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Fort Collins, CO


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Autopilot Developer using the Parallax Propeller chip for CCPM & Non-CCPM Helicopters.


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Fort Collins


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Zack Lantz commented on Randy's blog post My UAV helicopter - vibration problems
"I just solved all my vibration issues by moving my sensor & using Zeal Tape.

I'm using the $2 MPU6050 and flying with a CCPM Autopilot of my own design.

Feel around the frame with the motor spinning at various speeds to find the sweet spot.…"
Jan 29, 2015
Zack Lantz commented on Yury Matselenak's blog post Advanced hard and soft iron magnetometer calibration for dummies
"I cant get either program to connect to the Serial port.  Whenever I try to connect, the program crashes.  I tried both MagMaster & MagViewer, both with the same results.  Ive made sure all my settings are correct.  9600 baud, "val1,val2,val3" + CR…"
Nov 5, 2014
Zack Lantz posted a photo
Multi-cpu proto-board with ADC & RPi connector.Currently using a RN-171 WiFi module instead of the RFM23. The RFM has a rather large setup sequence & I have to write my own drivers for it, so it will have to wait.This cpu is for my larger helicopter.
May 25, 2014
Zack Lantz commented on Jack Crossfire's blog post Secrets of the MPU9150
"Once in Pass-through mode is enabled, to communicate with the mag you use 0x0C as the address.

I had to Write to address 0x0C at register 0x0A the value 00000001 (0x01) to put the mag into single measurement mode. 
After every read cycle, the mag…"
Mar 4, 2014
Zack Lantz commented on Jack Crossfire's blog post Secrets of the MPU9150
"If you can follow along in the Spin Language from parallax, its kind of a pain in the ass, I have a fully working driver for the 9150 that is 100% spin (no asm)  so it should be easy to follow along:…"
Mar 3, 2014
Zack Lantz commented on Jack Crossfire's blog post Secrets of the MPU9150
"Before you can get ANY readings, the MPU must be taken out of "Sleep" mode by setting PWR_MGMT_1 to 0x01.

Once that config register is set, you should be able to set the remaining config settings & read from the MPU.

I too have had many issues…"
Mar 3, 2014
Zack Lantz commented on Jack Crossfire's blog post Secrets of the MPU9150
"I just succeeded in getting the Mag values via the Pass-Through Aux method.  It was rather frustrating figuring it out.
First thing I did was Read the Registers I was setting to Verify the device was getting my commands.  Seeing that I was setting…"
Feb 13, 2014