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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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  • tychoc January 10, 2009 at 2:48pm
    @Chris: Cool, any specs or pictures yet that you could share? Will these be kits sold the same way as the current 5hz GPS converter board? If so, should I wait some time before I place the converter board order?

    thanks,
    -tychoc
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    Chris Anderson January 10, 2009 at 10:01am
    @Tycho: We're working on the Xbee Pro boards and ground station now.
  • tychoc January 10, 2009 at 9:26am
    With telemetry using Xbee coming soon, what's the plan for the base station receiver circuitry using the Xbee?
    Will there be a carrier board for the Xbee with some extra circuitry for power and USB designed or is it up to the individual?

    thanks,
    -tychoc
  • Mike January 10, 2009 at 7:56am
    My backorder of 3 was shipped friday - no news on the pillows though...
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    Chris Anderson January 9, 2009 at 11:48am
    @Helvitica. Yes, they should be able to fill all backorders next week.
  • Kyle Sanders January 9, 2009 at 11:39am
    I'm in. I understand that there are plenty of PCB's, but they are waiting on the chips / assembly, correct?

    Great site and community, by the way. I'm very impressed!
  • Jay January 8, 2009 at 2:35am
    all gone?too bad .
  • Paul Marsh January 7, 2009 at 5:02pm
    @Chris: BTW, congratulations on the release of the ArduPilot board. Exciting stuff in the DIY Drones world!

    Paul
  • Paul Marsh January 7, 2009 at 5:00pm
    @Chris,

    Ah ha. Got ya. Thanks.

    Paul
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    Chris Anderson January 7, 2009 at 4:53pm
    @Paul: You're correct. An FTDI cable will work equally well. But Sparkfun only sells the board, not the cable, so we thought we'd keep our linking in-site ;-)

    If you're looking for an FTDI cable, this one works great.
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