Today Marco doing a great test with his Hexa and VRBrain he used firmware Arducopter32 2.9.2b developed by official DIYDRONES Team and ported on VRBrain and supported by VRI Lab Team.
The Dev Team doing a great work :) The main advantages of VRBRain is that is 30x faster of standard APM 2.5. The main difference is processor: VR Brain use STM32F4 168 mhz and integrated FPU . APM used a standard AVR 8 bit processor at 16 mhz.
On VRBrain the scheduled time task is respected at 99% , we have 80 % of cpu time in idle and 3/4 flash free for future development of firmware and 1 year of test by our VRI flight team.
With this feature you have a great smoth flight and the attitude is processed at 500 hz , sensor is update at 1 khz instead of 250 hz in APM 2.5.
In this test the VRBrain is controlled directly by AndroPilot. The application is available on Google Play and supported by Android 4.x Pad and Smartphone.
The AndroPilot is connected to VRBrain by 3DR radio telemetry module directly connected to USB port of ASUS Pad.
In video is possible to see the guided mode and Follow me functionality available on AndroPilot application.
The AndroPilot use internal GPS Pad for position of Marco and send every some times and when Marco move the new point to drone that follow Marco during his travel in the field.
I think that this result is very impressive . The integration of different technology is developed very good , It's only an early stage prototype but the result is yet very good .
The board use by Marco is VR Brain 4.0 with enclosure and 3DR Ublox GPS the quality of fix is very good.
Thanks to Marco , Emile , Randy and the other guys of devteam for this great result. Thanks to Kevin for his great CGS Android Application Andropilot.
For more info of VRBRAIN :
http://www.virtualrobotix.com/page/vr-brain-v4-0
Original blog post:http://www.virtualrobotix.com/profiles/blogs/arducopter-vr-brain-first-test-with-andropilot-in-guided-and-foll
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Roberto Navoni
Comments
Kevin, thank you so much. I tried Guided Mode today using AndroPilot following your instruction. This Apps is awesome and it's pretty simple after all. I also tested for the first time Loiter, Alt-Hold, RTL and Disarm functions. Wonderful! I salute you guys for the job well done.
just long-press on the map and it will say 'provisional waypoint' with a little crosshair. Then you can go to the menu that appears at the top of the screen and choose go-to. Once you choose that it will change to the altitude set in preferences (default 50m) and go to that wpt in guided mode.
Hi guys, i want to test Guided mode on my Quad using my tab...What's the correct procedure? Do i have to fly my Quad on stabilize first, then point on my tab specifying height? Or do i have to switch to Guided Mode on my Controller first? I have done waypoints using my tab and it was sucessful. Thanks.
Yes you need GPS enabled on Android, vehicle connected and GPS fix on both.
Aha, thank you, i was looking at the top right up at the mode drop down menu where RTL, guided , Stabilize etc are as it made sense that it would be there too :-)
Thank you for showing me where it is. Even though Follow-me is there, is blanked out on my device but i assume it is because i do not have any APM connected.
It should show up if the GPS is enabled and you have the vehicle connected.
Follow me appears in the menu, but if your tablet doesn't have a GPS it won't show up. What model tablet do you have?
Question guys, i am waiting for mt telemetry unit to arive and i have downloaded Andropilot and i gave it a quick look but i could not find the Follow-me mode, can anyone tell me where to find this mode or does it only appear when i have the telemetry unit connected.
Also what is Toy A and Toy B modes?
Thanks.
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