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Duncan Young replied to Duncan Young's discussion Poor AltHold performance and unstable DSAlt with LIDAR
"Hi Steven,
Apols for the delayed reply. I have not really made any progress on this, and specifically I can't find out why the DSAlt is resetting itself.

Cala was asking about power supplies. My Lidar unit is powered via a standard 78 series…"
Jun 14, 2016
Duncan Young replied to Cala's discussion Rangefinders: Lidar Lite V2, Lightware, and others, need recommendations in ArduCopter User Group
"I have not tried it without the gel, but I expect it would be fine without."
Feb 13, 2016
Duncan Young replied to Cala's discussion Rangefinders: Lidar Lite V2, Lightware, and others, need recommendations in ArduCopter User Group
"Mine is bolted on a small acrylic plate which is mounted on the quad with vibration-damping gel. It is mounted transversely. Works very nicely, no vibration problems or signal drop out. It is powered by its own 5V regulator."
Feb 13, 2016
Duncan Young posted a discussion
Hi,I have a 450 quad with APM 2.6 and Arducopter 3.2.1. It is fitted with a LIDAR-lite module as an altimeter. The LIDAR module is interfaced with an Arduino Nano, which in turn outputs an analog voltage proportional to altitude (PWM/RC network) to…
Jan 29, 2016