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Arducopter Beta update.

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Found some good bugs already. An issue with auto trimming being activated due to unusual Radio configurations fixed. Mavlink support is now up to par with APM. and A compass bug in the library squashed.

 

I revved the firmware's EERPOM fingerprint. You must redo the setup completely. (except ESC calibration.)

 

Thanks for the feedback!

Jason

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  • Developer

    Our standard PID loop doesn't take into account the Sensor data for D term. 

    This was Jose's original approach. Technically, it's a standard PID loop. Rate can be derived from a saved angle, or directly from the sensors. The reality is that we could use the saved rate and make it 100% standard. But it's not worth changing because we also use some nice constrains in there too.

  • @Magellan, thanks for the answer. I was used to the always there "408" value. So I bet this is a 1G pulling down just a matter of showing it in a different way (maybe makes more sense now :))

    Ok, so here is another Q.

    In the PIDs D is a real D or is it the P-Rate as for the former AC? 

    Cheers,

    Emile

  • It shows -1000 since the device is sitting on a level surface and gravity is pulling down on it. Gravity is always there.
  • Just a studid question....
    Why is the Z Accel now showing -1000?
    Is this the normal behaviour?
    If I move the copter everything seems fine, the data moves accordingly.
  • Pitch and Roll - gyro stabilized with control mixing

     

    Quick and dirty stabilization

  • @John...are you using a pan and tilt system? Are you controlling the camera with switches or knobs on your receiver?
  • I can tell you right now the camera stabilization works well.  I had to make a couple of small tweaks to the math, and it's probably not the right way to do it, but I'll send it to you.

     

  • Developer
    yeah, easy. just change it to match your orientation.
  • so all I do is add that line of code to the APM_config.h file?
  • Developer

    APM_config.h is the place to add the defines. compass.h has all your options.

     

    for example:

     

    #define MAG_ORIENTATION AP_COMPASS_COMPONENTS_DOWN_PINS_FORWARD

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