"Not necessarily.  The Arduino platform is very memory-intensive.   The current iteration of the Pipo SW takes less than 12kb. 
 
Anyway, the platform is designed to be a simple plug-&-play unit.  My guess is that those who want more functions will…"

"I'm actually trying to break from the "quad controller" tag.  :)
It can be a quad controller but it can just as easily control a fixed-wing airplane, a heli or a camera gimbal.   All in the same software.  The multiplexer is really flexible.  If…"

"I fly in Shomrat (when I have an airplane :)
 
Porting all of Ardupirates is loking completely feasible.  I have most of the "heavy stuff" in and the code is just 10K.     Main loop is only 5msec and I think I got the HP and LP filter to an optimum…"

"I'm working on a quad as we speak.  I'll have a flight demo by the end of the week.
 
Almost all the parts are here.   The toughest part were the Magnometers.  Almost no-one has them and I don't want to buy cheap Chinese Knock-offs.
The HMC5883L…"

"There are a total of 16 free IO channels.  They can easily be configured for either Input or output.
 
It was conceived at first as a Pwm-in Pwm-out (Pipo) stabilization platform so yes, that it does really well.  I'll upload a video of it…"

"Thanks, I just downloaded it.
Still, they say it won't be available until May.  I got a local source."

"They won't be available until late April.  There's no datasheet either.
The 5843 OTOH are still available and well documented."

"Hi guys,
First up.  This is a very preliminary code.  It will get better.
 
GPS, camera, etc will be added later on. 
 
Just to be clear.  I'm not trying to compete with the Ardupilot/ArduIMU.  They'll always have more memory.   If I wanted to do…"

"Far from it.
I'd appreciate it!
 
I want more people on it.  I think this can be a great micro-autopilot unit.  The more ppl the better :)
 
Thanks!"

"Thanks,
I'm working hard to get the full specs out and ready.
The picture shows the "v1" board which has 6 inputs and 6 outputs. The "production" board has 8 inputs and 8 outputs.

The gyro is L3G4200D, accelerometer is ADXL345, Magnetometer is…"

"Yup, that's me :)
http://code.google.com/p/er9x/"

"Whatever I do that is based on Ardupirates will be open-source.
Once I have the preliminary version working right I'll publish the source."

"About the weight... I have a problem. I can't measure it! 30 grams is an educated guess. I need to find a laboratory scale for this thing :)"