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About Me:

RF engineer with extensive experience in antenna systems and radar development.


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open source flight controllers and multirotors


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Perth


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Richard Evans replied to Richard Evans's discussion pixhawk setup problems
"Colin,

Never used the apm so cables were as supplied. I think I did have a 5-6 pin in the first setup and in did work... ground was probably from compass cable but have since used 6pin cable."
Mar 12, 2014
Richard Evans replied to Richard Evans's discussion pixhawk setup problems
"Almost, do a full erase and start again but do not run compassmot. you can also change the NAN to 0 in the compass offsets but i have not tried this."
Mar 11, 2014
Richard Evans replied to Richard Evans's discussion HUD in mission planner spinning
"It seems to be an issue with compassmot... replacing the compass offsets with 0 onstead of NAN works better than the erase. As you dont have to set everything up again. The compassmot is apparently a known issue."
Mar 8, 2014
Richard Evans replied to Richard Evans's discussion pixhawk setup problems
"53 views and no ideas on this?"
Feb 23, 2014
Richard Evans replied to Richard Evans's discussion pixhawk setup problems
"update:

changing the minimosd to telem1 with or without the telem unit connected does not make a difference. removing tx from minimosd shows the overlay and indicates mavlink heartbeat but data is not changing, just defaults..."
Feb 23, 2014
Richard Evans posted a discussion
I am setting up a new pixhawk  with external gps/mag (ublox lea6) on a 800mm hex and having a few issues...my frame is a rctimer s800 cloneI am running the latest firmware 3.1.2 and mission planner 1.2.93.firstly the HUD seems to randomly start…
Feb 23, 2014
Richard Evans replied to Richard Evans's discussion HUD in mission planner spinning
"I found that doing a erase and then a reset via the terminal fixed the problem. Not sure how it happend or what caused it though."
Feb 20, 2014
Richard Evans posted a discussion
Hi all,When setting up a new pixhawk i see the HUD in mission planner is slowly turning clockwise, this happens consistently on 3.1.2, if i load the previous firmware via mission planner, 3.1, it all works as expected without any other change except…
Feb 19, 2014
Richard Evans commented on Hugues's blog post How-to guide: Pixhawk with 6S batteries (> 4S)
"Yes, while this is all true, you could also remove the 73.2 resistor to simplify the maths, as stated i have not checked the current reported vs a multimeter or have any ideas as to the max current that can be measured but it should be as per the…"
Feb 11, 2014
Richard Evans commented on Hugues's blog post How-to guide: Pixhawk with 6S batteries (> 4S)
"What is left is essentially the same circuit as the attopilot, It uses the same INA169 chip and associated resistors/caps (possible similar values) Not sure as the the max current that can be measured at this stage but this can be adjusted with the…"
Feb 11, 2014
Richard Evans commented on Hugues's blog post How-to guide: Pixhawk with 6S batteries (> 4S)
"Just for interest i am using the stock 3dr power module on 6s for voltage and current monitoring but i removed the piggyback board, tantalum cap and diode. Am yet to test the accuracy of the current but voltage looks good. The pixhawk is powered…"
Feb 11, 2014