I wonder if there's some way to make Xbee module to work with Wifi adapter already present in PC (for example in Notebook). Xbee 2.4GHz uses same frequency as Wifi,This could reduce complexity of telemetry if we could omit one XBee module at base sta
Read more…Hi!I see lots of projects around RC planes here, also some quadcopters.I would be interested in a DIY solution for RC helicopter stabilization, maybe also an auto pilot.Is there anything like that? Any pointers would be great.Thanks,Andreas
Read more…Hi allI'm DIYing a basic stamp autopilot (i know not new but want to sort of integrate it myself for the sake of it) and just wanted to run my co-ordinate system by some of you guys to confirm it will work.Basically I just drop off the higher parts o
Read more…Hi,I am doing a college project related to unmanned aircraft, and would like to include a section on the low-cost projects currently being developed on the internet. Most commercial projects appear to be very large and expensive, I'm interested in sm
Read more…Hi all,first of all - while I know enough 'C' to be "dangerous", I am not C++, C#, etc. junkie - so...I looked over ArduPilot code and at least to me it looks like 'linear execution' - i.e. i don't see anything happening in parallel. For example, whi
Read more…Just wondering if any body is using digital servo's with their ARDU pilot and FMA Co-pilot? The reason for asking is becasue I have HS7955TG in my UAV and would like to know if they will be an issue.
Read more…Hi there. I'm hoping I can get some guidance on what/where to buy everything of a good quality and hopefully cheap.I'm look to get the full UAV kit, googles etc etc and also some sort of Auto Pilot software too and on screen display..Love that F16 sc
Read more…Hi all,I thought that you can get altitude data from gps - but looking over documentation (NMEA sentence data) for EM-406A SiRF III , I can't find any reference to it. Am I mistaken or just blind?Thanks
Read more…Hi guys...hoping someone out there can help me out. I'm trying to help a high school science class. The task is to put autopilot on a small RC car, which we've managed to do. The second, more challenging task is to return (at the end of the route) as
Read more…http://diydrones.com/photo/img_2216-1Can anyone identify this Drone for me, does it have a name ??Also are there any plans around for some one like me to scratch build one.Last question any rough dimentions of this beast.Any other plans for any Drone
Read more…Will this adapter work for connecting Xbee modem to ArduPilot?
I recently became the owner of a TI MSP430 based RF development system as a give-away at a seminar. I have augmented it with the TI RF amplifier for greater range.TI use a proprietary communication protocol, but it is on the regular 2.4GHz band. I am
Read more…It has occurred to me that an accelerometer could be used to null out the lateral acceleration in a turn by aileron control The bank would always be optimal.I have not seen this used as a simple control mechanism, and it makes me suspicious that it m
Read more…This is old news for most of you, but not everyone received the memo.There is a maximum safe pulse repetition rate of approximately 40 pulses per second for the most common PWM servos. The uppper limit arises because of the pulse stretcher circuitry
Read more…I have been working on some navigation formulas and below you can see the results running in a small simulator i wrote. The algorithm makes the plane follow a line between two wayoints by minimizing XTE in a PD-loop. If the angle to the target WP is
Read more…Hi AllI have one of the old ardupilots which I got before the 26th of Jan, not sure if this will effect anything. But on power up of the board the following happens: All the lights of the board comes on then the power light stays on and all the other
Read more…Just out of curiousity, I do not quite follow the choice of the external 16MHz clock. In essence this means if you are using the HS setting in FOSC your CPU will be clocked with 4MHz (FCY == FOSC / 4). So your only real choice to get decent CPU perfo
Read more…I thought this site might be of interest:http://www.ajoka.comHere is an example of one particularly small wireless camera:http://www.ajoka.com/Wireless_Camera/smallest_wireless_camera.htmand here is a picture:
A while ago I posted about Sparkfun's UBW32 board. After a lot of reading up on the processor and reading some code samples, I finally have a (sort of) working rudder controller.In keeping with the spirit of this site, I'm attaching the project files
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