About

Gender

Male


Location

Columbia, MO


About Me:

Student, Programmer, Air Force


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

facebook.com/MattEvans


Hometown:

Missouri


Activity Feed

MattEvans16 commented on Chris Anderson's blog post WiFi Xbees announced!
"So has anyone used one yet? I just bought two... Below are the best two datasheets I could find, and I'm still confused at the "modes".  I hope I will be able to write code to POST to a webserver.
 …"
Oct 3, 2011
MattEvans16 commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Tutorial: Programming your uBlox GPS module
"*Fixed* Make sure you you don't plug the GPS into the connector labeled "I2C Port - NO GPS" I feel foolish.."
Sep 4, 2010
MattEvans16 commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Tutorial: Programming your uBlox GPS module
"I've read all of this, reloaded my config file, and I'm still having issues getting the GPS to work using the UBLOX Library I just downloaded from the repository.

I'm trying to run the GPS_UBLOX_test.pde but my GPS never gets a Fix or NewData…"
Sep 4, 2010
MattEvans16 commented on mook's blog post Flying AirPenguin blimp video
"wow - the marine one is cool... it looks and acts pretty real."
Apr 8, 2010
MattEvans16 commented on mook's blog post Flying AirPenguin blimp video
"Is that original Dragon Warrior music?"
Apr 8, 2010
MattEvans16 commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Should we move ArduPilot Groundstation from LabVIEW to Nokia's Qt?
"Interesting, I am willing to play around with QT a little bit."
Apr 3, 2010
MattEvans16 commented on Zach Lovering's blog post EasyStar Mods - Spar Hole Reinforcement
"Great idea with the washer, but Is there a good place to buy all of these carbon fiber parts online? (Tube, Strips & Washers?) I found http://dragonplate.com/ but they only have .375 OD tubes instead of .315, and they don't carry washers at all.…"
Mar 15, 2010
MattEvans16 replied to MattEvans16's discussion XBEE Ardupilot Transmission Glitches
"So apparently I think it was a bad solder connection on my shield... I've fixed it! :)


I can't wait until my ArduIMU+ comes in, and more uBlox GPS's get in stock, and the Ardupilot Mega comes out :)"
Mar 12, 2010
MattEvans16 replied to MattEvans16's discussion XBEE Ardupilot Transmission Glitches
"Yes, the plane side adapter is from Adafruit. It's also how I'm hooking it up to the FTDI cable..

I used two X-CTUs and had one send test data, and the others Console showed it, so they appear to be working.

I'm gonna mess around a little bit more…"
Jan 30, 2010
MattEvans16 posted a discussion
My XBEE only transmits for a second, then quits until I reconnect it.I have an XBEE PRO attached to the XBEE Adapter, and then attached the 3 required pins to the Shield Version 1. I then have the 2nd XBEE attached via USB and it's terminal opened…
Jan 29, 2010
MattEvans16 commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Adding wireless telemetry to ArduPilot
"My XBEE only transmits for a second, then quits until I reconnect it.

I have an XBEE PRO attached to the XBEE Adapter, and then attached the 3 required pins to the Shield Version 1. I then have the 2nd XBEE attached via USB and it's terminal opened…"
Jan 24, 2010