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uBlox LEA-6H GPS module - 5Hz or 2Hz?

In an attempt to increase horizontal position accuracy, I have been researching inexpensive GPS modules. In my initial research, i was looking at my current module, the uBlox LEA-6H and noticed a discrepancy in the data at hand.

According to 3DR, thei

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External Compass and CLI test

Can someone tell me if the cli compass test should work the same with an external compass?

Also, if Bad Compass Health comes from a discrepnecy between the compass and GPS heading, what happens when the copter is not moving? does the GPS a) have a hea

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Setting up external mag/compass

I got an external compass to hopefully drive the interference down, but the documentation is not very straight forward. 

1) what is the i2c pinout? I cant find this information anywhere with some precision, and the eagle files dont detail the pinout o

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How to reduce the mag field reading

Hi guys,

It looks like my mag field is ~550, and I am reading that it should be ~330. My board is well above any power dist - it is about 65mm above the harness. Whats more - when the tuning option is on in the flight data screen, it looks like the ma

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WHAT IS HAPPENING TO MY APM?

I have a deteriorating problem. This started with my first copter crashing. The second frame crashed due to the bug that cuts power upon switching to an auto mode with throttle at zero. now, with new motors and a rebuilt frame, my copter has a twitch

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