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I want to use the compass for two reasons:
With a Raspberry Pi, running standard Raspian Linux, all coded in Python with 7 sensors (Accelerometer, Gyrometer, Magnetometer, down-facing LiDAR and RPi camera, GPS and Scance Sweep), my 5 year from absolute ignorance proof of concept project is ne
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I'm using off-the-shelf USB GPS receivers for my X8 Drone (pidrone.io); in some quick testing this morning, I'm getting somewhere between 4 and 7 satellites depending on which receiver I'm using; in contrast my DJI Mavic gets 10+. Mostly my receiv
Read more…I'm considering building an X8.
From what I understand so far, on a given arm, the top and bottom prop rotate in opposite directions - note I'm meaning the props themselves; the motors rotate in the same direction, but the lower motor is upside-down.
I
Read more…I aim to collect IMU samples at 250Hz.
To do that, if I set gyro DLPF_CFG 1 - 7, the ADC sampling is 1kHz and so SMPLRT_DIV is set to 3 to get that 250Hz. All works well - the time of flight matches the number of samples taken to 0.1% e.g. a 10s flig
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She's got legs. She knows how to use them. from Andy Baker on Vimeo.
Code on GitHub
I started the project 27 months ago, completely ignorant, and wondering whether it was possible to build a quadcopter with a Raspberry Pi as the flight / motion control
Read more…The accelerometer readings from my MPU6050 drift over time. See the attached graph. Throughout, the quad sat stationery on the ground, and only the flight controller powered up - no power to motors / ESCs.
Quad frame accelerometer X, and Y readings (
Read more…If I pick my sensor board off the floor, the MPU6050 Z-axis accelerometer detects this.
Once off the floor and no longer rising, if I move forwards, and then to the left, the X and Y accelerometers do not detect this.
I've got the sensor set at +/- 2g,
Read more…I'm using Tiger motors 2212-13 980 KV motors - reportedly these are suitable for blades up to 10" and they are working well for me.
I've seen Tiger motors 2216-?? 980KV which apparently are suitable for larger blades (I forget the size). I'm currentl
Read more…Just found a Deans Y connector for connecting 2 batteries in parallel. I have slight concerns whether this is safe. I have 2 identical make, identical type (3 cell 11.1v 2200mAh 40C), same age, same usage. But they must be charged separately due t
Read more…why have I had to add yaw PID gains that are much higher than I'd expected?
I would have expected that a quad hovering horizontally should require virtually 0 yaw compensation due to 2 cw and 2 acw blade putting out almost identical power. But actual
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