ArduPilot Shield Demo

I few days ago i received the first prototypes of the Ardupilot Shield. Right now they don't have silkscreen to reduce the prototyping costs, but the commercial version will do..Main goals:-On board 3.3V power regulator.-Disable the GPS before uploading new firmware automatically.-A lot of pins headers to easily attach sensors with power supply included.-Special connector for 3.3V GPS modules (including the TTL conversion).-Pressure sensor, with low pass filtering, for AirSpeed...-External reset button.-Mirrored status LED,s...-Optional power divider (analog 5) to measure battery level.

[Infrared connector at the bottom]The cost without the sensor will be around $20 dlls at beginning, soon if i order bigger batch's i can reduce the price.My ideas is to make 100 units without the pressure sensor, and another 100's with the pressure sensor (around $30 dlls price tag)... Stay tuned for more news..You can give a look to the diagram here:

[UPDATE]: Auto turnoff is not working properly on 3.3Volts GPS, so i will need to make some changes.

Hello i will ship through FEDEX, and USPS (also international)... Using flat rates boxes to significantly reduce prices for you guys... I will release 20 shields with sensors this Monday (if everything goes well), another 20 without sensor. Including my FailSafe servo Multiplexor boards (i've post like year ago) and my tiny four Channel Servo OptoCoupler (used to isolate any uController from the noisy servos and BEC grounds).
I will try to post this Sunday night all the information of the e commerce URL (is secret now), BTW the site is in diapers there several grammar errors but you can order by paypal (you can use any credit card without registration). Other products are in production.

With your help i will be able to continue developing more good and cheap stuff. And even dedicate full time on this... ;-)

I have a lot of school homework and other activity's, that's the reason why i'm not responding here in DIYdrones. Sorry!!

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Jordi Muñoz May 20, 2009 at 6:39pm

Yes the transistor let you shutdown the GPS when you are uploading code ;-) So you don't have to disconnect it.
Developer

Jordi Muñoz May 20, 2009 at 6:20pm

You can upload this code to ardupilot to check the Board:

Ardu_Shield_test.zip

If you apply pressure in the sensor they will blink faster.... And is printing the Pressure sensor values in the serial port...

https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3691937077?profile=original
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Jordi Muñoz May 20, 2009 at 6:16pm

Yes, you need to declare the pin 7 as output, and LOW
pinMode(7,OUTPUT);
digitalWrite(7,LOW);
Hessel May 16, 2009 at 1:22am

I would like to order two with sensor.
Nick Sargeant May 16, 2009 at 12:13am

If you are taking pre-orders I would be happy to buy one (with sensor).
Cheers,
Nick
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Mark Colwell May 15, 2009 at 5:11pm

I will need 2 also!
Developer

Jordi Muñoz May 15, 2009 at 9:51am

Hello i will ship through FEDEX, and USPS (also international)... Using flat rates boxes to significantly reduce prices for you guys... I will release 20 shields with sensors this Monday (if everything goes well), another 20 without sensor. Including my FailSafe servo Multiplexor boards (i've post like year ago) and my tiny four Channel Servo OptoCoupler (used to isolate any uController from the noisy servos and BEC grounds).
I will try to post this Sunday night all the information of the e commerce URL (is secret now), BTW the site is in diapers there several grammar errors but you can order by paypal (you can use any credit card without registration). Other products are in production.

With your help i will be able to continue developing more good and cheap stuff. And even dedicate full time on this... ;-)

I have a lot of school homework and other activity's, that's the reason why i'm not responding here in DIYdrones. Sorry!!
Petri Kaustinen May 15, 2009 at 1:58am

Any ideas about shipping costs to Finland?
David Low May 13, 2009 at 9:39pm

Jordi, count me in too :) Thanks a lot
Matt May 13, 2009 at 5:04pm

Please put me on the list too. If there is one.

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