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Rotorua


About Me:

Hi I am an electrician by Trade. Interests are Elelctronics (Particularly Microcontrollers), Computers and genrally anything that is really too hard for me ;)


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

www.maketronic.com


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Bruce posted a discussion
Hi AllI am very new to this but are working on a guidance system for a boat.While searching the net I found the MicroMega uM-FPU V3.1 math co processor. http://www.micromegacorp.com/other.htmlAt $20 USD it seems reasonably priced and well suited to…
Sep 7, 2008
Bruce commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Finally, a decent (albeit expensive) competitor to the Eagle PCB software
"Hi All
Hi All

I havent used Eagle because it is so expensive, I use and reccomend diptrace though, It can do schematics, as well as pcb design and layouts.
You can export files in popular formats for use in outsourcing pcb manufacture."
Aug 29, 2008
Bruce posted a discussion
HI all.Yes I realise that this is not quite a UAV (a UWV maybe?)I am amidst a project to design a guidance system for an unmanned boat.The boat must be able to maintain a accuracy of 50 metres of deviation over a straight run of 1500 m in the sea.…
Aug 29, 2008
Bruce replied to James Hall's discussion Sonar ping return is all over the place!
"Hi James.

Havent worked with sonar yet but the elctronics supplier I use mostly (www.futurlec.com) sells optical (laser presumably) sensors that work with a range of up to 5.5m, this may be suitable for your project (and at $19.90 USD it is…"
Aug 29, 2008