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About Me:
I am an Air Force engineer, currently assigned to the US Air Force Academy where I develop innovative UAV designs with my cadets. I have a MS in Mechanical Engineering, but I have little R/C experience. I have taught a few courses in Mechatronics that featured the Basic Stamp and Parallax Board of Education for labs and projects, so I have a lot of experience with that hardware. I have built autonomous ground vehicles with the BS, but nothing airborne. My goal is to develop an autonomous UAV that will support my research projects.
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Colorado Springs, CO
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"Another stupid question, sorry...I'm guessing the elevator and rudder are the only servos you run through the autopilot because they are all that are needed for navigation?
How is throttle handled? Do you just keep it constant? "set it and forget…"
How is throttle handled? Do you just keep it constant? "set it and forget…"
"Does this RxMux replace the servo driver (either parallax servo driver chip or the FT 639)? I don't see either there in the photo or the vid. I assume you just removed it for simplicity?
If the servo driver is still needed, I assume it would go in…"
If the servo driver is still needed, I assume it would go in…"
"Paul,
I was reading this forum discussion:
http://diydrones.com/forum/topic/show?id=705844%3ATopic%3A2386
wherein you mentioned that:
"...instead I use a small Canon HD camera (TX1 720p) on the plane that down converts to NTSC in real time for…"
I was reading this forum discussion:
http://diydrones.com/forum/topic/show?id=705844%3ATopic%3A2386
wherein you mentioned that:
"...instead I use a small Canon HD camera (TX1 720p) on the plane that down converts to NTSC in real time for…"
"Thanks! That's good to know. I've experienced that problem with the BS2 and some wheeled robots I've built, but didn't know the work around."
"I'm new, sorry if this is a stupid question:
The BS has the ability to drive servos with the "pulse out" command, so why do you use a separate servo controller? Is it a limitation of the Stamp that you are trying to work around?"
The BS has the ability to drive servos with the "pulse out" command, so why do you use a separate servo controller? Is it a limitation of the Stamp that you are trying to work around?"
