About

Gender

Male


Location

Galva, KS


About Me:

Electrical/Control Systems Engineer


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

I'm a better programmer than pilot, and other Arduino projects led me here.


Hometown:

Galva, KS


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Billy Boes replied to Andrew Tridgell's discussion ArduPlane 2.65 released
"I'm trying to load 2.65 onto an APM1.4 using Arduino1.0.1, but the sketch is too big:  Binary sketch size: 130,702 bytes (of a 126,976 byte maximum)Interestingly enough, the .hex loads fine using Mission Planner.  Any thoughts?"
Oct 11, 2012
Billy Boes posted a discussion
I'm in the process of building an OSD using the MAX7456 chip which uses the SPI port, and had a thought regarding the Chip Select pin.  The shared PG2/PJ2 pin is close to the existing SPI/ISP header, but requires you to solder SJ2.  Instead, why not…
Apr 7, 2011
Billy Boes replied to Billy Boes's discussion APM V1.4 revision/missing SMD component?
"Sam,
Thanks for the clarification.  Is it ok to add R8 to the board if I wanted to monitor the status of the MUX?
 
Billy"
Mar 28, 2011
Billy Boes replied to Billy Boes's discussion APM V1.4 revision/missing SMD component?
"Martin,
I guess I'm not alone!  I believe the missing component is a 1k resistor, labeled R8 on the V1.41 schematic.  The trace in question is the multiplexer selection line, so I'm pretty confident the resistor is required for proper operation."
Mar 27, 2011
Billy Boes posted a discussion
I just received my APM V1.4, and noticed an unpopulated set of SMD pads in the PG5 trace (circled in yellow below).  The images of the V1.4 board in the store do not show these pads. Is this a revision?  Should these pads be populated?
Mar 27, 2011