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nz.mike.christiansen left a comment on IRIS
"Hi Ray,
You should be able to arm with your ESC disconnected. The communication between the pixhawk and the esc is pwm which is one directional and gives no feedback. 
Are you getting any pre-arm messages on your HUD over telemetry? Also, if the…"
Aug 6, 2015
nz.mike.christiansen commented on Joshua Ott's blog post Iris details: #1 The 4-1 ESC/Power Module
"After further research, I believe this is the chip. http://www.irf.com/product-info/datasheets/data/irf8736pbf.pdf 
Can any one tell me if this is the only FET? IE does this ESC only use N-FET's or P+N Fets? "
Aug 6, 2015
nz.mike.christiansen left a comment on IRIS
"Does anyone know what FET is on the IRIS ESC? I have one motor down, looks like 2 FET's up in smoke :( This comes after I soldered a motor lead to the board, I think there may have been excessive heat causing a short maybe. Reading the case I can…"
Aug 5, 2015
nz.mike.christiansen commented on Joshua Ott's blog post Iris details: #1 The 4-1 ESC/Power Module
"Does anyone know what FET is on this esc? I have one motor down, looks like 2 FET's up in smoke :( This comes after I soldered a motor lead to the board, I think there may have been excessive heat causing a short maybe. Reading the case I can see…"
Aug 5, 2015
nz.mike.christiansen commented on Mike Machado's blog post Announcing MAVBoard Indiegogo Campaign
"No No, I was more thinking one could feed the telemetry from the apm into the telemetry radio link (3dr, xbee) on the aircraft, and at the ground end, feed the output of the serial stream from the telemetry raido (3dr, xbee) into this bord, deviding…"
Feb 28, 2014
nz.mike.christiansen commented on Mike Machado's blog post Announcing MAVBoard Indiegogo Campaign
"Is there anything wrong with using this sort of hardware on the ground side of the link(s)? Just thinking it would save some airframe complexity and weight! "
Feb 28, 2014
nz.mike.christiansen commented on Mike Machado's blog post Announcing MAVBoard Indiegogo Campaign
"Backed!"
Feb 28, 2014
nz.mike.christiansen commented on Mike Machado's blog post Announcing MAVBoard Indiegogo Campaign
"Any code examples for a specktrum telemetry converter on this? Something I have been thinking would at least be possible. Speckturm uses I2c for interface. The protocol has been reverse…"
Feb 27, 2014
nz.mike.christiansen replied to david.collett's discussion DO_JUMP and behavior at completion of mission
"Hi David, 
Did you ever get the DO_JUMP command working? Was the problem indeed the parameter location?

Regards,
Mike Christiansen"
Sep 20, 2012
nz.mike.christiansen posted a discussion
Hi.Im currently flying the EPP FPV, and although I do have it working ok, im having some trouble tuning it, especially in loiter and turns. Does anyone have a .pram file for this airframe? Im currently using the skywalker pram file, and have made…
Jul 18, 2012
nz.mike.christiansen posted a discussion
Hi,Im looking at ordering the 3dr 433mhz radio combo but am a little confused. One would assume that the interface (vcc and ttl levels) should be 5v given that this is designed to interphase with the amp2 board, however the listed FTDI cable is a…
May 31, 2012
nz.mike.christiansen commented on Toby Mills's blog post 9 Reasons why you should start with a cheap foamie....
"Thought I recognised those trees!"
Jan 16, 2012