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  • Adam Erickson March 12, 2014 at 9:38pm

    @Andrew

    Why not use Eclipse? It's open source and you can develop for STM32F4 with it. It's great for python too. Keil uVision also looks nice, but I don't think you can download the source.

  • Andrew Rabbitt March 12, 2014 at 9:27pm

    @ steve elder, I don't know if an open-source IDE exists for the STM32.  I'm guessing if it did, then it would be common knowledge for the PX4 community (not that I've gone looking for it either, so it may exist)

    The failsafe thingy is the ATMEGA32U2 chip onboard the APM that is doing the USB comms, PWM-PPM conversion and a few other tasks.

  • denism March 12, 2014 at 2:12pm

    That just completes one cycle.  And there is design improvement every time new board created.

    Truth is that even with that lucrative price I would not buy APM anymore. Bought my last one 8 month ago, $50 second hand.   It is STM32/PX4 time already.

  • Moderator
    Vladimir "Lazy" Khudyakov March 12, 2014 at 7:42am

    Sure...

    When HK post PCB - you modify and made own AP...

  • Developer
    John Arne Birkeland March 12, 2014 at 7:39am

    @Vladimir, sure in this instance HK are the good guys. Assuming HK post the PCB files as promised, they have followed all rules and even intentions of open source hardware.

  • Moderator
    Vladimir "Lazy" Khudyakov March 12, 2014 at 3:11am

    Looking at this discussion I understand ...
    HK is a great company, copy someone else proekt. And 50 bucks savings - it's just brilliant.

  • Quadzimodo March 12, 2014 at 3:03am
    Adam - No worries mate. And don't worry, we are all in need of a good sub editor. Especially if Hobby King's copy on the new APM mini is anything to go by - "The list of what this flight controller is capable of has quickly been surpassed with what it cannot, with features, flight modes and supported platforms."
  • Adam Erickson March 12, 2014 at 2:19am

    @Quadzimodo

    Thank you for catching the misspelling. Hextronix... Techtronix... Penetrode... something like that :)

  • Helicopter_Joe March 11, 2014 at 10:10pm

    Andrew,

    Sorry if this is a dumb question, I haven't been a serious programmer in quite a while, but why won't open source IDEs work for the PX4 code as well as the APM code? I assume that they are both written in C or C++ with some ASM…

    And what is the fail-safe/watchdog function that you are referring to?

    Thanks,

    Steve

  • Andrew Rabbitt March 11, 2014 at 9:54pm

    OK, so the PX4FMU as a "competitor" product to this new baby has no open-source IDE nor has it a failsafe/watchdog unless you couple it with an IO board of some sort.

    Not a criticism, but one pays one's moolah and takes one's choices.  For me, $77.03 (including "one-off" discount) is a lot of capability indeed in a very small package.

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