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Santa Clara, CA


About Me:

Retired electronic design engineer with some high-tech companies in silicon valley, ca. Private pilot since early 70s.


Hometown:

Tulsa, Oklahoma


Activity Feed

Dedadz commented on Ho-Chung Chang's blog post Flight Control Board trial run.
"Very nice. The switching regulator is compact. How much current can you draw from it?

-Tom"
Apr 3, 2010
Dedadz commented on automatik's blog post What's your screen resolution? - help GCS desing
"1024x600 in the field"
Mar 15, 2010
Dedadz replied to Oliver's discussion Printed wing concept
"Oliver, beautiful job! Please keep us posted as you make progress. Tom"
Mar 8, 2010
Dedadz commented on Riccardo Kuebler's blog post Acromaster as UAVDevBoard platform
"I'm out of Oil Pan boards but if things go well, they should be available soon from Jordi on the DIYDrones store."
Feb 8, 2010
Dedadz commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Progress report from the DIY Drones development teams
"Congradulations to all - great progress!"
Oct 21, 2009
Dedadz commented on Jack Crossfire's blog post The dry Stanford lake bed
"Jack, Great photography! You really piqued my interest so I took a drive over there today. I've taken numerous classes at Stanford over the years and never realized they had this gem hidden away so well on campus. I explored every possible parking…"
Oct 17, 2009
Dedadz commented on Jordi Muñoz's blog post Remzibi OSD Now Available!
"Never mind, I just found it was the UBlox configuration utility."
Sep 28, 2009
Dedadz commented on Jordi Muñoz's blog post Remzibi OSD Now Available!
"Jordi and Happy,
What is "u-center"? Did I miss something in the blogs?
Thanks, Thomas"
Sep 28, 2009
Dedadz commented on Jordi Muñoz's blog post Remzibi OSD Now Available!
"Happy, In this case, it's great to be wrong. That is just what i was looking for. Thanks!"
Sep 27, 2009
Dedadz commented on Jordi Muñoz's blog post Remzibi OSD Now Available!
"I think the question is - can the osd "share" the same GPS with the ardupilot? Another way to put it - can the output from ardupilot serial output be used as the osd GPS input? From what i can see, it cannot because ardupilot requires binary from…"
Sep 26, 2009
Dedadz commented on Chris Anderson's blog post DIY Drones uBlox modules now available!
"Will do Chris. BTW, nice job on the podcast by you guys. A little rough around the edges but shows promise!"
Sep 9, 2009
Dedadz commented on Chris Anderson's blog post DIY Drones uBlox modules now available!
"Jordi,
Received mine yesterday :) It and the ArduPilot code (ublox selection) are set for 38400 baud while the 406 was set for 57600. Is there an easy way to reprogram the ublox/code for 56k or do I have to reset the telemetry (xbees) to run at 38k?…"
Sep 9, 2009
Dedadz commented on Chris Anderson's blog post ArduPilot (Legacy) main page
"Earl, I'm building the ArduStation while waiting for some plane parts. I'm also writing a ground station program in java which will used with the AS board. Not that I don't like Labview but I just wanted something else to use and be able to modify…"
Aug 24, 2009
Dedadz commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Announcing the official DIY Drones Trust Time Trial (T3) Contest
"All, don't get too fancy yet. I'm trying to get my plane together and I (and others) want to be able to compete at some point."
Aug 24, 2009
Dedadz commented on Chris Anderson's blog post NASA Ames UAV field trip! (Sept 2)
"Thanks for setting this up Chris. Put me on the waiting list as a definite "go" if someone else can't make it."
Aug 20, 2009