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B.Sc in Electronics, used to be in Army Signals, so know a decent amount about RF, although not at a PCB level. Now working as an avionics maintenance engineer.
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Local quad "expert" asserts that there will be a series of major incidents worldwide using "drones" in the next 6 months. CAA (NZ) says drone technology has outpaced its regulations and it needs to move with haste to get new rules in place to keep…
"Why not use a camera with a cylindrical form like the Ion Air http://www.iontheaction.com/. Rotate the gimbal 90 degrees so pitch becomes roll and roll becomes pitch, and the roll stepper motor can be aligned with the center of the lens of the…"
"Reminded me of a full sized incident that happened locally recently. I know it's not ground resonance (muppet on ground pulls cable into main rotor), but impressive anyway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5aMT9MBfZI …"
"Cool. Now can we daisy-chain a second one off the head of the first with higher sensitivity sensors to make the head movement even smoother (i.e. less susceptible to platform vibration and rapid movement). Would that work?"
"Would love to see an arduino with native USB and USB host ability without the need for a shield."
"@brakar, Have you tried using some tool like Advanced JPEG Compressor? I use it to batch compress photos before loading them into Google Earth or Global Mapper. You can tweak the setttings, but the default settings generally cut the file size by 80…"
"Is there a package version of Bundler anywhere? I tried following the instructions that came with the binary, but failed. It appears to run, but the output file is 0 bytes."
"I think I just threw up a little... :'("
"I'm hoping I can adjust its frequency bands. It's capable of 902 - 928 MHz, but in NZ I'm only allowed to use 921-929 MHz at 1W, and only 3mW for the rest of that band."
"And it's back up. Cart intact."
"D'oh! What's to bet they bring it back online right on time, and everyone's carts are empty. That would be chaos."
"It's working fine for me here in New Zealand. It's 4 am. 1 hr to go."
"Ok, to say that Picaxe can't do trig was a bit harsh. it was more the floating point limitations that frustrated me."
"I started with Picaxe, but found that the official forum and community was small and stagnant. Also, RevEd, who own the Picaxe bootloader, have not implemented "advanced" maths functions like sin, cos, etc. To get that capability requires an…"
"Some more links to slip rings here and here"
"Has anyone looked into slip rings to avoid the cable wrap issue? I found these ones via the molecube site. Has anyone found a cheaper alternative?"
