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San Francisco, CA


About Me:

Builder, enthusiast about anything that can be autonomous


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Checkout nearspacexpeditions.com Buildyourowntech.com That just about sums me up. I keep striving for the unobtainable.


Hometown:

Bay area


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northstar commented on CSGShop's blog post UBLOX NEO-M8N GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS and SBAS receiver EVAL module ready for purchase
"yes I soldered the UART pads as well as the pads for 38k"
Jun 14, 2014
northstar commented on CSGShop's blog post UBLOX NEO-M8N GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS and SBAS receiver EVAL module ready for purchase
"I bought this unit to test out with my pixhawk.

I entered the following parameters into the ublox unit


PRT (ports)
UART 1



Protocol out
UBX


Baudrate
38400





RATE (Rates)
Measurement Period
200 ms


Measurement Frequency
5 Hz





NAV5…"
Jun 12, 2014
northstar posted a discussion
I just got asked to help out on an interesting job.Essentially, a farmer wants to have thermal imaging of his trees done at night during frost warning. Areas of the farm that are in danger of going below freezing can then get sprayedCalifornia has…
Jan 18, 2014
northstar commented on Harald Molle's blog post Ardupilot goes into the water Part 17
"Harald:
Sent you a friend request so I can Private Message you.
Thanks"
Dec 23, 2013
northstar commented on Harald Molle's blog post Ardupilot goes into the water Part 17
"Hey:
Bought your book. Great to have the step by step instructions.
I just purchased the APM 2.6 Set with GPS/Compass.
My questions is have you optimized the code in your book for AM 2.6. Can I upload it via Mission planner and plot the waypoints…"
Dec 22, 2013
northstar replied to northstar's discussion Questions Autonomous regarding boat updates from APM 2.6 telemetry via satellite every 6 hours
"*Bump*

Anyone?"
Dec 12, 2013
northstar posted a discussion
First up, I want to state we are not trying to control a boat (AWV) via satellite. All the waypoints will be plugged into the APM, the boat dropped in the water and it will be off on its merry way,My question for this post specifically relates to…
Dec 11, 2013