Sorry if this is the wrong category.
Is it reasonably possible for a drone to go back to a specified point and recharge itself? If so, any threads or information on the topic would be much appreciated.
GT
Read more…Hi guys, I'm probably the first one too late on this one, but I stumbled upon this free sim software for the Arduino platform, along with others.
I thought someone might need/like this, I found it to be a great help as Arduino is completely new to me.
Read more…Hi! The arducopter wiki (http://code.google.com/p/arducopter/wiki/Quad_Radio) indicates the AP INPUTS (on the Ardupilot Mega) channel 4 and 5 (counting from 0) are dedicated to the GPS hold and Autopilot control respectively. The connector provided b
Read more…Everything seems ok, but my left motor isn't powering up. I can plug it into any other power port and the motor works fine, (example I plugged it into the rear motor and it runs good). It seem related to the power distribution module, but it seems t
Read more…How fragile are the APM/Oil pan units? I ask because I'm eventually going to move up to this platform for a quadrotor. I had used all the boards to put together an AeroQuad in the past and after a couple of crashes, we found one of the boards was cra
Read more…SETUP Video:
For all ArducopterNG users, how to calibrate your magnetometer offset with latest ArducopterNG Beta2 code from CLI.
This video I am using our latest ArducopterNG beta2 code and DIYDrones magnetometer is soldered directly on top of IMU bo
Read more…Something strange happened.
I was reloading the code and because I fly in +mode I defined is as ussual.
// Frame build condiguration
#define FLIGHT_MODE_+ // Traditional "one arm as nose" frame configuration
//#define FLIGHT_MODE_x // Frame orientat
I'm using the latest NG code, with 2 XBee Pros and sparkfun adaptors. Using the X-CTU serial monitor I can send characters from my laptop's USB xbee to the xbee connected to the IMU, but the data being returned on the link is always either 0x00, 0xF
Read more…Hi Guys,
I ordered an IMU / Oilpan and a MediaTek MT3329 GPS from FahPah a few weeks ago from FahPah and am still waiting on them to ship. I inquired about this and was told that they are waiting for the new firmware for the MediaTek GPS from diydro
Read more…Hi everyone,
I saw that recently a new Configurator source code appeared in the arducopter svn repo. It seems to be written in C#. For me the main flaw with the original configurator was that I couldn't run it on linux (ubuntu 10.10) , and I had to re
Read more…First of all I would like to thank to everybody who is working on this project and also contributing. I have been searching diydrones for 3 days in order to figure out the products and software. It's pretty much complicated :). I have a project to ma
Read more…Im planning on running a uav platform with the ardupilotmega. I was wondering how I can get three radio transmitters in the plane. Its a rather big airframe but I dont know how to get them. Im fairly certain the video will have to me 900 because its
Read more…Hi Guys!
Noticed the ArduIMU code has slipped to 1.8.2 but I can't see what this new release brings?
Any ideas?
Cheers
D
Read more…I had my first flights today and although it mostly went well, I had a few crashes where one motor would just seem to turn off or at least appeared to and it would do a quick flip. I've kept it mostly 5-10 meters off the grand so the crashes have jus
Read more…Hi,
I tried uploading the MAV link directoreis and the arduino IDE didnt compile.
Then I tried uploading the APM directories instead and it didnt compile too, before uploading the MAV link it did compile and everything worked well, what am I missing h
Read more…Could anyone help, I am trying to use LEDs on the open output ports..what do
I need to change in the code to achieve this???
Read more…I have a GPS chip MT3329
Firmware: AXN1.30_2278_3329_384.1151100.1_binary.bin
Voltage on-chip 3.3 volts.
Under the open sky (mobile phone at the same location without problems determines the coordinates).
Basically, the chip captures one or two satellite
I was connecting to the configurator fine but had a problem with on of the motors, I fiddled with the pwr connector with the power on and I think I hosed things. I can no longer connect to the configuration program. Any one know if I can reset or fix
Read more…I read this post in a another forum where a guy claims 50Hz is insufficient PWM cycle for accomplishing quadcopter stability. Is there a truth in this ? What is the cycle of the ArduPilot PWM outputs that control the motor ESCs?
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Hi All,
I am looking for a lightweight camera. I need to be able to digitally access the images in a live feed to transmit over a wireless link. Does anyone know of any such system in the sub 75 dollar range.
Thanks,
Julian
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