I have been posting a series of tutorials on how to build an autonomous drone. This time I am writing about Using SLAM In GPS Denied Environment For Position Estimation.
Position History Tracked by SLAM, with GPS turned off
If this is your first time a
Read more…So I used a stereo camera, a TX2 on top of Pixhawk to achieve fully autonomous drone flight and collision avoidance.
In case someone is also interested, here is how I have done it:https://github.com/generalized-intelligence/GAAS
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I wanted to ask about the limits of the accelerometer and gyroscope in the pixhawk. I wish to use the pixhawk as a flight controller for a turbine powered plane capable of speeds upwards of 100m/secs.
I know this is a bit much for the poor pixha
Read more…I'm doing some testing on parachutes and want to record descent rate. Is there a way to do this with say, a cube, without going to a pitot tube? I would think that the angular descent of a parachute would not give accurate descent rate (or would it
Read more…First let me say thank you, I've been a Pixhawk user for several years and think the work of the FC. This is my first HEX build so obviously I put a Pixhawk 2.1 inside.
This is the first flight of a new build, one which I had trouble configuring the 3
Read more…After installing my Pixhawk 2.1 into my UAV clouds everything was fine up until I had to calibrate my controller to mission planner. Attached is an image of what I am receiving in mission planner. I am using a Taranis X9D Transmitter with a L9R recei
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I m a little bit confused , can I have my Pixhawk and Here+ working without the base GPS ? only with the Rover ?
Regards
Dears,
After spent more than 2 weeks troubleshooting an error "No GPS" message. (and “destroy” others GPSs, cables and oterhs, to try to understand)
I opened my Pixhawk2 board and found hot "glue" only in the primary GPS (GPS 1) connectors.
Please can
Read more…I have been looking for testing using HIL mode before actual flight. But HIL firmware is not available on download on Mission Planner 1.3.53 and below. Error prompts that bad firmware. request advice and better course of action.
Read more…I am still learning the software, but all my logs after the new year show to be 1999. How do I change the time/date settings?
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I am putting together a Mini Talon UAV with the Pixhawk 2.1 flight controller and the Here GPS. My build ends up being a bit heavy, so I am trying to remove weight where possible.
In this regard I noticed that the weight of the Here GPS is quite
Read more…Is there a document that defines the difference between Pixhawk 2 and Pixhawk 2.1?
I'm referring to mechanical and component differences?
Maybe more to the point is what problems drove the update to 2.1?
Thank you.
KenMc
Read more…I'm in the final stages of building an octocopter around Pixhawk 2.1 and am just trying to sort out how to wire power.
The craft is a Tarot X8 running the standard 40a esc/4114 320 motor/1555 props that Tarot recommends, along with a pair of 6S 8000mA
Read more…Mission Planner has the resources to set protocols for SERIL5, but nothing seems to work. Have tried Lidar, frsky telem and gps...but nothing seems to work.
Reading the developers forums it states all the protocols were indeed added for SERIAL5 as wel
Read more…Just noticed that the "GPS of choice" for the Pixhawk 2 now appears to be "Here", and that there's an RTK version. Is there any doco on these? In particular the RTK?
Read more…I am being told that my problem with my quad lies within the control loops of the flight controller. That being said I am not able to fly my quad to tune it. So where do you start with tuning. Before I lengthened my arms and up'd my motor size from 2
Read more…I'm working on getting my new Pixhawk2 up and running in an RC plane, and I keep running into the problem that I don't have specific connectors or cables for making connections between the various components. For example, I don't have a 3-wire cable
Read more…I will be adding a peltier cooling module to a container to vent out heat. A ubec, which has a on/off servo wire attachment can turn the servo on/off.
Question is: Is there a built in software thermostat in the PH 2 that can be linked to a servo ou
Read more…www.pixhawk2.comPixhawk 2 is a small cube, with a 38.5mm square footprint.All connection to the cube is via a DF17 connector coming out the bottom of the cube.This modularity allows for multiple form factors to suit multiple platforms.For the stand a
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