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Vindolin posted a blog post
FLYING drones fitted with heat-seeking cameras are being used by criminals to find cannabis farms in Halesowen, Cradley Heath and Oldbury so they can steal the crops.The explosion in the number of cannabis farms has led to countless violent…
Apr 18, 2014
Vindolin commented on Thomas J Coyle III's blog post 3-D printing 'ink' is way too expensive
"PLA is made from starch and it's biodegradable: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polylactic_acid"
Feb 22, 2014
Vindolin commented on Aran Fitzgerald's blog post Lesson's Learnt
"@Aran no because there are different SBAS systems around the globe and you have to select the one that you want to use.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite-based_augmentation_system#Sa...
and configure your ublox with a serial adapter and the…"
Aug 15, 2013
Vindolin commented on Aran Fitzgerald's blog post Lesson's Learnt
"@Aran: have you tried enabling EGNOS?
http://www.navilock.de/dyn/faq/uBloxEgnos.jpg"
Aug 14, 2013
Vindolin replied to Shyam Balasubramanian's discussion Triggering a Camera: APM or Arduino
"+3"
Aug 11, 2013
Vindolin commented on Stefan Gofferje's blog post Possible critical error due to a design problem with the 3DR power module
"A friend gave me his but now I get strange current readings in Mission Planner:
http://www.diydrones.com/forum/topics/wrong-amps-and-battery-percen...
When the short circuit happend, the ESC Power was connected to the output rail.
Could that have…"
Jun 28, 2013
Vindolin commented on Stefan Gofferje's blog post Possible critical error due to a design problem with the 3DR power module
"Not directly related to this problem but the cable that came together with my power module had it's crimped connections stick out of the plug and made contact to another which resulted in a little puff of smoke and a dead power module, luckily it…"
Jun 28, 2013
Vindolin replied to Vindolin's discussion Wrong amps and battery percentage display in MP
"Using DroidPlanner I noticed the load percentage starts at 100% after an APM boot and then drops to 0% after 2 minutes while the voltage stays the same.
So obviously not a problem with MP.
What parameter need to be written to the APM2.5 for the…"
Jun 23, 2013
Vindolin posted a discussion
Mission Planner shows me the correct voltage but 85 A and 0%.Here are the settings for the battery monitor:I'm using the original 3DR power module and measured 4.76V behind the fuse.I'm using a separate SBEC on the output rail and removed the red…
Jun 23, 2013
Vindolin posted a discussion
Just got my first ardupilot (APM 2.5) :)I've put it to work in my trusty HawkSky and the first test flights were very promising!Stabilize, FBA and RTL worked flawless out of the box.Everything is working except the dataflash.When I open the console,…
Nov 19, 2012