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  • chris, it such a wonderful news that you are keeping the Pixhawk 2 open source. we will look forward to it, in the mean time we are eager to know how the pixhawk 2 and companion computers are linked. may be you can post a graphics of the layout and inter linking.

  • Here's the director's cut of the launch video...

  • Soooo...  Why are you stabilizing some shots in post?   That's very misleading.  False advertising one could argue.  Is there any uncut video anywhere of of a full flight?  I'm very skeptical of your gimbal after seeing this. 

  • Very nice video (but not Ridley Scott, Chris: Stanley Kubrik--2001: A Space Odyssey).

  • Maybe I missed it somewhere, but what does the companion computer actually do in the Solo?

    There are lots of good reasons for having one, - optical flow, 3D odometry, I just didn't see any of that here.

    No criticism intended, the capabilities and package are really excellent, just wondering about the companion computers function.

    Best regards,

    Gary

  • @Chris Sounds like an excellent refinement to an already solid product.

  • What's the companion CPU for? Video Coding for live digital link? DSLAM?

  • Distributor

    We are interested in the expansion bay. Where can we get more info about it? What connectors are available? Drawings of the dimensions? 

  • 3D Robotics

    @Tsahi: Pixhawk 2 will be open source, just like Pixhawk 1. It is a derivative of ArduCopter, and will be merged back into Master. Most of the other software behind Solo is also open source, including DroneKit.

    I don't know what you mean by a "new business model". Do you have a link to what you're referring to?

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  • 3D Robotics

    @Adam. No, Pixhawk 2 is based on the same Cortex M4 family as the original Pixhawk (but with new sensors, internal vibration damping, new connectors and more redundancy). The companion computer in Solo is a 1Ghz i.MX6

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