About

Gender

Male


Location

Fullerton, CA


About Me:

Founder of the Viking Navy. See web site www.sjolander.com/viking/


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

I have a theory about how the Vikings designed their sails. I am working on a UAV of a Viking ship usings my ideas.


Hometown:

fullerton


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peter sjolander replied to Matt Hansen's discussion Issue with analog input ports on AMP 2.6
"I had to include an Arduino.h file in order to even get it to compile.  What I can't figure is that the Arduino.h file is empty.  Go figure."
Apr 25, 2014
peter sjolander replied to Matt Hansen's discussion Issue with analog input ports on AMP 2.6
"When I tested this code

int16_t temp_alt = sonar->read();if(temp_alt > 200) {do_loiter_time();

I got this error:
 error: base operand of '->' has non-pointer type 'AP_RangeFinder_analog'

the hall board kills me again."
Apr 25, 2014
peter sjolander replied to Matt Hansen's discussion Issue with analog input ports on AMP 2.6
"I tested your code...
AP_HAL::AnalogSource* testain;testain = hal.analogin->channel(1); // read A1 petefloat testain1 = testain->read_average();//cliSerial->printf_P(PSTR("Batery volts = %4.4f \n"),testain1);gcs_send_text_fmt(PSTR("\n Batery volts =…"
Apr 24, 2014
peter sjolander replied to james a's discussion Is the uav DevBoard suitable for this project?
"I love your project.

I am working on a RC Viking ship with 300 kites for sails.  So I think anything is possible.

Here are my thoughts for your project:
1. Attach the hydrofoil to a kayak, so you have a place to sit down and enjoy the ride.  And…"
Apr 22, 2014
peter sjolander left a comment for Harry
Mar 7, 2014
peter sjolander commented on Harald Molle's blog post Ardupilot goes into the water Part 1
"It is good to know that such a depth sounder is out there.

I am looking for a depth sounder that can measure to 9 feet and cost $20. I want to be able to detect when the bottom is coming up to beach me."
Mar 7, 2014
peter sjolander commented on Harald Molle's blog post Ardupilot goes into the water Part 1
"I have been looking for a depth sounding sensor to add to my APM controlled sail boat.  Do you know of any small depth sounding sensor?"
Mar 2, 2014
peter sjolander left a comment on Sailing Drone
"Richard check out my code.  It has not been on the water yet.
http://diydrones.com/group/sailing-drone/forum/topics/here-is-some-..."
Nov 16, 2013
peter sjolander posted a discussion in Sailing Drone
post at ... http://diydrones.com/group/sailing-drone?commentId=705844%3AComment... is a youtube video of my boat ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSWdFh2meLo:::::::::: I first made a copy of ArduPlane that I…
Nov 14, 2013
peter sjolander left a comment on Sailing Drone
"If any of you have made changes to this file, I would like to see what you did.

I have seen this file...
APM_config.h

Which contains nothing...
// -*- tab-width: 4; Mode: C++; c-basic-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-
// This file is just a…"
Oct 14, 2013
peter sjolander posted a discussion in Learning to program the Ardupilot Mega
My first try at verifying the apm-plane sketch from github. The verify stops with this error... 'AP_HAL' has not been declared.Help.  
Oct 8, 2013