I have done what the wiki says to interface the PulsedLight LIDAR.
Then I set the proper parameters like range type to 4 for the Pulsed Light unit.
I do a write and it LOOKS like it saves.
Has anyone used the Pulsed Light unit yet?
I also noted the param
Read more…Hi, this is Earl. We did a balloon flight 7/3/13 from Edgewood, New Mexico.
We reached an altitude of 89994 feet this time.
This is first of 10 flights this summer.
You can go to aprs.fi and search for KE5VSH* and display the data from -2 and -3. You ca
Read more…I broke one motor on my quad. Can I upload the FW for a tri and expect it to fly on remaining 3 motors ?
Anyone tried or do the motors need to be 120 degrees apart equally?
Earl
Read more…The altitude on the HUD and other places is off by a factor of 10. (too little)
Version 1.1.96
Earl
Read more…Using MP terminal can I send RTS1=1 to set a bit high on the APM2 like one of the free analog ports ?
The send is to the remote 433mhz radio to set a bit somewhere to signal a FET to heat up and cut the nylon cord attached to the high altitude balloon
Read more…Mike, can you add a button on the main display screen to toggle the A9 pin on the APM2 ? That is the camera shutter pin according to the documentation I have read.
I want to use it to activate a FET in a heater circuit that will melt a line tied to a
Read more…How do you turn the relay on/off from the mission planner via the 3dradio link ?
Earl
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will these radios do point to multi-point ? I need two diferent ground stationd to track the balloon.
Earl
Read more…This is a place to discuss using the APM2 on high altitude balloon flights. I hope we get some action here!Earl
Read more…I am flying a balloon to + 100,000 feet on 4/14/12. I need the mission planner to display barometric altitude as well as GPS altitude. (which may crap out at 18000 meters)
Is this possible to do ?
Earl
Read more…In the setup section of the mission planner, can there be a baud rate select for the serial3 telemetry port?
Otherwise you need to compile the program with the baud rate you want.
How can you change the telemetry baud rate in mission planner?
Earl
Read more…In the lower left of mission planner could you put legends as to what the red,yellow,black,green lines mean on map ?
Thanks
Earl
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I can't seem to get my MTK GPS firmware to upgrade to version 1.6. I tried in 2 different computers many times and it fails at 40% always.
Also 2 different MTK GPS's
Any tips ?
Earl
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I bricked one of my xbee 900' s and got it recovered by Mike at Sparkfun via this methodhttp://www.instructables.com/id/Changing-Xbee-Baud-Rates/step5/Un-bricking-a-frozen-Xbee/You may try this on your bricked xbee alsoEarl....thanks Mike at Sparkfun
Read more…The RX0 pin on the chip is fried. Is there a way to program the MEGA on RX1/TX1 instead of RX0/TX0 ?
I also have an isp programmer.
Earl
How do you get Google to NOT show old GCS runs ? My display is unreadable now.
Earl
How about adding code for the parallax ping sensor for auto land feature ? The Arduino code is readily available. The sensor is good out to 10 meters or 30 feet. Is 30 feet enough on a plane coming in for a landing ? Can the software , control surfac
Read more…Can my lib files be out of date. Problem seams to be with the APM_RC.h lib file. It is at v 48
Earl
My problem is thus.. Using Megaplanner 1.0.49 and on the serial port to program the APM all works fine. Loads the hex file and verifies ok. I run flight data and all is well. 7 sats GPS ok google map ok !! works GREAT.. However...
I have a pair of xbe