Hie everyone. I am having other issues now with my rover.
1. When ever i flick the switch for it to go into auto mode, it reverses, turns several times before correcting itself then going to the waypoints.
2. When it goes through a checkpoint it oversh
Read more…Based on the Exceed Mad Torque 6x6. I've bought most of the parts off Ebay, still need the 3rd diff, some motors and a couple servos.
Today I mocked up a plexi-glass plate to mount the pixhawk and some other various bits. Mocked up some ultra-sonic s
Read more…I hunted for this before, so either it's new, or it's so simple everyone else already worked it out but didn't feel the need to tell anyone.
It's based on the "6 modes from two switched using only one channel" concept, but modified to use the D/R swi
Read more…Hie all i am currently trying to get my apm rover to work and i have hit a brick wall.I tried everything and i have just about given up. Here is the hardware i currently have
Apm 2.5
apm power module
CN06 Plus
Turnigy 9x tx and rx
Generic brushed motor es
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I've been reading, and waiting for parts to be delivered and dreaming up strange ideas to use my Rover, for fun, for pranks, for competition, for utility, for anything really, and I thought, what is everyone doing with their platforms?
So if yo
Read more…I am looking over the start stop switch wiring documentation. It says to use A0-A8 for the apm. But i cant figure out what that would correlate to for the pixhawk. Any help or pointing to where I can find this info would be appreciated.
Read more…Hi guys!I've been following this diy site a couple years now and I've seen it mature. Kind of impressive. I recently decides to pull the trigger and get the ball rolling on my projects. Wanted to get my hands dirty again after building a family.I rec
Read more…I just completed my Pixhawk equipped 4WD Slash chassis complete with dual GPSs and a 3DR 915MHZ telemetry radio.
The GPSs are mounted at each end of the chassis. The 3DR GPS/Compass module is in the front of the chassis and 3DR uBlox LEA-6 v1
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I started building a rover based on a 1/5th scale truck. Since most rovers discussed here are 1/8 or 1/10 trucks/crawlers I am wondering if you can provide any thoughts, ideas or recommendations about bigger rovers?
The rover is a 4WD truck wit
For my project I am using a linear servo. When the pixhawk is disarmed the linear servo will stay in position. So if it is fully extended for a left turn, when the pixhawk is disarmed the servo will stay fully extended.
Is there a way (such as a comma
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I just completed installing dual Maxbotix MB1240 sonars on one of my Pixhawk equipped rovers.
Since the sonars were from an APM equipped rover they already had single pair shielded cables terminated with three pin servo connectors providing pow
Hi all.
I have recently started to experiment with autopilots and rovers, and so far its been very new, and lots of fun.
During this time I downloaded a version of Mission Planner from one of the links, and I have been using this app as well. Recently
Read more…I'll try a model car with four motors at each wheel one motor and one servo for steering, can this software handle this?Would be great if you could help me.Sincerely yoursMichael LindenbergerRead more…
Hi,
I am setting up a rover with apm 2.5 and MP 1.30, I have a turnigy 9x radio setup with mode1.
I am using throttle on left stick ( up down) and steering on right ( righ left) and mode on left stick
up manual and down auto. I also have the 3dr
is there any way to calibrate the RC without the controller? im in my final year project and im stuck on this for quite a while. its about dead reckoning in autonomous vehicles, i plan to give a single waypoint using Mission Planner. and then apply d
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I know you can have custom "USERHOOK_VARIABLES" as mentioned on this thread for APMCopter.
I dont see the UserCode.pde in the Rover code so I assume user hooks do not exist for the rover code?
The big picture:
depth sensor outputting NMEA 0183
Read more…Can anyone tell me if there are any other sites/forums like this one where I might find some help?
Read more…I reflashed 2.45 today, hoping to alleviate some GPS&MAG (failure) issues.Afterwards I was unable to change modes even though MP was reading TX input.So I enjoyed half an hour of hair pulling fun until I figured it out.MODE CHANNEL---5 (NOT 8)Could w
Read more…Hello, I've been reading about ArduPilot for a long time, but I never had the opportunity to buy one, today finally I could buy an APM 2.6. My first project is to build a simple rover using this platform: http://www.dx.com/p/zl-4-smart-car-chassis-ki
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