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Exansiond sheild sensor

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Exansiond sheild sensor

Replied Dec 21

Exansiond sheild sensor
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Chris Anderson Dec 21.

 

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Chris Anderson replied to Patrick Mccabe's discussion 'Exansiond sheild sensor'
Major code differences. It is indeed possible to solder stuff directly to the ArduPilot board, but you're on your own (we won't be able to support you) and code tweaking will be required. If you want to go the IMU route, I suggest you wait until we…
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Patrick Mccabe replied to Patrick Mccabe's discussion 'Exansiond sheild sensor'
i guess what im saying is will there be a code difference if it is just the sensor? is there a input place where that airspeed sensor plugs in?
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Patrick Mccabe replied to Patrick Mccabe's discussion 'Exansiond sheild sensor'
do they not just solder in to the ardupilot board analog inputs? and what if i want to use the arduimu as the sensor?
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Chris Anderson replied to Patrick Mccabe's discussion 'Exansiond sheild sensor'
You need the full shield, because it has the connector for the thermopiles.
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Exansiond sheild sensor
Is the full expansion shield really required or just the sensor. They sell both but i never heard any talk of anything but the shield. Im in high school so any thing to save a buck ;).
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Patrick Mccabe commented on jasonshort's blog post 'Ardupilot 2.5 preview part 2'
yes i see. Is the whole shield really needed or is just the sensor ok. I dont see where they even talk about just the sensor without the shield. Man they should have some kind of high school student discount :P
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Patrick Mccabe commented on jasonshort's blog post 'Ardupilot 2.5 preview part 2'
is the airspeed sensor still in use in the 2.5 code? will it still be in use with the imu's?
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Patrick Mccabe commented on Morli's blog post 'Converting your spare/redundent GPS ( 406 or any thing else) into a GPS logger'
sparkfun has the normal gps shield which i want to order so i can make something like this http://arduiniana.org/projects/the-reverse-geo-cache-puzzle/
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Patrick Mccabe commented on Morli's blog post 'Converting your spare/redundent GPS ( 406 or any thing else) into a GPS logger'
like this ;) http://www.adafruit.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=17_21&products_id=98&zenid=f3bea0a21c960653f7e2e6823d2bb8ea
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Doug Weibel replied to Patrick Mccabe's discussion 'Arduimu, replacement sensor or not?'
No quality info on that question yet, but I'd expect the Mega with the IMU shield to be between $150 and $200. Figure a $300 solution with gps.
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Patrick Mccabe replied to Patrick Mccabe's discussion 'Arduimu, replacement sensor or not?'
Ok that makes sense. I am not too invested in the current ardupilot, really all i have is a gps, xy sensor and plane. (the ardupilot board doesnt work any more, must of been static) So i may wait for the mega, what was the price estimate of the mega…
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Chris Anderson replied to Patrick Mccabe's discussion 'Arduimu, replacement sensor or not?'
Remember that the thermopile replacement sensor is not just for ArduPilot: it's also for AttoPilot, Paparazzi and the FMA CoPilot. So there's still a case for making one. However, it's not as high a priority now that we seem to be working torwards a…
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Ryan Beall replied to Patrick Mccabe's discussion 'Arduimu, replacement sensor or not?'
My bet is since the firmware just got released for arduimu across serial that they will drop the analod D2A approach. No need for it for the ardupilot. And as far as cost?....well it can only be more expensive because it is adding hardware. My take…
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Arduimu, replacement sensor or not?
So there are going to be replacement sensors for the thermopiles i hear. Are they not going to be the Arduimu? They say they are going to analog and i know arduimu is serial. But i also hear 2.5.1 code will use arduimu. So are there going to be repl…
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Patrick Mccabe commented on jasonshort's blog post 'Final Beta of the Ardupilot 2.5 Airframe Test'
thanks for the quick response. Its getting christmas time and i need to know what to tell my parents to get. I have had one of the older setups but never got it flying. So now i am upgrading to the imu and sheild. So ill be looking for that 2.5.1 ;)
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Patrick Mccabe commented on jasonshort's blog post 'Final Beta of the Ardupilot 2.5 Airframe Test'
is 2.5 still going to be using the em406 gps? i have been hearing for sometime now that at sometime, i dont know when, all the the new code would only use the ublox.
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Ok im back with the same problem ( no manual control)

Yup i fixed it since last time. They said it was the round headers that were not making a good connection. Well i got square ones and they are now tight fitting. So why do i have a problem? Ok im using 2.0 code which loads fine no z sensor or expansion shield. 2.4ghz 6ch transmitter and receiver already bonded and i know they are. I dont i have the ESC plugged in and am using a UBEC to power the receiver and board. Ok so i believe that everything is plugged in right and the lights are right so i… Continue

Posted on August 6, 2009 at 4:05pm — 14 Comments

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Video showing my problem

ok im having alot of problems.

1. The UAV mode is not working
2. Manual mode is not working
3. so nothing is really working

I have successfully downloaded 2.1 code. And i have put one gps point in using the configuration tool. But if you watch the video you will see i have the right setup (i believe) but its not working.

So please watch the video and see if you can help.

Thank you.

click here to see video on youtube Continue

Posted on July 16, 2009 at 4:20pm — 12 Comments

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Its official, i am going to build a UAV. I just bought the last Ardupilot from sparkfun. Go ahead ch…

Its official, i am going to build a UAV. I just bought the last Ardupilot from sparkfun. Go ahead check they are sold out. https://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=8785 Continue

Posted on June 17, 2009 at 7:30pm — 2 Comments

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At 10:13am on August 8, 2009, Robert Drone said…
what system is needed to power the tx/rx you showed me?

Link [in case you don't remember]

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