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Minimum Blimp UAV (Version 1) schematic and code

Posted by Chris Anderson on March 11, 2008 at 9:30pm

For those who want to reproduce what we did with the Minimum Blimp, the schematic is above. The Arduino code is here. We're now moving on the Minimum Blimp Version 2, which will be based on a custom PCB. Rather than use the flimsy and expensive BlubberBot kit as the starting point, we're probably going to mod a $15 RC toy blimp. We just rip out the RC unit, put in our Arduino processor board and sensors, and presto, instant UAV! And under $100...

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