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"I used the same project for my earlier ground station but gave up on it since I couldn't read the laptop screen outside in in the sun. I even tried switching the color scheme to white on black and a few other schemes but just couldn't get a…"
Since this blog is not the easiest place to document something I've started copying all my notes into a google doc here: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcjvf635_397kw96gfg
"If that Android can be read in sunlight, or maybe use a black and white color scheme, one of these would be just the thing. Separating the controller from the radio equipment may be a good idea too."
"yeah, the video shows a socket connection to another pc or maybe a local service on port 777. But most likely another PC like that notebook probably doing the xbee commincations and video streaming. An expensive joystick...."
"I'm using the standard Servo.h library. The control packets use 1 byte for each channel to represent the servo position in degrees. The workable range is 180 degrees but I'm only using 120 as per most RC systems. It is hard to physically connect the…"
"Regarding the channel change protocol, it works well even when rapidly moving the sticks for a few seconds, no latency results. Channel changes are sent at 50hz, the same rate as the analogReads are done on the stick potentiometers. To duplicate a…"
"I've added another blog entry to explain it in more detail."
I've been toying with this design for a few weeks and thought I'd post it. I'm using a Palm Vx, Arduino Mega, and XBee Pro for a ground control station. It's pretty rough at the moment. The airborne portion is made up of a ArduPilot Mega beta and a…
"Having run my own store for many years and with the size and volume of their operation, their shipping charges are right on. Your claim of '300% profit' is a joke!"
"I wrote a PocketPC interface for a cheap chinese radio but most find the PocketPC's are too hard to see in direct sunlight, someone also wrote a Palm version and it is easier to read but with lower resolution. I'm finishing up a ground station for…"
"I used a Ardupilot on a small scratch-built foamie of similar size to the Firebird and it flew great. You'll need to adjust some the airframe settings to get it dialed in, the manual covers this. Does yours have the Anti-Crash Technology?
Marc"
Marc"
"I like the removable nose cone as well, it would be easy to extend some shelves into the nose cone area and it make access much easier then hatch. Looking forward to more info."
"Jason, that groundstation code is really clever! Is there any reason we can't save those settings in eeprom or is that something already in the works? I've been flying with a couple different airframes and it would be great to just be able to…"
"Looks good, is it much different from the beta version?"
"yep, but I think my 328 is bricked. It has no outputs (confirmed with O-scope) and all I get is 'cannot enter program mode' on my ISP when I try and load the firmware."
