Hie All ..Im a Computer Science student .. I have no idea about the hardware .. but I have chosen to make a sort of UAV simulator (Autopilot) as my Final Year Project for my Bachelors Degree, as im an Amateur aeromodeller ..!!Now what Im suppose to d
Read more…Does anyone know a quick, "non-surgical", non-optical DIY RPM sensor for brushless motors?Wonder how the Brushless RPM Sensor/Tach from Eagle Tree System works? Does it use back-EMF to measure the RPM?
Read more…I get the following error inside the IDE:avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not respondingavrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not respondingThe board powers on and does do the blinky sequence properly (all four leds, then alternates).Does that m
Read more…Hello,I am brand new to the Drones, have not even started yet, but what I want to do is be able to take a video of my nephews football games. I got into digital photography last year, and love it! I have always wanted to have/make a UAV. Of course I
Read more…What is the largest cell count LiPo we can use with the ArduPilot's built-in voltage detector? I'm concerned that a 5 cell (18.5v) I'm looking at may be too much for it.
Read more…I have just finished the opening stages on adding my (now working!) camera system to my Nexstar EP:
Hi everyone, im working on the GCS part of our autopilot project. I have developed it in visual basic.net 2005 , what the software basically does is that it receives the values byte by byte, convert them into type double and then displays it on the g
Read more…Does anyone know how I can connect the FS8 Copilot via a serial cable to a PC's Serial Port?I can't find anywhere FMA's serial module for sale, so I would like to make a connection. According to the instructions, the FS8's battery/telemetry pins are
Read more…Hi every body,I'm going to build a quad copter and right now I'm studying the control alternatives.I'm going to build the control system (micro controlled) but i have some doubts:- Is really a difference between a Gyroscope and a 3 axis accelerometer
Read more…helloI have a proplem in my store accountcan someone help me?I've already tried about 20 times and it is notI do not miss the shield kit from the shop since I built me a UAVwould likeMany thanks for your help
Read more…Hi there.Just starting to look into this. Have been using the Arduino for a number of things before.I am thinking of starting with downloading and displaying telemetry data and then later get into autopilotWith that in mind what should i get / do i n
Read more…I'm trouble getting the Ardupilot to talk to the GPS. At first, the GPS had a solid red light turning to blinking when outside getting a signal, but now all I get is a really faint glow of the LED. Could this mean I have a faulty module?Please could
Read more…I have assembled the main board (328) and expansion board (shield) and connected them together. With the GPS attached to the expansion board I am unable to load the code (v2.2.2) from the IDE (Arduino v0016). I am only able to load the code if I remo
Read more…Hi,in order to investigate the potential of some vision application i'm looking for aerial videos taken with a downward facing camera.Preferably the video was recorded on board the plane so transmission didn't introduce error. Optimally the camera ha
Read more…HelloI need a shield kit but had to buy it proplemecan someone for me the shield kit to buy and I pay the full pricewhich were very goodlg ludwigemail : RC@11ok.de
Read more…I am really new to serial programming. I am having a MicroMag 3-Axis Magnetometer and I need to send a "go" command through the TX pin of the atmega 16 to the RX pin of the magnetometer so that it starts to send the data.I am programming in bascom an
Read more…Hellobecause I have a proplem that the shield kit to buytimes I wanted to ask whether the waypoint function and also the whole ardupilotwithout the shield kit worksif not someone for me a shield kit I can buy?or it may be someone for me to buy and I
Read more…Hi all,I downloaded the 1.0 code from repository and when I open it in the Arduino IDE the comments show it as v2.0 beta.I am a complete newb to this software and am attempting to use it for a ground based rover, and heard that the 1.0 software was m
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