This is an update on the BrushedSparky that I posted about a month ago.I got version 0.2 back. There are a number of improvements over the previous revision.A bigger motor mount hole allows for stronger mounts.Using a 1.2 mm PCB shaves a bit of…
OsoGrande got me into brushed microquadcopters recently. Sparky2 has some buffered outputs so at first I was just slapping it on frames and jury rigging things together. Very quickly, I wanted something more elegant.I also wanted to make it easier…
I thought you guys might find this interesting. Support for OneShot ESCs was recently written for Tau Labs (http://taulabs.org) and it seems like most of the claims that it is good are largely subjective (which is perfectly fine). However, I wanted…
"@Alejandro Forgot to mention when it is connected via SPI instead of serial keep in mind now you have extremely high bandwidth access to the FC which is really useful. Also I think a model where you keep the main MCU based flight controller that…"
"Very nice work, and great to see the OSD code finally being cleaned up and put to use! It's exciting to see more targets using the Tau Labs codebase."
"Checklists will only get you so far. There WILL be bugs or edge cases that aren't properly covered. If you are trying to fly autonomously with a PDOP of 7 there is no point in even attempting it! The software should simply realize this is an…"
"Tridge, very well written commentary on this OTP/DRM issue. Good luck working from within to find a more open spirited solution than DRM , but as you said it is the developer's choice and others choice to fork."
"@hotel I agree the license wording is what matters. Given we aren't lawyers, I was simply pointing out some articles and a FAQ by the GNU about what they claim their license means. Given that the DRM and "tivoivation" aspects of GPLv3 were a heavily…"
"I'm not a lawyer so I'm just going off what I can find.
Regarding the first section "When you convey a covered work", if you read that article I linked, they discuss the it was to negate things like the DMCA if you hack the protection. It doesn't…"