I am interested in using the Ardupilot for a ground vehicle application, and I need to enter a large number of waypoints for many different parts of the country. Saving and retrieving the waypoints is a must. I will also need to use an external EEPROM, but that is a different story. I wrote a waypoint editor that can help users manage a large number of files, and, also, save *.KML files for display on Google Earth. I will be very glad to share the editor with anybody, and, if enough people have interest, I'll post both the executable and the source here. It also allows you to create a track with the shape of a regular polygon. Here is a screen dump of a track at the Boulder , CO Model Airplane field on Google Earth.
1) Would it be possible to post the correct status of the LEDs?On the GPS board I have:1. a blinking red LEDOn the Ardupilot board:2. A steady blue LED ("Lock")3. A steady red LED ("Power")4. A steady red LED ("MUX")5. A blinking yellow LED ("STAT")The instructions mention a blinking white ("Lock") LED. Has this been replaced by the steady blue LED?The second question is, what voltage should I expect on the output pins? I am getting only about 0.2 volts. I am not using an ESC, but using a battery. I am not using the CTRL either, but, instead, I used Michal B's modification to the code from Jan 16.Thank you.Pedro
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I finished assembling the board, installed the Arduino IDE, installed the drivers for the FTDI basic board (Sparkfun), removed the solder bridge that goes with the ESC option and soldered the one for the battery input, connected the FTDI board to the Ardupilot board, and powered up. I get the red "power" led on, and the blue "GPS lock" led and yellow "Status" led flashing. I am not sure this is correct, and I am afraid I may have fried something. The two flashing leds are showing the same code: looks like MMS in morse code. (dash dash dot dot dot),Ignoring that, I try to load the software. It compiles without any problem. When I select "Upload to I/O board" it pauses for a few seconds and then tells me that the Serial Port (COM7) is already in use by another program.There are no other programs using that por. When I unplug the FTDI board from the USB port, the COM7 serial port disappears from the Device Manager list, and re-appears when I plug it back in. That tells me that the only the FTDI board is using that port. Incidentally I am using Windows Vista. Any suggestions?Thank you, Pedro
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