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ArduPilot now available to buy!

Posted by Chris Anderson on January 6, 2009 at 9:00am

Great news! ArduPilot is now available to buy at Sparkfun. The price is $24.95 (or buy 100 at $19.96 each ;-)). Note: there is a limited number available now, but Sparkfun can make more pretty quickly so get your order in now and they'll be filled from backorder in the order they were received.

[Update on availability from Sparkfun: ~15 coming out of production today/morrow. 63 more PCBs ready. Waiting on xtals (probably about a week).]

You'll also need an EM406 GPS module, and for all but the most stable planes, an FMA Co-Pilot, so unless you already have those items, the total cost of the autopilot will be around $155.

Huge thanks to Nathan Siedle at Sparkfun for helping us get through the production snafus and otherwise taking this project under his wing. Now let's win his autonomous vehicle competition with an ArduPilot-guided plane!

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Paul Marsh January 7, 2009 at 4:51pm

Chris,

Is the FTDI board itself necessary? From reading the ArduPilot thread, it looks like an FTDI cable will connect the ArduPilot to a computer for programming. What would the FTDI board be used for?
Peter Clay January 7, 2009 at 4:13pm

I'm very interested in these for low cost indoor or low altitude outdoor hyperblimps.
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Chris Anderson January 7, 2009 at 12:30pm

@Paul. The FTDI board has a mini USB connector. If you already have a mini USB cable (and you probably do--most digital cameras come with one) that will be fine.
Paul Marsh January 7, 2009 at 12:08pm

Sparkfun is recommending that an FTDI board and USB cable be purchased along with the ArduPilot board. Is that really necessary, or is just an FTDI cable needed for programming? I can't figure out where the mini USB cable would be needed that Sparkfun is recommending.
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Chris Anderson January 7, 2009 at 10:46am

@tychoc: This one.
tychoc January 7, 2009 at 10:15am

@Chris,

Exactly which version of the Xbee Pro are you going to use? Trying to figure out what to get ahead of time.

thanks,
-tychoc
corey January 7, 2009 at 10:14am

just put one on backorder!
copperclad January 7, 2009 at 8:39am

good work Chris!
just put one on backorder , looking forward to recieving it , thanks
dincer hepguler January 7, 2009 at 3:09am

sigh.... i could only backorder...
Marty January 7, 2009 at 1:35am

Congratulations Chris and Jordi