Hi Everyone,
I thought it might be useful to give a bit of background on what this forum is for.
3DRobotics have just released a set of telemetry radios based on the Si1000 chipset. The ArduPilot developers (particularly Mike Smith and myself) have bee
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I've been searching options on open source platforms, but more from a developer point instead of conventional user.
The strategies used for autonomous navigation and Autopilots are based on one of these four principles: PID, fuzzy logic, neural
I've got a quadcopter that has a 9" span between props. Does the APM 2.0 firmware need to be updated to support it ?
Read more…I got a minimosd and the instruction found at the wiki shows the use of an independent battery to power both the camera and video/audio transmitter.
Question: Can I use the main battery powering the arducopter to provide juice to the camera and transm
Read more…I noticed this as a quick way of overcoming any line interference that might cause issues with any of the MaxSonar sensor.
http://www.maxbotix.com/tutorials.htm#New_Flash_UAV_and_Mobile_Robotic_Users
Read more…I found this more powerful Xbee :100 MW Xbee Pro and I am wondering if anyone has any experience with it. It should have more than double the range, however the RF data rate is only 9.6 KBS instead of 156 kbs for the 50 MW model we are all using. I'
Read more…Although I am new to UAV building and operation I am an active RC modeller for 40 yrs. (not a misprint)
I want to fly my UAV for all the usual reasons and eventually make a business related to these activities.
I understand all the political debates th
Read more…I have a QuadPod. I would like to swap out the controller with a APM 2.0 controller. Does anyone know how much the APM 2.0 board weigh ? Also how much current does it draw ? Right now I have a 850mah LiPO. I'm going to increase it to a 1600mah ba
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WHAT: I am trying to work out what it would take and whether it is feasible to put a sensor like the Kinect or PrimeSense variant onto an Arducopter.
WHY: Need a low cost quadrocopter AI research platform for Machine Learning, Semantic En
Read more…Any ideas on how to use MAVLINK to send data out to MATLAB? or is there is a plugin in development?
I'd like to grab telemetry data from the APM and/or X-Plane to MATLAB.
Read more…I'm trying to use a PS3 controller to control the X-plane simulator model. I have enabled the controller in the Mission Planner and started the simulation. However, the Mission Planner is constantly sending out a deflection to the control surfaces in
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i am thinking about an affordable way to build/buy a gradiometer system, that is light enough, to attach it to a drone. like
http://www.barnardmicrosystems.com/L3_geological_survey.htm
but low budget. :)
a gradiometer uses two (or more) magnetome
Hello,
I am trying to read 5 light sensors data using the following code. The following code works if I use Arduino Uno board using corresponding digital pin number. However, if I try to use same code for APM2 with corresponding digital pin which is f
Read more…Does anyone know where to order DroneCell, it seems to be out of stock everywhere?
Read more…I got back my APM 2.0 from 3DR yesterday. The guys were awesome.
Uploaded the latest Arduplane code (2.32) from latest APM Planner (1.1.60). Sstarted the whole programming process with my radio again then tested the flight modes with my airplane where
Read more…I've built and tested the Jdrone arducopter 1.1 with the apm1, 880kv motors and 12x4.5 props X configuration. I'm completely new to the apm tuning. Was wondering if anyone has a set of PI and PID settings to make it at all stable in the air. If I was
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Since running 2.5.3, typically within 6min of flight, my copter consistently cuts throttle (hexa falls from the sky). I thought it was a an over or under current with an ESC, but all of them shutdown.
Then I looked at my tlog and saw this:
Any ideas
Read more…I want to use a camera which is 5v as my eye in the sky. This camera will be hooked up to a MINIMOSD and then the video signal will be transmitted using a 9v video transmitter.The instruction for the MINIMOSD indicated the video camera and transmitte
Read more…My Easy Star (modified rudder+elev) does FBW-A great. However, i'm trying to do RTL and it only loiters around in a clockwise circle at its current location whenever RTL mode is turned on. I send it off away at a random direction and switch RTL on, b
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Just before maiden of my Funjet APM stopped working. After few hours of debugging I figured out I2C devices are not working, preventing APM to initialise. After all I wrote simple program
void loop() {
digitalWrite(20, HIGH); // set the LED on
