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"I assume you are giving the serial link back :)
Looks like you all did an awesome job, based on the numbers what's your effective range/flight time for the plucky little drone?
I'll have to remember the bike clips when I finally get my bird up in…"
Looks like you all did an awesome job, based on the numbers what's your effective range/flight time for the plucky little drone?
I'll have to remember the bike clips when I finally get my bird up in…"
"Landing is a trivial task (think about it you just stop flying.....) and an easy destruction option the same way.
I wonder if just making the code inefficient counts?"
I wonder if just making the code inefficient counts?"
http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=9797F... on Microsoft's .NET Micro FrameworkRuns on 72Mhz NXP ARM processorsPin compatible with ArduinoShield CompatableIt's freakin' easy to use!More grunt for control loops,…
"Short of actual water droplet fog, most loss of contrast is due to UV screwing with sensors. Slap a UV filter in front of it and see if it knocks out some of the haze.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UV_filter
Small filters for the keychain cam…"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UV_filter
Small filters for the keychain cam…"
"Adding RF shielding is a good in my opinion, stops those nasty twitches. Light RF coating is even better :)
One thing I intend to do on my Tri is mount all the sensitive electronics on single sided G10/FR4 copper clad and see if that helps. It is…"
One thing I intend to do on my Tri is mount all the sensitive electronics on single sided G10/FR4 copper clad and see if that helps. It is…"
"n00b wimpers, lol."
"I've coveted this technology for a long time, ever since I read Transmetropolitan with their "Makers". Lets just hope they don't get whacked out on illicit AI drugs and start making our prototypes with obscene appendages."
"Sounds like fun, Even though I am based in Portsmouth and I'd need my passport and vaccinations to come "that far north" if its in Leamington again :)"
"You can get a low end IR capable system by removing the IR filter on most cameras. It is however, no where near the efficiency of the true FLIR systems.
Googling* for Webcam IR Mod will net you a stack of tutorials and example photos.
(*other…"
Googling* for Webcam IR Mod will net you a stack of tutorials and example photos.
(*other…"
"Looking at it you might be able to swap out the existing antenna for a higher gain one on the TX unit. It uses a RP-SMA connector for its antenna sockets so slapping on a high gain omni shouldn't be that stressful.…"
"Someone needs to weld a xbee module to an android phone for an instant groundstation."
"I cant help but feel sorry for the Draganfly, its daft, irresponsible, non-RTFM reading owner doesn't really deserve such technology.
[stewie_griffin]What have you learned?[/stewie_griffin]"
[stewie_griffin]What have you learned?[/stewie_griffin]"
"http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/gumstix-autopilot might be worth your time. The arduino cores are really struggling with the work they are doing just keeping the thing aloft.
As for video cameras if you are willing to downlink you can keep all…"
As for video cameras if you are willing to downlink you can keep all…"
"Something that popped up on my radar recently is http://www.xduino.com/ a full 32bit ARM Cortex 3 chip and a stack of rom/ram. The only thing it appears to really lack is a suitable number of PWM IO for driving servos/ecs/etc as it had 2 12-bit…"
"It can either be mixed into the video feed and then transmitted by the video downlink, or transmit the data from the gyros/gps/etc to the ground station and mix it after it comes out of the video receiver.
The second method is a bit more…"
The second method is a bit more…"
"if not, there are many sites out there building antenna's
My favourite is FRARS they have alot of info and theory as well as practical examples such as the Short Backfire and Double Quad "Bowtie" antennas. They are all designed for 2.4GHz but a…"
My favourite is FRARS they have alot of info and theory as well as practical examples such as the Short Backfire and Double Quad "Bowtie" antennas. They are all designed for 2.4GHz but a…"
