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Last Saturday I attended Barcamp Antwerp in Belgium. The idea of a barcamp is that every attendee gives a presentation without to much preparation. I talked about my autopilot project.The presentation got featured on Slideshare, you can see it here:…
"You got a valid point.I can't argue with the fact that my method of fixing stuff to a plane for testing is ugly. But I did consider how to affix components to minimize stress in case of unwanted flight conditions (spiral dive, inverted flight,…"
"No, I also use the front/back part, but for this test I wasn't trying to test the stabilization part, so I just taped over the front/back sensors for ease of mounting.
I'm still playing with the stabilization algorithms. When I have more progress on…"
I'm still playing with the stabilization algorithms. When I have more progress on…"
Today my autopilot hardware took the sky for the first time. Although this maiden flight was successful, its only a first step.The primary goal of the test was to see if the autopilot failsafe mechanisms operated fine:- no lockup on division by…
I have been working on/off on an autopilot to use in RC airplanes. The goal is to fully automatically take pictures of an object like a house, construction site, etc.I made the hardware in last year's Christmas holiday. During the year I spend a few…
"I even think I know who you are, I once commented on your blog (Pycke or something) about your algorithm to do stabilisation based on IR sensors.
It's a slow project for me, a bit of on/off when I find a few hours time. But now the intend is to fly…"
It's a slow project for me, a bit of on/off when I find a few hours time. But now the intend is to fly…"
"Cool! What is the application you envision for the SIFT processing? Maybe you could track ground vehicles or animals with it?"
"I had to look for a bit where I could post the code for my NMEA parser, but here it is:
http://diydrones.com/forum/topic/show?id=705844%3ATopic%3A49807"
http://diydrones.com/forum/topic/show?id=705844%3ATopic%3A49807"
I wanted to share this NMEA parser code, according to the DIYDrones "should I write a blog post" guide it is best to open a discussion topic about this. You will find the code in attachment.I have no idea if this is anywhere near efficient, but it…
"I'm also looking into a chip to embed on a dsPIC based autopilot board.
What I read on the Locosys website is that most of their chips do support UBX or sirf binary mode: http://www.locosystech.com/product.php?zln=en&id=1
If not, I have no problem…"
What I read on the Locosys website is that most of their chips do support UBX or sirf binary mode: http://www.locosystech.com/product.php?zln=en&id=1
If not, I have no problem…"
