Peter Seddon's Discussions (30)

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HK GCS and Mediatek GPS

I have the APMega running 1.02, Meditaek GPS with latest 1.6 firmware (and a battery), with the HK GCS. The B and C LED's on the APM are lit and the GPS light as well, indicating lock.But the serial output data in the GCS says Fix = 0, Sats = 0, HDOP

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RC1 and latest Libraries

I have just tried to upload RC1 to a new APM/Oilpan combination and found the only way I could do this was by reverting back to the libraries included with the Zip rather than the latest libraries. It came up with errors in APM_ADC otherwise.

 

Are the

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Arducopter NG

Looking at the repository most of the activity is centred around the ArducopterNG code which seems to be rapidly changing. 


Has anyone tried using it yet - I would not want to use all the whistles and bells just the basic bits maybe including the magn

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I2C connection

I am in the process of changing my ESC's from ppm to I2C (I have modified 4-30A Turnigy's). 


Do I need to add some pull-ups to the I2C lines from the oilpan or are they fitted already?

Peter

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EM406A on 5v

It has been pointed out that the signal output voltage from the EM406A is TTL level, Output voltage level: 0V ~ 2.85V RS-232 level.The input voltage for a ATMega328 is specified as 0.2Vcc for low and 0.6Vcc for high, so operated on 5v it requires max

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Config Tool Beta_3 not working

There are still a number of people who seem to be unable to get the Config Tool to work correctly and are getting the dreaded "Something is wrong" message (I am one of them).I used the serial port sniffer ASP to look at the data going from the Config

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Ardupilot Config Tool Beta 3

I can get the tool to work on a 168 processor Ardupillot but not the 328 version of the Ardupilot.I have not yet managed to write a blank set of data to the EEPROM on the 328 and cannot read anything back either (I get the 'Something is Wrong' messag

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