About

Gender

Male


Location

Tucson, AZ


About Me:

Missile Engineer


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Interested in using the Arduimu in a ground based rover


Activity Feed

Dr B Holt replied to Joseph Nicholas R. Alcantara's discussion ArduIMU+ V3, Power questions
"I am using the ArduIMU+ V3 with the arduino mega 2560.  I use the same 5V source to power both the mega and IMU.  I power the IMU via the FTDI header.  This simplifies things.  When programming the IMU, I use the FTDI cable.  When using the IMU…"
May 5, 2012
Dr B Holt replied to droter's discussion Killer app for ArduRover
"I'm currently using (actually integrating) the ArduIMU into my rover.  I have only had the IMU for about 2 weeks.  It's a 4 WD indoor/outdoor rover.  Mostly a learning platform but plan to put a camera on it and let it roam around at night to see…"
Apr 29, 2012
Dr B Holt replied to Eric Frank's discussion Nav Speed Threshold for the MT3329 GPS unit
"Check http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/gps-position-hold-in-quadcopter.  It has a string to set it to 0.2 m/s.  I used it and it worked."
Apr 29, 2012
Dr B Holt replied to lucky13's discussion GPS position hold in quadcopter..
"Lucky13,
I was having problems with my GPS not updating and accidentally came across the posting above regarding setting the threshold. I added the string to the code and it fixed my problem.  A BIG THANK you!!!"
Apr 29, 2012
Dr B Holt posted a discussion
For a rover application .....I am modifying the 1.9 firmware to send out acceleration in global coordinates, but I am not getting satisfactory results.My process is to perform a matrix operation by multiplying the acceleration vector (in body frame)…
Apr 26, 2012
Dr B Holt posted a discussion
I'm adding code to the firmware to have data be request instead of being push from the ArduIMU v3.  I have tried many thing to set up the handshake but none work. So my question is: Does multiplexing the GPS off serial0 prevent the ArduIMU from…
Apr 20, 2012