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Built my first drone in 1987. Starting my second now !


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Phil Wilshire commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Finally! BlimpDuino code now in beta!
"Hi Chris,
Many thanks.
I'll take a good look at it all.
Phil"
Oct 28, 2008
Phil Wilshire commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Finally! BlimpDuino code now in beta!
"Hi Jordi, Chris,
Any plans to release the library modifications ?

I'll get one of the 4.3.1 boards when I can but I would like to be able to tweak things if I need to.
The PDE's look great...

Thanks
Phil"
Oct 28, 2008
Phil Wilshire commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Finally! BlimpDuino code now in beta!
"I see lots of .c.o files in the rar.

Are there any changes to the core arduino modules or is it all in the .pde files ?

Regards
Phil Wilshire"
Oct 26, 2008
Phil Wilshire commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Poll: how important is a 5HZ GPS to you?
"Chris,

How about a small adapter board with the 3.3v stuff on it.
Since I have 2 1Hz units waiting for the autopilot I vote for the 1Hz systems..
But then I would probably want to use the 5Hz units for any real tests.

Phil"
Sep 29, 2008
Phil Wilshire commented on Chris Anderson's blog post ArduPilot and BlimpDuino status updates
"Chris,
If you are taking early orders put me down for one of each
Ardupilot and BlimpDuino
It's close enough to Christmas...
Phil"
Sep 11, 2008
Phil Wilshire commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Everything you need to know about Paparazzi in one sentence
"Just my 10c

I like to keep both options open.
I have been full time on linux for over 8 years now and I am a professional systems developer.
I run Windows when I have to.

I like the arduino development environment enormously under Linux but have…"
Sep 7, 2008
Phil Wilshire commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Finally, a decent (albeit expensive) competitor to the Eagle PCB software
"This is from the FAQ.

Q: Are other operating systems supported?

A: At this time only Windows systems from Windows 98 to Windows Vista are supported.

* Some users are successfully using PCB Artist on the following operating systems with emulation…"
Aug 27, 2008
Phil Wilshire commented on Chris Anderson's blog post ArduPilot code now in alpha
"Chris,

( Hi Aristotle , yes this is a great site )

Back to servo drivers.

The current system looks really good don't get me wrong.
However, since the ATTiny is almost a single chip solution
I was considering off loading the Ardupilot and only…"
Aug 19, 2008
Phil Wilshire commented on Chris Anderson's blog post ArduPilot code now in alpha
"Basically the V3 is just a code test platform for me anyway.


Another topic (possibly another thread)
Have you thought of using a small ATtiny to drive each servo.
This could allow you to create a "servo drive bus" with an aTTiny decoder for each…"
Aug 18, 2008
Phil Wilshire commented on Chris Anderson's blog post ArduPilot code now in alpha
"Hi Chris,
You beat me to it . I just noticed the servotimer 1 lib last night and was going to take a look at it.

Any chance of a summary of hardware changes.
I have built a board to the V3 spec but not tested it yet.

regards
Phil"
Aug 18, 2008
Phil Wilshire commented on Chris Anderson's blog post A new rock-solid GPS parser for ArduPilot (or any Arduino)
"Cool stuff Both of you.
Keep it up."
Aug 11, 2008
Phil Wilshire commented on Chris Anderson's blog post ArduPilot Board V3, assembled
"Hi...
ATTiny Pin1.
I assume this is hiding behind the resonator X1
The board is not marked and I have not looked too buch at the schematic.

I got the 157D on the board OK.
Thanks
Phil"
Aug 8, 2008
Phil Wilshire commented on Chris Anderson's blog post New ArduPilot boards
"Chris,
I have the right boards and I have ordered the rest of the parts now.
I will, hopefully, build one or two of the new boards as soon as all the bits get here.

Phil"
Aug 6, 2008
Phil Wilshire commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Tutorial: Getting those pesky Atmegas to work the first time
"A quick question...
Can I use the USBTinyISP to program the ATTINY85 on the Ardupilot board ?
Do you have the avrdude command line required to do that.

I think the source code for the ATTiny was posted but the link no longer works.
I am assuming…"
Aug 5, 2008
Phil Wilshire replied to Jacob Dickinson's discussion Programming Problem
"Hi,
Take a look at the code in

hardware/libraries/SoftwareSerial/SoftwareSerial.cpp

I think this is trying to do what you are trying to do.

Regards
Phil Wilshire"
Jul 6, 2008
Phil Wilshire commented on Jordi Muñoz's photo
"OK
try again using the nice little file upload thing.
Thanks Chris..
wii_nunchuck2.pde"
Jul 5, 2008
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