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ModeratorPermalink Reply by Chris Anderson on August 1, 2010 at 5:58pm

Blimpduino is still very much supported. It's a finished product and out of beta, so that's why you're not seeing active development posts.

If you need another servo, just PM me your address and I'll send you one.

Those individual .pde files are not for the individual components (although it may look that way). It's best to just load the code, and keep the FTDI cable plugged in and watch the Arduino IDE serial monitor to see the output from the various sensors.

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Permalink Reply by ken wood on August 2, 2010 at 7:05am

Thanks Chris,
I will order a servo with some other stuff i am ordering. I certainly don't expect you to pay for my screw-ups.

Thanks for the quick reply. My wife is bugging me to get this blimp in the air. Guess I have a groupie. :-)
Ken Wood

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Permalink Reply by Hans Gerwitz on November 3, 2010 at 4:37pm

Any ideas when kits will become available again, either here or through MakerShed?

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ModeratorPermalink Reply by Chris Anderson on November 3, 2010 at 10:18pm

Probably not until 2011. We're redesigning it...

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Permalink Reply by IKE on November 4, 2010 at 1:35am

Can you give us a any info on what changes/improvements the new one will have?

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ModeratorPermalink Reply by Chris Anderson on November 4, 2010 at 6:25am

We're looking to improve the SLAM sensing. We're evaluating the Evolution Robotics Northstar sensors

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Permalink Reply by ken wood on November 4, 2010 at 7:10am

Will the old model be upgradeable? Parts and code I would think.
If I had my way the base plate plastic would be a little firmer and the gear to servo interface needs to be fixed.

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Permalink Reply by Simon on November 4, 2010 at 6:18am

Maybe we could have something like this :

See this web-site.

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