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Adding crypto to our amateur UAV would certainly bring FCC, FAA & NSA attention. Shame on decision makers who didn't use the tools available for secure video links from our military drones. Will a amateur Drone become classified as munitions with a…
Thanks Jason setting up airframe should be breeze now!!
I like V1 ArduIMU as I can switch out yaw gyro. I mounted 5 header pins on daughter board, with header plug pins bent 90 ° on gyro board, I will brace yaw gyro board well before flight tests Only problem with V1 it lacks I2C.. I may re-wire board fo…
I have checked all items above & "Set RTS on Close" to on too, Sim is smooth, checking crash logs, reinstall drivers too.
Got PC screen back on, had to remove power and battery, restart and screen is back, I am using my HD-tv as external monitor, great for this Sim..
Windows 7 is now ordered... backup in progress....
Success at last !!, 1st ArduPilot sim flights to waypoints & RTH, I am using red Shield, but had problems when I set up Rascal110.h. I am using a USB RC Controller, turns out shield is not needed.., I had several blue screen crashes... ArduFlightCon…
I was having problems with axis orientations X to pointing to rear ... also Z point down...
both Happyk's and your IMU_tester now agree !!
Doug define axis comments helped a lot;
// Axis definition: X axis pointing forward, Y axis pointing to the r…
Doug how should I setup options in ArduIMUv2 ? Just turn on binary mode? I usually have all other options on for monitoring with HappyK's ArduIMU Test v1.1.7
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- At 5:28pm on March 13, 2009,
John said… - Hi Mark,
I see u are interested in wildlife surveys. Me too, ans related applications for imagery for GIS and using for water optical proxies! Any chance you are a scientist or a member of a government institution?
- At 10:34am on March 17, 2009,
Mark Colwell said…
- No, I am neither, but I am a avid hunter & fisherman and hoping to work with Colorado Division of Wildlife, after retirement, I provided technical project management services for the B2 Stealth testing program and was a Electronics Tech in the Navy before that, I currently develop robust FileMaker databases for Dex (R.H. Donnelley).
This is a hobby that I want to expand into a retirement income , a job that I would enjoy for the rest of my life.
I would be interested in your "water optical proxies" from my naval background does this apply to underwater communications ?
- At 5:59pm on June 30, 2009,
Thomas J Coyle III said… - Hi Mark
I am about ready to program the ArduStation through the FTDI connector, but I noticed on the schematic and through a continuity measurement that the third pin from the right on the ArduStation board FTDI connector is hooked to the +5v on the ArduStation board.
What is the intent of providing +5v on the FTDI connector if the FTDI connector is powered by the USB connection?
Is it safe to use either the Sparkfun 3.3v FTDI board or the Ardafruit FTDI cable with +5v on the ArduStation board FTDI power pin (3rd pin from the right)?
I assume that the ArduStation board is powered up using its own power supply during the programming?
Regards,
TCIII
- At 2:33am on October 3, 2009,
fefenin said… - hi mark!
sorry but i just have seen your post from the first of august!!
airframe of my planes is not made with foam but with coroplast that comes from signs and adverts,
i don't know if its greener but anyways i'm using scrathes, so it is recycling i guess
thank you for your interrest
- At 12:05pm on October 16, 2009,
Pete Burnight said… - Mark - Here's the latest ArduSlave code - Arduino_GPS_Slave.pde.zip - It show's sending cmds to, and requesting data from, the slave. Cheers - Pete
- At 12:40pm on October 16, 2009,
Pete Burnight said…
- Here's the calling code from ArduPilot GPS_EM406.pde.zipGPS.pde- shows getting GPS and sending cmds to the slave. I think it would be very easy (and not stress the system) to connect ArduIMU and ArduPilot. I'm planning just that.
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