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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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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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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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