I think I may have to get one of these. It can run a 32bit OS off microSD, 1000MHz CPU with 256MB DRAM and do it all off of 2 watts!Is anyone as keen about getting there hands on this as I am!? A Linux distro for UAV's anyone?Article on Make Blog
It's been longer than that. My first full-sized robot and video tracking systems circa 1989 were built around 20MHz 80286 motherboards from Taiwan. Cost was around $100, which was a lot cheaper than PC/104. Compact PCI came out somewhere in that time frame as well, but they were also expensive. When these boards drop down into the $100-$150 range, they'll probably be broadly adopted.
10 years ago, single board computers with x86 processors were the way everything was done. In 1999 everyone was promoting web servers that fit in a deck of cards. Neural Robotics originally flew old PC104 boards. Unfortunately, it's the microcontroller which has replaced the single board computer since then.
My understanding of the current rulemaking process (source: Patrick Egan on the ATTF podcast) is that they're thinking of a lightly regulated class (recreational, no COA, under 400 ft, LOS) of under 4 lbs. Pretty much like the current recreational exemption, but with a weight limit.
And yes, giving people better choices than circa-2000 hardware and circa-2000 prices (ie UNAV) was a big part of our motivation with ArduPilot. The UNAV guys have skills, so I hope they'll respond to the challenge with an updated approach to technology and customer service. If not, well, competition will do what competition does ;-)
"(we're going to be FAA-limited to under 4 lbs)"
do you mean there talking about limiting diy uavs ? whats your source ? also i think due to Moore's law and the inability for large companies to move quickly well will start seeing giants fall on their face . (and i am sure many people here will help with that ). BTW i think you ardupilot is awesome I'll bet dave @ unav hates you . (unav is a perfect example of the effects of Moore's law). massive cuddos to you and your understanding of Moore's law. keep up the good work !! also any plans for a fly-in this summer?
I agree, as this board would be a good starting point to learn about the new pieces of tech embedded in the board, it's still not a 'UAV Board'. So its obviously not optimized for this purpose which means there will be some waste on the board somewhere. I guess it would be smart to look at a board like this and see what are the smartest things to start porting over to a UAV board.
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My understanding of the current rulemaking process (source: Patrick Egan on the ATTF podcast) is that they're thinking of a lightly regulated class (recreational, no COA, under 400 ft, LOS) of under 4 lbs. Pretty much like the current recreational exemption, but with a weight limit.
And yes, giving people better choices than circa-2000 hardware and circa-2000 prices (ie UNAV) was a big part of our motivation with ArduPilot. The UNAV guys have skills, so I hope they'll respond to the challenge with an updated approach to technology and customer service. If not, well, competition will do what competition does ;-)
do you mean there talking about limiting diy uavs ? whats your source ? also i think due to Moore's law and the inability for large companies to move quickly well will start seeing giants fall on their face . (and i am sure many people here will help with that ). BTW i think you ardupilot is awesome I'll bet dave @ unav hates you . (unav is a perfect example of the effects of Moore's law). massive cuddos to you and your understanding of Moore's law. keep up the good work !! also any plans for a fly-in this summer?
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