Arducopter Team , Pirates , Holger Setup new benchmark. We need to work hard :)

Dear Friends,

Holger the Creator of Mikrokopter have setup a new benchmark . We need to work hard to improve our project :)

Great Job Holger , if you have an Multipilot1.0 or MK FC 2.0-1 with navi you can check these new features.

http://www.virtualrobotix.com/page/multipilot-8-v10

He use on his fly control a 8 bit micro 644p the same of MP10 , the main difference is that he use only native code write in 'C' not use any kind of arduino wrapper ... so the code is very efficient .

The original Navy is based on a str91x the old version developed in 2006 of STM32 micro so with Multipilot 32 we have more power and possibility to break the barrier of 100 mhz in the next near future.

So now with MP32 we have more power available than in Mikrokopter platform , the code from str91x is portable because we can use the same operating systems and tools , but not source code available for Mk Navy so we need to reinvent the code , better , more original and powerfull i hope :)

Check this docs : http://developers.stf12.net/just-another-eclipse-demo-str91x.

All the member of Arducopter team will be recived in the next days the MP32 , so we're ready to start :)

http://www.virtualrobotix.com/page/multipilot32-1

Best

Roberto

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Jani Hirvinen March 22, 2011 at 8:09am

Guntars / others,

ACM uses totally different algorithms than our earlier software releases so PID or other settings are not compatible. We have been testing Tri/Quad/Hexas from 700gr to 2.5kg's with all default PID settings and having good results.

No not this week.. It will be released when it is ready to be released. Simple as that but we are close to have our first release of it. Soon soon... We just need to get it stable first. Currently it is still under heavy changes.
Jack Crossfire March 21, 2011 at 2:55pm

He didn't demonstrate auto takeoff from a hand launch, but we remember it was pretty scary when we did it. We still use the same 8 bit microprocessors & ground based autopilot from 4 years ago. He's been demoing the same POI transmitter for years. Everyone keeps working on microcontroller ports instead of supporting the cheap RTK GPS systems coming online.
3D Robotics

Chris Anderson March 21, 2011 at 2:36pm

John: the ArduPirates have been doing a great job on their Vimeo channel, but aside from that we don't have a dedicated video team. Want to volunteer? (please!)
Mathew Wellington March 21, 2011 at 2:26pm

cant wait for these features, its the ones i need after asking in the ardupirates thread on RCG - perfect for handing the controls to a photographer and "letting em at it"
3D Robotics

Chris Anderson March 21, 2011 at 2:18pm

Dinos: "care free" mode has been in ACM for months. Lots of Arducopter users put plastic domes over the electronics. I don't really see the point myself, since the electronics are physically protected by the dome rings and you want to be able to get to them and see LEDs, but for that who want that it's available.

Hooks is right: we really need to do a better job of demo videos. More people should know what ArduCopter is already capable of!
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Robert Krogh (hooks) March 21, 2011 at 1:28pm

Exactly! :-)
3D Robotics

Chris Anderson March 21, 2011 at 12:52pm

Hooks: not quite sure what you're asking for. You'd like us to have better demo videos? If so, you're right--we should totally do that. People may not realize how powerful APM already is.
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Robert Krogh (hooks) March 21, 2011 at 12:48pm

Can we see all these functions from APM in action? Now all/most of these function is part of the APM/ACM from beginning.
3D Robotics

Chris Anderson March 21, 2011 at 12:02pm

Cliff: "come home" (AKA RTL + autoland) has been in APM/ACM from the beginning.
Cliff Dearden March 21, 2011 at 11:58am

Chris, what about the 'come home' feature?

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