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SPI Reads of the MPU6000

I'm playing around with writing my own app using the APM2.0 hardware and the associated libraries that come with the ArduPlane open-source code.  Basically I'm replacing the setup() and loop() with my own stuff and trying to do just some really simpl

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Compiling ArduPlane

I'm finally getting around to soldering headers on my ardupilot-mega board (1280 version) and trying to get it up and talking.  I downloaded the arduino-1.0.1 environment for linux 64-bit and got that up and running.  I connected my FTDI cable and th

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Animating a flight track in google earth

I hope this hasn't been covered already here.  I did some searching, but didn't turn anything up.

I have a gps track formatted in kml (and I could probably massage it into a variety of formats or restructure the kml if needed.)

Basically I would like t

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Autonomous Senior Telemaster



I have just posted a youtube video showing my autopilot flying a senior telemaster.  I included the take off and landing (both manually flown) because I thought it looked cool.

Here is the youtube link (I don't know how to embed the video here in the

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Simple power distribution bus?

I have a question for the DIY community.  I'm looking at a situation here where I will have 4 or 5 (maybe 6) devices to power.  They all can run from a standard 4.8v RC receiver pack.


One option would be to make up some custom wiring harness, but the

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Ardupilot: 4 channels in

Hi Jordi,Thanks for all your help getting me to the point where I can drive 4 servo outputs from the ardupilot.My next task is trying to read the value of another channel in from the receiver.Earlier you said there is only one pin free. Were you refe

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Ardupilot: 4 channels

Hi,I'm staring at my ardupilot this morning and the ardupilot code and I'm not making all the connections in my head.I see that the v2.2.3 code is setup to be able to read ch1 and ch2 coming from the receiver and is able to drive ch1, ch2, and ch3 fo

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Rotomotion autopilot kit for sale

I have a rotomotion autopilot kit on my shelf that I'd like to find a good home for. This was purchased back in August of '02. I had a buddy of mine who's a good hardware tech begin the assembly process. I think he installed the cpu on the main board

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