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About
Location
Swansea, MA
About Me:
I've been building robots and devices with embedded controllers as a hobby for a few years now. I've built a snellflight quadcopte, added night lighting, video cam, and soon a laser that will get triggered from my momentary toggle switch on channel 6. I finally got my APM 2.0 board! Parts to build a largeer quadpod with 4 30A ESC and motors that need it :) I think I'll need at least a 3200ma 3cell Lipo for a 20 minute flight. Once this baby is flying I'll start saving for a gopro hd cam.
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
I've built gadgets that use embedded controllers for a while. I think the hobby UAV is pretty cool, and the fact that there's an open resource that we can can use and contribute to is awesome! I'm hoping to build a quadpod heavy lifter, when I finally get a trunigy 9 channel radio I'll add a remote claw to the APM 2.0 to grab, lift, and place objects. I'm also looking forward to building a marine uav with my sons.
Hometown:
Swansea, MA
Activity Feed
"Update...the new firmware is buggy on APM 2.0. I got tired of dealing with 3dr and switched to a multiwii pro. Cheaper. Much cheaper.plus can run multiwii, ardupirate, and arducopter
It is very stable."
It is very stable."
"Good screen shots. adjust the pitch/roll rate 30% of the way to the right and test again.
I had the same problem with the default settings... but this is something you need to adjust.
Also if it helps I have to adjust this when I switch prop…"
I had the same problem with the default settings... but this is something you need to adjust.
Also if it helps I have to adjust this when I switch prop…"
"Andrew, I have a quadpod too and I am about to swap out the flight controller for a multiwii 328P board.
Do you have a config file you can share ?
I also like flying the quadpod in the yard... flying with the standard controller is kind of tough.…"
Do you have a config file you can share ?
I also like flying the quadpod in the yard... flying with the standard controller is kind of tough.…"
"Thanks! That makes sense. I adjusted those values back when I was running 2.7.3 but I didn't have a wobble then, it was a slower wobble so it was more like a drifting circle.
I'll try it.. right now I need to rebuild my quad. crashed. I…"
I'll try it.. right now I need to rebuild my quad. crashed. I…"
Hi guys.. I wonder of any of you have any ideas on how to reduce a wobble. I went through all the steps as I did when I built the quad and installed firmware 2.7.3. I'm attaching my flight logs hopefully someone can give me advice. The wobble is…
"I upgraded to 2.7.3 last night and had a few good flights! I noticed altitude hold is a lot more accurate. It was a windy day today and I hovered over my house then landed in the backyard. I was extremely surprised that my sk450 based quad…"
"Hi Jani,
Do you know when a replacement board will ship out to me ?"
Do you know when a replacement board will ship out to me ?"
"Yes. When the configurator failed I tried to upload the test software with the Arduino IDE. The IDE failed to contact the bootloader . I got the sync error"
"I have the same error. The configurator tool never worked. I was never able to upload to the board.
The host I use is the same host I use with my QuadCopter's APM 2.0 controller. Everything works fine with that."
The host I use is the same host I use with my QuadCopter's APM 2.0 controller. Everything works fine with that."
"Jani, I just received my ioboard. I have no bootloader activity at all.
It's DOA. Can I get a cross shipped replacement ? Are there instances of xray devices at airports corrupting firmware ? If that happened my package would have to be…"
It's DOA. Can I get a cross shipped replacement ? Are there instances of xray devices at airports corrupting firmware ? If that happened my package would have to be…"
"My board doesn't work at all. I use my desktop system to program other arduino boards.
All I get is the 5v power led lit when I plug my ftdi cable in.
Nothing more."
All I get is the 5v power led lit when I plug my ftdi cable in.
Nothing more."
"Jani,
It appears my board is DOA. Bummer.. I soldered all my headers in place. I'm using the same host that I use to work on my APM 2.0 board. I can not communicate with the board at all. I checked it with my oscilloscope it appears that it's…"
It appears my board is DOA. Bummer.. I soldered all my headers in place. I'm using the same host that I use to work on my APM 2.0 board. I can not communicate with the board at all. I checked it with my oscilloscope it appears that it's…"
"Hi, It appears my bootloader is not intact on my jd ioboard. I wonder if the new xray equipment that's being deployed at airports is killing the firmware. Jani the I bought the ftdi cable from the JDRONES site. I am using 57600 baud, com6.…"
"Jani,
When utililizing the JD Ioboard for mavlink->frsky conversion, is the board also parsing flight modes to control the leds ? "
When utililizing the JD Ioboard for mavlink->frsky conversion, is the board also parsing flight modes to control the leds ? "
