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Brian Hudson posted a discussion
Tom and I just got our uBlox5 combo, and I hooked it up to my arduino as a Serial passthru using NewSoftSerial, with the built in and software port running at 38400. At first I thought I'd go ahead and port the parsing code from the arduPilot to run…
Sep 27, 2009
Brian Hudson left a comment for Abhishek Jain
"Well I wouldn't encourage you to cut off your ATMega if that's what you implied you were going to do like me.

The ATMega on the IMU can be reprogrammed using the ISP connector on the board (a 2x3 set of holes which you'll need to solder header pins…"
Jun 5, 2009
Brian Hudson left a comment for Abhishek Jain
"Hey Abhishek,
Have you loaded any of your own code onto the IMU? I don't think you'll have any luck hooking the Arduino directly to the IMU with the default firmware installed, as the IMU is set up to transmit at 115200 baud or something around…"
Jun 5, 2009
Brian Hudson posted a discussion
Anyone know of one of these? I can't believe I haven't found any in my quick search. It looks like Arduino even supports operator overloading and templates from c++, so you could build a pretty spiffy flexible library! Alas, I'm looking for…
May 13, 2009
Brian Hudson posted a blog post
Tom and I have made a couple of decisions and are moving forward."I would not be just a nothin' my head all full of stuffin'...If I only had a brain."I purchased and have received a standard Arduino Duemilanove board. I strongly considered the…
Apr 8, 2009
Brian Hudson commented on Tom Yochum's blog post Picking a first aircraft
"(Tom's partner in crime here) - I can attest to the crashing! I built several models and crashed my first .40 trainer. Then again, I didn't have any real instructor - just some guy my dad knew who knew how to fly - he had me try landing my first…"
Apr 5, 2009
Brian Hudson posted a blog post
My name is Brian Hudson. I've been wandering around DIY for a week or two now, and I've decided to start this blog to start interacting with the community, get feedback, and to track progress and thoughts on a project my neighbor and I are…
Mar 31, 2009