Ardu-IMU-Pilot firmware ready for beta test!

I have completed ground testing on the new firmware I have written for ArduPilot to use ArduIMU in place of the thermopiles. It has been snowing here and I probably won't get to fly the code for a bit, but figured others might be interested in giving it a try at this point. This firmware will probably exist on a temporary basis, with the code getting incorporated into the regular ArduPilot firmware in the future. If there is sufficient interest in this approach I will consider working on a ArduPilot shield board that would add the pressure sensors to ArduIMU and package it all as a shield.

I will maintain the code for a while in a repository at http://code.google.com/p/ardu-imu-pilot/

If you try it out give me your feedback. It is similar to ArduPilot 2.4 but uses a different header file.

To interface ArduIMU to ArduPilot you connect the gps (ublox only) to ArduIMU, provide common power and ground to ArduPilot and ArduIMU, and connect the serial output pin of ArduIMU to the serial input pin of ArduPilot.

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Chris Anderson January 6, 2010 at 11:27am

"ArduPilot Ready"
Yves Gohy January 6, 2010 at 11:13am

Hello, I'm going to order the "GS407 U-blox5 GPS 4Hz" which configuration should I ask?. Ardupilot Ready or Default factory setting (NMEA) to work with Ardupilot and Arduimu on which it is connected. Thank you
Benjamin Lanehart December 14, 2009 at 9:10am

I'm waiting for the damn FedEx truck to get here, I shipped my IMU's from Washington... BOO!!!!!
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Thomas J Coyle III December 13, 2009 at 7:40am

Hi all,

Received my ArduIMU on Saturday and loaded up the LabView demo software. Boy was I impressed with the performance of the ArduIMU. I have been in the Aerospace industry for ~35 years and am totally amazed at what IMU performance can be purchased for just ~$100. Very impressive effort on the part of the DIY Drones members!

Now to integrate the ArduIMU into my Ardupilot that has the Ublox GPS attached to it.

Regards,
TCIII
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Thomas J Coyle III December 10, 2009 at 4:32am

Hi all,

My ArduIMU board shipped out from the DIY Drones Store on Wed so I should have it by either this Sat or Mon by the latest. Can't wait to see how well it works compared to the thermal piles.

Regards,
TCIII
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Doug Weibel December 9, 2009 at 5:20pm

Uh, that was just an underline, not a link - LOL

But here is the link again https://code.google.com/p/ardu-imu-pilot/downloads/list
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Morli December 9, 2009 at 3:40pm

Hi Doug, the IMU code download URL link is missing :) in your post above, cheers ,
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Doug Weibel December 9, 2009 at 3:30pm

OK guys,
If anyone hasn't got the IMU code downloaded yet I have placed it as a .zip download in the Ardu-IMU-Pilot repository. So you get the two downloads in the same place....

The temperature reached a balmy high of 5F, after an overnight low of -17F. No flight testing in my future. Slim chance on the weekend.
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Thomas J Coyle III December 9, 2009 at 2:53pm

Benjamin,

The second try worked. Thanks. Much appreciated.

Regards,
TCIII
Benjamin Lanehart December 9, 2009 at 7:29am

There we go...

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