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EM-406a GPS Module damaged???

Started this discussion. Last reply by Art McGee Oct 6, 2010. 13 Replies

Determine how a material blocks GPS signals??

Started this discussion. Last reply by Chris Anderson Sep 26, 2008. 1 Reply

How do GPS Errors occur???

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Art McGee replied to HugePanic's discussion 'EM-406a GPS Module damaged???'
I have been using this product with the GPS Eval board that I bought from sparkfun.com. I was using the SIRF demo software to set the baud-rate and it stopped functioning. I am unable to reset the baud-rate or get any response back from the EM-406A…
Oct 6, 2010
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TIAGO SANTANA replied to HugePanic's discussion 'EM-406a GPS Module damaged???'
Jordi, I was using a GPS module EM-406A and it was working very well, but, I dont know why, it begun work for just one minute or less and turn off. So when I want to turn it on I need to wait some seconds, about 30, and it works just for a while…
Sep 25, 2009
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Dick Kline commented on HugePanic's blog post 'UAV_Eins RIP'
I was so pleased to hear that you were able to recover your aircraft. It's just another example of never giving up hope. May you have many more successful flights.
Mar 21, 2009
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alex replied to HugePanic's discussion 'EM-406a GPS Module damaged???'
well, sorry =p, i re-check my signal with an oscilloscope and it was 4800 baud. then with a pen i succefully analysed it, its in EVEN mode, 8bits, ans with 2 stop bits. now my only remaining problem is, how can i configure CCS to use 2 stop bits
Mar 19, 2009
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alex replied to HugePanic's discussion 'EM-406a GPS Module damaged???'
i want to reset it because it is suposed to use standard parameter at his first power up, wich i know. as stated before, it is actually using unknow parameter and because of that all my communication attempt failed
Mar 18, 2009
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Jordi Muñoz replied to HugePanic's discussion 'EM-406a GPS Module damaged???'
Alex, I why you need to restart it?
Mar 18, 2009
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alex replied to HugePanic's discussion 'EM-406a GPS Module damaged???'
hi, i am using this gps module in my graduation project. you are the only one who seem to use it on the whole internet =D so i'll ask. when i'm powering up this module, data are always going out from him. 4 "little" data string…
Mar 18, 2009
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HugePanic commented on HugePanic's blog post 'Arduino powered GPS causes glitches....'
Ardupilot is my fall back solution! But it's about loosing the battle when i switch to a bought system that runs pretty much out of the box now. My idea is DIY, and i don't want to stop just because of that problem. By the way: Did you…
Mar 10, 2009

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I am a 29 year old aircraft design engineer.
Hobbies: RC planes, kitesurfing, snowboarding, mountainbiking, beerdrinkin and other stuff....
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Arduino powered GPS causes glitches....

Posted on March 6, 2009 at 11:24am 7 Comments

As i wrote in other threads, i power my em-406 gps module from a arduino data-pin.

The gps module runns well, most of my code is written.



I just started installing all of my hardware into my UAV_Eins airplane/drone.



Shortly after "power-on" i found that i get horrible glitches on all receiver channels i read.

I saw that these glitches (about 20% drop of the signal) occour relatively periodic.....



I recorded the… Continue
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UAV_Eins Traveled several hundret kilometers in 4months!!!!!

Posted on February 8, 2009 at 2:30pm 1 Comment

As i postet here, i lost my UAV_Eins (one) due to "environmental effects".



As i christmas wonder, i got a message that it has be spotet in a bush a couple of kilometers away from the airfield it was lost...



Today (about 5months later!) i got it back!!



The fuselage and wing is in 99% perfekt condition!!! No structural damage... :)



Only the balsa wood is gone, due to the rain… Continue
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Next Steps: UAV_Zwo

Posted on September 29, 2008 at 9:30pm 1 Comment

Since UAV_Eins is MIA since a couple of weeks, my projekt slowed down a little bit.

I also burned my arduino board, and had to replace it. "5V" really means output, NOT input... ;)



The new arduino arrived a couple of days later, together with the em-406a GPS module.. :)



The first GPS-code a copied from the arduino HP worked perfektly.



I also ordered a arduino prot shield to… Continue
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UAV_Eins RIP

Posted on September 14, 2008 at 1:00pm 5 Comments

I have bad news here.



UAV_Eins hast left at about 15:30Uhr. It just disapeard in the windy skys over southern Hamburg.



Way too strong winds, and no way to land securely at the village. So i had to steer higher to avoid further damage. It got just out of sight, and was nowere to be found.

With no phone number or name on, the chance to get it back is minimal.



So RIP UAV_Eins...

RIP about 150€ material

RIP about 15h work...





The King… Continue
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Step 2

Posted on September 11, 2008 at 1:02pm 2 Comments

The plan for step 2 is to install the FMA - CoPilot as well as the Arduino board for rudder control.



Yesterday the first flight with the CoPilot alone were sucsessfully done.



This was the first time i was flying a aircraft with some stabilisation help. The FMA CoPilot is a veryveryvery impressive piece of hardware. It even saved the airframe from a crash during estimation of the COG.



Now i have to explan the pitch issues i have had with the single… Continue

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At 1:32pm on September 18, 2008, Dick KlineDick Kline said…
HugePanic... if you would like more info on the KF airfoil, I will be happy to send it to you. My email address is: dickkline@mac.com

The KF airfoil is beginning to be used in the RC world all around the world with great results.
At 3:02am on September 30, 2008, JoernJoern said…
Hi Matthias,
i just randomly found your profile and was interested in how you built your UAV Eins. So far i only worked on some vision aspects of autonomous flight but i would like to get started with an own airframe. Yours looked reasonably easy (especially the 15h of work convinced me), so i wondered if you could give me some hints on how to get started with foam models. (Especially the cutting and how to shape wings.)
Btw i'm also from Hamburg and would totally have written this in German if i knew that it was accepted in this forum.
Gruss, Joern
At 4:20am on October 1, 2008, JoernJoern said…
Moin Matthias,

vielen Dank fuer die Antwort, speziell der Link war sehr hilfreich!
Sehr deutlich hat sie mir vor Augen gefuehrt, dass ich mir mehr Gedanken ueber die Dimensionierung machen sollte und vielleicht am Anfang mit einem kommerziellen Bausatz besser beraten waere.
Auf der anderen Seite reizen mich an Deinem Modell der Selbstbauaspekt, die geringen Kosten und der geringe Zeitaufwand. Auch scheinen mir solche Modelle leichter zu reparieren, wenn man mal abstuerzt.
Deswegen nochmal ein paar Fragen aus allgemeinem Interesse: Woher hast Du das Depron und wie schneidet man es in Form (Cutter, heißem Draht,...)? Wie kritisch ist das Profil der Fluegel (ueberhaupt eines oder allein der Anstellwinkel) und wie formte man es? Und wo bezoege man guenstige BL-Motoren in der Hamburger Umgebung?
Ich hoffe, ich mache keinen zu planlosen Eindruck. Deinem Profil nach bist Du ja auf diesem Gebiet professionell unterwegs. Ich naehere mich mehr von der anderen Seite, studiere Regelungstechnik und habe mehr Ahnung von Schaltungen und Programmierung als von Design. Ich habe zwar mal in einem UAV-Team mitgewirkt, da aber allein an den Vision-Komponenten. Jetzt wuerde ich mich gerne mal selbst an der Regelung versuchen und suche daher den Einstieg...

Gruss, Joern

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