Jordi came over today and finished up the work on ArduPilot and the second simulator. He caught a lot of bugs that had been bedeviling us, especially unintended crosstalk between the main autopilot processor (the atmega168) and the failsafe processor (the attiny45) that made it impossible to load code when one or the other was on. All fixed now: it was a code error, not a problem with the hardware. The new MUX code is here. The ArduPilot code is still in alpha but we should be able to release it in a few days.
But the important news is that the boards have checked out fine. You know what that means? GREEN LIGHT TO PRODUCTION! The picture above is the final version.
The countdown to commerical release starts now. Stay tuned....
No, that's $30. Of course, you'll need to buy a GPS module and a FMA co-pilot, too, so it will be close to $130 when you're all done. ArduPilot Pro will be about the same price, all in. The difference between the two is really about how much control you want over the autopilot--if you want the most simple, easy to understand version, that's ArduPilot. If you want more power and control (but also more complexity), that's ArduPilot Pro.
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You mean $ 300 don't you?
I know you were always shooting for sub one hundred $, but this is amazing!
This might even mean that the ArduPilotPro may also be sub $ 100 (?) !
#Remco: We're targeting $30, but we'll see what our production partner says.
Nice work guys.
What will it cost complete en ready build?
Remco
Did you have any time for in-air testing?
Nick
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