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bGatti commented on Tim Trueman's blog post 'Insurgents Hack U.S. Drones'
I agree; it was far more irresponsible to use unencrypted data feeds than to let two random-yet-searched individuals into the whitehouse - which means congress should drop the superfluous and hold a hearing with Boeing & Lockheed to see if they are…
44 minutes ago
bGatti commented on Chris Anderson's blog post 'MIT's Eric von Hippel on open innovation models'
@Gary, yours is an interesting point I think not covered in the article, which suggests that communication can itself lower design cost by reducing the duplication of work; which if accepted makes these costs interdependent rather than orthagonal (y…
on Tuesday
bGatti commented on Chris Anderson's blog post 'MIT's Eric von Hippel on open innovation models'
On wading through the paper; I'm struck with the existential conflict between falling economies which employ patents (the west), and rising economies which ignore them (china). Add to this the role of communication costs in shaping which projects ar…
on Tuesday
bGatti commented on Chris Anderson's blog post 'MIT's Eric von Hippel on open innovation models'
This curve shows Design costs coming down at the same rate as communication costs. In response to the question about the curve being right; I would pin the curve steeper on design costs, and almost unchanged on communication in the last 5 years - si…
on Tuesday
bGatti commented on Chris Anderson's blog post 'Booz: New Paparazzi project for quadcopters'
Cool that being in Australia, you can sell experimental electronics without going to jail. Wish America were the land of the free.
on Monday
bGatti commented on Chris Anderson's blog post 'New product in the DIY Drones store: 8-ch PPM encoder'
If you write new firmware for this board, it could sell as an 8 output spi servo driver. - or if tx is exposed as serial servo driver etc... multi leg robots and arms use such boards.
on Saturday
bGatti commented on Hooks's blog post 'Phase 3+4 developing DIY UAV'
I was drawing up a vertically mounted pan tilt for the Webbie, when I realized why the camera on the belly is so much better than camera out in front: There are basically no scenarios where the first impact is on the belly AND the landing. er crashi…
on Saturday
bGatti commented on Hooks's blog post 'Phase 3+4 developing DIY UAV'
So my observation is that the fuse weight (payload, motor battery etc...) should be ~balanced under the wing moment; and that the draft above is highly skewed forward - unless the undrawn motor is sufficiently heavy to counterbalance the other items…
December 10

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Software developer with some active uController projects. RC Hobbist.
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Baro for $5


New Product on Mouser

Last time I looked barometers were fairly pricey. Add this to a $2 relative pressure sensor and you've got both atmospheric sensors in the single digits.

Posted on December 3, 2009 at 1:24pm — 1 Comment

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$26 GPS with NMEA on Skytraq

When the most expensive component goes to half price, it's a day to remember?

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=EGPS-6500&cat=CLR&cpc=CLR



We'll see.

Posted on November 30, 2009 at 10:47am — 3 Comments

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Free Day is January 7th, 2010!



Just begs to be mentioned here.

Ardupilots for Free Day is January 7th.

Sparkfun

Posted on November 23, 2009 at 1:30pm — 4 Comments

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2.4GHz TX/RX radio module with "1000m" range (fast enough for digital vdeo?)



This would seem to be the same power profile as the RC radios - with trans capabilities.
As it is "Wireless USB", it should be fast enough for first person video in digital modes.

http://dkc1.digikey.com/us/en/ph/unigen/juno.html

Posted on November 5, 2009 at 6:32am — 3 Comments

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Big Roomy EPO Puller for $199



Hobby King released a new platform which might address some of the complaints with easystar - it's larger, has ailerons (and flaps), and plenty of room under the wing for CG neutral payloads.

Posted on October 30, 2009 at 10:40am — 11 Comments

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