem I have is when I try to load previously saved PID's ;
What is causing this please ??
Hello,
Correct me if I'm wrong, but if I have only ESCs connected to the APM2 and I remove JP1 then I connect power to the ESCs then the AMP2 should not turn on.
JP1 stops the 5v power from the Output rail from powering the APM2. Therefore, if JP1 is r
Read more…Is this a plug and play upgrade? I didn’t see any GSP options in the hardware tab of the Mission Planner? I have APM2.
Read more…Hello Folks,
I am new here so I apologize if I don't know the rules or am terribly misinformed.
I wanted to know if there were legal implications associated with autonomous drones.
In the sense that I would like to have the public capability of telli
Read more…I don't know if it's related, but the latest java update today seems to have caused a major problem with Arduino. I had an auto java update today and installed it. Later I started Arduino 1.0_relax and every thing was fine until I compiled a sketch t
Read more…I just mounted my SK450 frame on a XproHeli landing gear platform with camera mount. I'm going to make a wight that weighs as much as a gopro, mount it and test. I figured I should see if I crash first with some dead weight.
The landing gear costs
Read more…I have a new aircraft with APM 2 , xbee etc. and the construction (foam and EPS) and the size dictates that the APM2 and other equipment will be located in hollowed out sections of the foam wing core which is then sheeted. I know the GPS works well
Read more…Hi ,
Hi have a question, Is possible fusion all sensor IMU + GPS + Barometer with kalman filter to estimate and compensate drift of GPS for have a precise altitude , precise velocity, and precise position of multicopter ? Are there a algorithms o code
Read more…Hello,
I have been without changing the firmware since the APMMP 1.1.52 but I have update to 1.1.95 and Arducopter 2.6 firm.
I can not connect with wireless APC220.
Could anybody please tell me if I can do something to connect the wireless APC220
Thanks
A
Read more…Hi there,
What's the process for updating the MinimOSD? I want to be able to upgrade to 2.6 on my APM, but I don't want to lose my OSD... and I can't for the live of me work out, nor find instructions on how to update the MinimOSD.
I've tried this:
Read more…Hello!
I'm newbie, but learned a lot just reading this and many others foruns. But, I still have doubt about the operation of UAVs for imagery.
Well, I do not understand how the camera of UAVs (as SenseFly and Gatewing X100 and others) they do phot
I have two AMP 2.0 units. One is running MAVLink 0.9 and
the other is running MAVLink 1.0. My telemetry receiver
code successfully checks the CRC16 checksum for MAVLink 0.9,
but it gets errors on MAVLink 1.0 frames.
Has anything changed in the CRC16 ca
Read more…I just received my APMv2 board from 3DR I purchased an un-assembled one so I cna use the right angle headers, but with it came two diodes (i think) one of the being a zener diode and I dont know where to solder them onto.
I would appreciate some help
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