Does anyone know of a commercial IMU specifically designed for use in UGVs with electric motors? I'm looking for a product that can take into account the transient magnetic fields and that doesn't use GPS to aid the heading solution.
Read more…Here's an unusual question: Is it possible to disable the radio?
I've got a device that's got a radio soldered on to it so it's not possible to unplug it. But I'm not using the radio so I'd like to leave the antenna off but I don't want to risk damag
Read more…I decided to throw this out there hoping some folks would have good information on the subject of wire insulation types.
I'm regularly frustrated by PVC insulation that is A) stiff, B) nicks really easily thus ruining the wire, and C) doesn't strip cl
Read more…Anyone know the REAL reasons why Tower isn't on iOS? I'm not interested in theories, only facts. If there is some part of Apple's rules that it violates, I want to know which part exactly. If it's a matter of there being nobody to do the port, I'd
Read more…I got a Solo last week and took it out for its maiden flight on Friday. To my chagrin, the tablet mount doesn't fit a full size iPad. But I flew it anyway. Love it. Big fun.
Now, I had a Galaxy Tab 3 sitting on the shelf gathering dust so I decide
Read more…So here's a question: I've seen the mod for installing a uBlox M8N into the Solo with the goal being so you can see the GLONASS satellites as well as US GPS. But, according to uBlox's website specs, all the 7 series modules support GLONASS. So why
Read more…UBlox says that theit 7P device supports GLONASS. I purchased one from CSGShop. The trouble is that I can't figure out how to enable it. I'm using the latest u-center software v8.17 and trying to enable it in the GNSS configuration screen. Every
Read more…I've got a Pixhawk, 3DR GPS, a pair of modems, and all the cables purchase last summer. What I'd like to do is build an Iris+ or X8 but it seems that 3DR doesn't sell everything you'd need to be able to do this. Or the DIY products already include
Read more…Here's a bit of a brain teaser. How would you go about calibrating a 3-axis magnetometer in a vehicle that's too big and heavy to be manipulated by hand? The brute force method would be to build a big rig to lift the vehicle off the ground with thr
Read more…I was wondering why compassmot hasn't been integrated into the rover code. I read the comment that says it's not needed but I've been testing a rover with some BIG motors drawing lots of amps and I can tell you that the compass reading can shift as
Read more…Is it possible to use 0 as the value for STEER2SRV_P?
I've got a vehicle that is a skid steering configuration but it's technically not skid steering because rather than the left and right sides being controlled separately, the steering channel drives
Read more…Does anyone know how the Ardupilot software, specifically the rover branch, handles loss of GPS or severely degraded signal quality?
Let's say you've instructed your rover to go from waypoint 1 to waypoint 2 and that course has it driving through a tu
Bear with me if this has been discussed. The forum search engine doesn't seem to work.
I've got a rover with the latest firmware, GPS, and a 3DR radio link. I'm able to connect to it fine and upload waypoints to it. I can see the live GPS track if
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