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New ArduIMU+ Firmware & Ground Station revision

Posted by Jordi Muñoz on February 17, 2010 at 9:55pm


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.
-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.
Tags: ahrs, apm, hmc5843, arduimu, magnetometer, shield
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  • Developer
    Jordi Muñoz February 22, 2010 at 11:17pm
    Doug,

    Ahh yeah you are right, i now remember that.. Why i forgot this? Weird...
  • Developer
    Doug Weibel February 22, 2010 at 7:18pm
    It isn't AN6 and AN7. It is that AN0 and AN1 are produced from channels 6 and 7 of the analog to digital converter. Just a matter of which pins the sensors are physically wired to.
  • Developer
    Jordi Muñoz February 21, 2010 at 2:27pm
    Two questions are you using ArduIMU v1 or ArduIMU v2 (flat)? You may be missing AN6 and 7 if you are using flat. If you are using v1, your analog 4 sensor is dead.
  • Developer
    Jordi Muñoz February 20, 2010 at 6:58pm
    Would be nice if you can log the raw data.
  • Developer
    Jordi Muñoz February 20, 2010 at 6:56pm
    High Society,

    Thanks!

    Did you see this problem only with the Gyros?
  • Developer
    Jordi Muñoz February 19, 2010 at 9:34pm
    High Society,

    I have my stupid question: In some point the temp drift is linear?
  • Mike W February 19, 2010 at 5:29pm
    High Society,

    Do you have any good sources of information on how to correct IMU drift caused by temperature issues?

    -Mike
  • Developer
    Jordi Muñoz February 19, 2010 at 4:57pm
    Sandro, It enables (or disable) some uBlox internal messages, every message has information regarding the GPS module. But because the unit has hundreds of different info values, for different applications the messages are group in "applications" or "solutions" or "categories" so you only enable and receive the information you really need. Is all about performance and simplicity.
  • Developer
    Sandro Benigno February 19, 2010 at 4:27pm
    @Jorgi: Maybe you don't have seen my question. Excuse me if is a weak or silly question, but... here we go, again: "I missed some explanations about using the binary output. Does it increase the speed of sending data for catching by another board?"
  • Developer
    Jordi Muñoz February 19, 2010 at 3:43pm
    Well yes, Bill toll me that you can make rockets with DCM and go up,down,left and right accurately even if the missile is rotating, with just a few modifications.... DCM will compensate the ailerons direction depending on the orientation of the rocket to go always to the right direction..
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