About

Gender

Male


Location

Oslo


About Me:

I have been tinkering with APM2.5 and Pixhawk for a few years but still consider myself new to flying. I have learnt everything from the interweb and doing it by myself, it has been a challenge, and I have enjoyed it even though some parts have been extremely frustrating! It would be great to meet other enthusiasts...


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

I am very interested in Aerial photography and fpv flying. I currently have a 3dr 2014 Quad stock, 3dr radio telemetry, Tarot 2d gimbal, go pro 3+, ImmersionRC transmitter and minimOSD. I am using a Taranis with X8R for control. I have a lidar lite for low level altitude control and used to use a Teensy3.1 running a mavlink converter code so I could see the telemetry information on the Taranis. Now I just use FlightDeck. I also have an APM 2.5 with external compass to fit to a Bixler 2 when I get the time... But first I need to learn how to fly fixed wing ;-)


Hometown:

Small town New Zealand. Jeg bor i Oslo nå.


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Sandy Sound replied to Sandy Sound's discussion PIXHAWK FW3.5.2 + Canon S100 CHDK Mapping Troubleshooting UPDATED
"Settings for camera feedback from LED:

CAM_FEEDBACK_PIN: 50 (AUX 1)
CAM_FEEDBACK_POL 0

Dont use 53, it is for fast (1ms) capture."
Oct 4, 2017
Sandy Sound replied to Sandy Sound's discussion PIXHAWK FW3.5.2 + Canon S100 CHDK Mapping Troubleshooting UPDATED
"Or this one... I'm not sure which one to pick!"
Sep 19, 2017
Sandy Sound replied to Sandy Sound's discussion PIXHAWK FW3.5.2 + Canon S100 CHDK Mapping Troubleshooting UPDATED
"This is the circuit I will try for the pixhawk. I need to check if the S pin will be happy receiving 5v first..."
Sep 19, 2017
Sandy Sound replied to Sandy Sound's discussion PIXHAWK FW3.5.2 + Canon S100 CHDK Mapping Troubleshooting UPDATED
"SERVO10_MIN should also be set to 3000"
Sep 18, 2017
Sandy Sound replied to Sandy Sound's discussion PIXHAWK FW3.5.2 + Canon S100 CHDK Mapping Troubleshooting UPDATED
"CANON S100 SETTINGS:

MODE DIAL - P

MENU:
CAMERA MENU (Looks like a camera)
AF ASSIST - OFF
MF-POINT ZOOM - OFF
SAFETY MF - OFF
FLASH SETTINGS - RED EYE CORR. - OFF
- RED EYE LAMP - OFF
- SAFETY MF - OFF
ISO AUTO SETTINGS - MAX ISO SPEED - 1600
-…"
Sep 18, 2017
Sandy Sound replied to Sandy Sound's discussion PIXHAWK FW3.5.2 + Canon S100 CHDK Mapping Troubleshooting UPDATED
"Apparently some cameras flash their LED too long when set to FAST mode, resulting in multiple TRIG events logged.
I have heard the SX260HS behaves that way. 
The S100 works fine though when SHOT LED SYNC is set to 1."
Sep 18, 2017
Sandy Sound replied to Giovanni - iGV's discussion Canon SX260HS accurate geo-tagging
"Thanks Giovanni, your set up is very interesting!"
Sep 18, 2017
Sandy Sound replied to Sandy Sound's discussion PIXHAWK FW3.5.2 + Canon S100 CHDK Mapping Troubleshooting UPDATED
"The strange behaviour on the camera wasnt strange at all, it was doind what it was supposed to when set to BURST mode. Setting it to FAST stopped it from taking two pictures for every command :-)"
Sep 18, 2017
Sandy Sound replied to Giovanni - iGV's discussion Canon SX260HS accurate geo-tagging
"Thanks Giovanni, useful to know you use oneshot. I think it is possible to get faster response times from the camera using the PIXHAWK shot control mode...
I follow what your saying that you use a seperate gps for logging camera position, I am…"
Sep 18, 2017
Sandy Sound replied to Sandy Sound's discussion PIXHAWK FW3.5.2 + Canon S100 CHDK Mapping Troubleshooting UPDATED
"Have been pointed to this useful article for making the LED Feedback cable:
http://www.glacialwanderer.com/hobbyrobotics/?p=16"
Sep 18, 2017
Sandy Sound replied to Sandy Sound's discussion PIXHAWK FW3.5.2 + Canon S100 CHDK Mapping Troubleshooting UPDATED
"I believe the RC10_FUNCTION has now been changed to SERVO10_FUNCTION
So the settings to change on the Pixhawk are:
CAM_DURATION  1CAM_SERVO_OFF  8000CAM_SERVO_ON  3000CAM_TRIGG_TYPE  0SERVO10_FUNCTION  10SERVO10_TRIM  8000SERVO10_MAX  32767

And it…"
Sep 18, 2017
Sandy Sound replied to Giovanni - iGV's discussion Canon SX260HS accurate geo-tagging
"Ok, thanks for that Giovanni, it sounds sensible to have a seperate GPS. Do you use a uBlox for the Pixhawk also? So that both GPS systems are identical and get "identical" positional readings (offset by their physical distance apart?).
And do you…"
Sep 18, 2017
Sandy Sound replied to Sandy Sound's discussion PIXHAWK FW3.5.2 + Canon S100 CHDK Mapping Troubleshooting UPDATED
"This is the post I made in the CHDK forum asking for more information - especially regarding to RC10_FUNCTION. Any help you can offer would be much appreciated!
Hi Everyone, Thankyou waterwingz for the time you spend making this awesome script…"
Sep 18, 2017
Sandy Sound replied to Sandy Sound's discussion PIXHAWK FW3.5.2 + Canon S100 CHDK Mapping Troubleshooting UPDATED
"Hi Stanley, thanks for your response. 
I have no desire to use the Stock Canon firmware when I know the CHDK achieves better results."
Sep 18, 2017
Sandy Sound replied to Sandy Sound's discussion PIXHAWK FW3.5.2 + Canon S100 CHDK Mapping Troubleshooting UPDATED
"Am wondering if this Photoresistor is suitable for the LED Feedback cable?
Vishay BPW76A
http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/phototransistors/8151248/"
Sep 17, 2017
Sandy Sound replied to Giovanni - iGV's discussion Canon SX260HS accurate geo-tagging
"Am interested to know if you got any further with this... I have read your thread on CHDK forums and have posted myself here:
https://chdk.setepontos.com/index.php?topic=10822.950

and here about it:…"
Sep 17, 2017
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