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Toronto, ON


About Me:

I am a mechatronics engineer specializing in autonomous robotic systems


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

In my last job I was designing an autonomous UAV for use in nuclear generating stations


Hometown:

Toronto


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Nick Charabaruk replied to Nick Charabaruk's discussion Pixhawk PX4 with Maxbotic I2CXL-MaxSonar-EZ2
"Hi Cody,
That tutorial is for the APM firmware, not PX4. Turns out the driver is commented out in the cmake/configs/nuttx_px4fmu-v2_default.cmake file. Uncommenting the line loaded the driver.  MaxBotix Inc said:
Hello, this is Cody with MaxBotix…"
Sep 13, 2016
Nick Charabaruk replied to olac's discussion px4 maxbotix ez4 i2c qgroundcontrol
"Did you ever figure this out? I am having the same problem and would appreciate the help."
Sep 1, 2016
Nick Charabaruk posted a discussion
Hello,I have an I2CXL sonar sensor that I want to use for altitude measurements indoors. I've connected it to the I2C extender that came with the Pixhawk but for some reason the Pixhawk doesn't seem to see it. The PX4 site isn't very helpful, just…
Aug 22, 2016
Nick Charabaruk posted a discussion
Hello All,I am using a Pixhawk with the PX4 firmware. I want to test the motors but for some reason the motor test buttons are greyed out in Mission Planner. I don't know why this is. Everything is plugged in properly. I've seen in older threads…
Aug 10, 2016
Nick Charabaruk posted a discussion
Hi All,I have a hexacopter using a Pixhawk flight controller and Mission Planner. Ultimately this copter will be controlled autonomously using an onboard computer running ROS. Right now, I need to run a quick test just to make sure everything works…
Aug 2, 2016
Nick Charabaruk replied to Arockiadss Lawrence's discussion ERROR COMPASS VARIANCE
"I've had this happen when using a hexacopter in a GPS denied environment. Do you have a GPS lock?"
Aug 2, 2016