AlexP's Discussions

MB1240 in ArduCopter 3.3

Hi All,

I'm trying to get the MB1240 sonar to work via the ADC 3.3V port on the Pixhawk. I cannot get it to work.

The wiki is also very confusing:

"Copter:

These instructions are for Copter 3.2 and later versions of Plane, Rover. Setup instructions for

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Motor pulses once per second. Cannot find the problem.

Hi,

I'm new to Arduplane (lots of experience with ArduCopter) and built a Penguin with 60A ESC and 2815 motor as delivered by readymaderc. With an APM 2.5. The APM is powered by the ESC's BEC.

Installed the latest firmware and using the latest MP GCS s

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Waiting for Mavlink occassionaly during flight

HI All,

I have a 3DR and MinimOSD on both a Quad and Octo. On the Octo (both wired the same), I'm get the 'waiting for Mavlink heartbeat' about every 10 seconds or so. It seems more prevalent in Loiter.

Where do I start looking? shielding due to highe

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Streaming / Displaying HUD Only to Goggles

Hi All,

I'm currently using a minimOSD to stream FPV video to goggles. I know Mission Planners HUD can accept video. However in that case, there are two overlays on the video stream in Mission Planner: the one from the minimOSD and the one from Missio

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Add X8 Octo Quad to Mission Planner

What does it take / who do I need to convince, to add X8 Octo Quad to Mission Planner?

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Xbee uplink not working. Terminal mode shows garbage

In an earlier version of Megaplanner I was able to make Config changes and send them to my Hexa. Currently, this seems to have no effect. Also, when going in terminal mode, the result screen shows lots of scrambled garbage as output.

Downlink via Xbe

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Use of Onboard Voltage measurement of main battery pack.

Hi All,

I'm a bit puzzled by the installation/correct wiring and use of the on-board voltage measuring. It suggests that the easiest way to connect is to use the red wire, furthest away from the ground on the LIPO balance plug. This should output the

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Optical Flow values change, but no picture.

All,

Hopefully someone can point me in the right directions. When I test the optical flow sensor in the AP Missionplanner terminal test mode, the x & y values change. However, when I run the ADNS3080ImageGrabber application (I assume I don't have to

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Bad Sonar?

HI All,

I have done test flights (hover only) with my jDrones Hexa. It has the Maxbotix XL EZ0 sonar. Doing some ground tests, the sonar was working fine. Did some initial hover indoors. Ran some tests and all was fine. Sonar gave correct values. The

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