This video is the result of my last test :
In the test i'm using :
n my development i'm using :Multipliot 32 : http://www.virtualrobotix.com/page/multipilot32-1
VRIMU : http://www.virtualrobotix.com/page/vr-imu-10
VRI2C ESC: http://www.virtualrobotix.com/page/vr-bl-controller-10
The firmware is ArdupiratesNG 32 that i had implemented with some new libs and functionality :
The video is in italian but is simple to understand my test :
So i going in position manually , setup gps hold .
Take the quad and going far in other position ... then see the quad came back to original position.
After same test a leave the radio far from me :)
What do you think of my result. My impression is that the code is very good .
I'm using i2c esc and i see the fly is smooth and correction ,too respect of standard esc.
original post : http://www.virtualrobotix.com/profiles/blogs/multipilot-32-great-news
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Roberto
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Today i test the return to home functionality that i implemented on Arducopter32 NG , I tested it and the result is very good ... so today was a windy day and i saw that the quad don't came back directly but doing a semi circle but came back to the point ... and i saw that also in a windy day the gps hold work fine .. the only problem is that is not vertical on my point , but on the left ind windy direction ... but is stable and mantain the position.
My version of RTH don't use the first point , but last gps hold setting during the fly so is more simple check if the rth position is correct.
My ohter idea is to implement a functionality for auto gps hold ... when you put in the center the stick automatically the gps hold is set. Some suggestions ?
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Roberto
Hi Edoardo,
I'm one of developer of Arducopter project , whe share our work for develop great Drone :)
So i work expecially on arm processor so i'm doing the porting and improvment of standard arducopter code on this kind of platform. So this is an a video of what is possible doing with more power in cpu , the refresh rate of motors is at 2.5 khz instead of standard 500 hz. And the resolution of i2c control is 256 step instead of 127.
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Roberto
Navoni .. i am italian too jejeje
well, are you using ths same navigation algorithm from arducopter or you using a new one ?
I am very interested in you board but i wait to see the position hold and navigation on wind.
You using I parameter or your navigation are only PD like mikrokopter ?
regards.
How can you tell if the smoothness improvement comes from I2C or the fastest loop from the 32bit uC?