Hello dear community! I'm pleased to announce a new polished version of the ArduIMU+ Ground Station based on LabView and firmware.
Whats new on the GS:
-Better Look.
-Simple, lightweight, functional and funny virtual horizon (VHLOL).
-Number of satellites used indicator for the GPS.
-Three needle altimeter (in meters).
-Vertical Speed (m/s).
-Compass indicator.
-And more but i don't remember.
What's new on the Firmware:
-Few bugs solved. (Thanks to Doug Weibel and Jose Julio)
-Now supports uBlox NAV-SOL data stream (needed for SVNumber and Vertical Speed).
-Compatible with the new GS.
What's new on the Firmware:
-Few bugs solved. (Thanks to Doug Weibel and Jose Julio)
-Now supports uBlox NAV-SOL data stream (needed for SVNumber and Vertical Speed).
-Compatible with the new GS.
-Coming soon: magnetometer support.
Note: You need to reconfigure your Ublox GPS in order to enable the NAV-SOL data stream, you can also disable NAV-STATUS because is not needed anymore. If you can't reconfigure your GPS don't worry you can still use the Ground station and the firmware but the vertical speed and the satellites indicator will not work.
Exanple of how ArduPilot uBlox configuration used to be or V1:
-NAV-POSLLH
-NAV-VELNED
-NAV-STATUS
Exanple of how ArduPilot uBlox configuration V2 is:
-NAV-POSLLH
-NAV-VELNED
-NAV-SOL
Note that ArduPilot Code V2.5 and up will also support configuration V2, but you can still use ArduPIlot uBlox Configuration V1, no problem.
ArduPilot Mega will support uBlox configuration V2 only. So you better switch soon. All brand new ArduPilot Ready uBlox modules from the DIYdrones store will have configuration V2 from now.
Because i would like to help everybody switch to V2, If you can't reconfigure your uBlox GPS by yourself i can do it for you (free), you only need to pay for shipping (less than $15 for a round trip with insurance). I also need the email address you used to buy the uBlox GPS from DIYdrones store (Just to verify you buy it from me) and the unit has to be shipped to the same address used when you bought unit. If you got you unit from somebody else i will charge a $5 dlls fee for the service. Please PM me for more information.
If somebody outside the US, would like to help a community member from you area, please leave a comment plus your requirements. If somebody near you contact me i will forward him to you.
All the files including LabView source and ArduIMU+ firmware can be downloaded from here and from the repertory as well.
Best Regards.
Comments
@Jordi: Congratulations for you and the guys that cooperated! It's working very well, even without GPS. The code is much more organized too. I missed some explanations about using the binary output. Does it increase the speed of sending data for catching by another board?
Also, if you have ENABLE_AIR_START 1 and have not gone through a ground start procedure to load the eeprom, then you will get bad results. To use ENABLE_AIR_START 1 you need to wire pin 8 or 10 on ArduIMU to the remove before fly pin on ArduIMU (or connect it by a separate remove before fly flag/jumper to ground) and set the appropriate pin in the header to perform a ground start. The output at initialization will tell you if a ground start or air start is occuring.
I will try it later and will check that "w/o GPS with adverse responses".
#define ENABLE_AIR_START 0
then it works.
I used the IMU w/o GPS and got a noticeable adverse response (especially in roll mode). Does anyone get the same response?
I can post my log files if needed
![avdex2.jpg](http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/inpages/p329graphics/avdex2.jpg)
Some good instrument picture for panel hereMy ArduIMU+ v1 brings up Red and Yellow LEDs and don't actualizes the sensors.
(YES, I changed the hardware's comment lines 77 ~ 81)
At the ArduIMU Demo, the "Header" pointer is turning around forever... :P