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Dan Overholt commented on Lorenz Meier's blog post Help Us Improving the Status Feedback of APM and PX4!
"This paper about "Unlocking the Expressivity of Point Lights" is your friend:
http://www.chrisharrison.net/index.php/Research/LEDBehaviors"
Apr 25, 2013
Dan Overholt commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Parrot AR.Drone gets longer battery life, GPS tracking (but not navigation)
"Chris, according to this information direct from Parrot, it's not just GPS logging they're adding:
http://ardrone2.parrot.com/flight-recorder/
This very clearly states that you can in fact use QGroundControl with the AR.Drone: "Simply place…"
Jan 9, 2013
Dan Overholt commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Arduino DUE (ARM-based) coming on Monday
"Making PX4 work with Arduino-IDE is a good idea. But instead of forking the Arduino-IDE yet again, why not incorporate the PX4 support into the Multi-Platform IDE created by the ChipKIT guys?  While they tend to focus on the PIC32 series of…"
Oct 22, 2012
Dan Overholt commented on dzlonline's blog post RCTP, a Directed Airflow Controlled Vehicle
"Cool design! (and greetings from Ålborg, Dzl)

A few related links - the kk guys in Korea have some interesting work along these lines:
Single-prop VTOL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sY3L-dow8c
and a DualCopter with counter-rotating…"
Jan 17, 2012
Dan Overholt commented on bGatti's blog post Arduino has been pwned by Olimex
"Not as cheap as a Seeeduio - doesn't have all the features you listed on the Olimexino but quite a few of them are there, and this has been available for quite a while now: $22.50…"
Nov 15, 2011
Dan Overholt commented on Chris Anderson's blog post New Arduinos announced!
"This is really exciting new, actually - I look forward to using the new Arduino boards to teach students how to make things that are not stuck being virtual com-port devices finally!

What's awesome about the Arduino is it's ease-of-use, and…"
Sep 25, 2010
Dan Overholt commented on Chris Anderson's blog post iPhone RC controller app now available
Jun 9, 2010
Dan Overholt commented on Roy Brewer's blog post New 9 DOF sensor for $99
"Chris,
You should note this quote from PNI's website:
"The module streams raw accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer data, as well as meaningful orientation information represented as quaternions, through a USB/HID interface."

So your comment…"
Dec 14, 2009
Dan Overholt commented on Roy Brewer's blog post New 9 DOF sensor for $99
"Chris,
You should note this quote from PNI's website:
"The module streams raw accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer data, as well as meaningful orientation information represented as quaternions, through a USB/HID interface."

So your comment…"
Dec 11, 2009
Dan Overholt commented on Aaron Buckner's blog post Ardupilot ordered! Now for the fun adapting this to a non-rc ROV!
"why exactly do you need the ardupilot board at all? you already have control of your motors and you could easily get a GPS to send data directly to your PC..."
Aug 30, 2009
Dan Overholt commented on Brian Wolfe's blog post Built up Three more PicPilots
"I would also be interested if you're doing another run at some point...
Best regards,
Dan"
Aug 14, 2009
Dan Overholt posted a discussion
Hi Bill,I've followed your UAVdevboard developments for awhile now, and have been very impressed! I don't yet have one of your boards (or a plane for that matter!), but am thinking about getting into it soon.What I have in mind, at least after…
Aug 10, 2009