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MPU6000 scaling issue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Jake Stew May 22. 89 Replies

ArduCopter 2.5 released!

Started this discussion. Last reply by Guido 35 minutes ago. 1459 Replies

ArduCopter 2.4 released

Started this discussion. Last reply by Dave C Mar 18. 1085 Replies

 

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Guido replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter 2.5 released!
"GREAT :)  thanks so much !"
35 minutes ago

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Andreas M. Antonopoulos replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter 2.5 released!
"Geofencing for ArduCopter (and more generally for all vehicles) is currently in testing for a planned release in the next month or so. I will be creating documentation in the wiki, which will show you how to set up and use fencing.  Stand by,…"
3 hours ago
Guido replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter 2.5 released!
"Thanks Chris, could you say me if i can enable geofence function from mission planner? or i must enable it in the code?"
3 hours ago

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Dean Wynton replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter 2.5 released!
"There is a tiny amount of electromagnetic interference, looking at your logs and I do mean tiny, nothing that would cause the kind of problem you are having?"
7 hours ago
theo van niekerk replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter 2.5 released!
"Hi Marco, video below....double  check every thing i think, but could have missed something "
9 hours ago
stubugs replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter 2.5 released!
"hi has any one got the apm2 board working with minim osd and xbee 900 i can get them to work seperatly but onlt xbee works when plugged in together to get osd to work on its own i have to reverse tx and rx but not with xbee ???? many thanks stuart"
10 hours ago

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Marco Robustini replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter 2.5 released!
"Please post a video here of "motors test" from CLI of your octo.YAW P too high do not rotate the quad in one direction, with the default parameters is "impossile".There's something wrong..."
11 hours ago
theo van niekerk replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter 2.5 released!
"Thx Dani.....I have taken my props off and left motors running at 25% 50% and 90% for about 5 mins with 0 mag shift....been chatting to duran dev on skype and he suggested reducing the yaw p term in advanced paramters to .1 thus decreasing…"
11 hours ago
Chris Huitema replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter 2.5 released!
"you could set up a geo fence - turn it on after takeoff and turn it off to land. http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/geo-fencing-for-arducopter-keep-your-copter-fenced-in "
11 hours ago
Guido replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter 2.5 released!
"Hi, i'm using fw 2.5.5 and my quad fly very well. Only one question... there is a way to set a min altitude? (i'm using sonar). Because i fly in fpv, many time i go too much down and in fpv is hard to see the altitude, so if i set a min…"
12 hours ago
Dani Saez replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter 2.5 released!
"Theo, try moving the Mag away as much as possible. Also you can twist all power lines, as to eliminate electromagnetic intereference. This two tips helped me a lot in getting a fixed yaw. hope that helps, Dani "
12 hours ago
theo van niekerk replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter 2.5 released!
"HI chris, double and trippled check....all motors turning the correct way.....all props on the correct motor...... "
16 hours ago
theo van niekerk replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter 2.5 released!
"Another 2 logs after recalibration of mag..... oh running 2.5.5 in octo x config... "
17 hours ago

Moderator
Chris Anderson replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter 2.5 released!
"theo: double check your prop rotations? Could be one's going the wrong direction."
17 hours ago
theo van niekerk replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter 2.5 released!
"HI Guys need some help over here......finished my octo build....every thing goood :-)....only problem i have at the moment i seem to have a constant left yaw.....and little to no response when i counter it with stick input.....rather scary with a…"
18 hours ago

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Randy commented on jasonshort's blog post New Arducopter Sim
"Great stuff! May your next job be micro-UAV related.  It certainly deserves to be."
18 hours ago

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About Me:
I have many years of programming experience in a variety of languages (C, C++, Java, Basic) but in the last year or so I've got hooked on programming an Atmel 128 and really enjoy the hardware side as well. Since mid to late '08 I've been slowly working away on a UAV helicopter with many ideas borrowed from vicacopter
Tell us a bit about your UAV interest
Interested in quads and helis mostly
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Tokyo, Japan

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ADNS3080 Optical flow sensor now available in the DIYDrones store!

Posted on November 21, 2011 at 6:36am 55 Comments

In case you're looking for an optical flow sensor, there is now one available in the DIYDrones store for a penny under $40.

 

This sensor is based on the …

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Trex450 loiter testing using Arducopter 2.0.50Beta

Posted on October 30, 2011 at 6:30pm 7 Comments

This video is of some loiter testing I did this morning of my Trex450 running the latest arducopter code, 2.0.50.

 

If it were a quad I might not be super happy with the results but for a traditional heli, I think this is a pretty good performance.  The altitude hold is very solid using…

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Which Maxbotix sonar should be the standard?

Posted on February 27, 2011 at 4:09am 23 Comments

    About two months ago we added altitude hold using the Maxbotix sonar to the ArduCopter (you can find instructions re how to set it up on the wiki).  At the moment on the we recommend the…

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Quad position hold with mouse sensor (reproduced)

Posted on January 26, 2011 at 8:00am 8 Comments

 

 

     You might remember this blog post by Marko Klein Berkenbusch on using a hacked mouse sensor for position control of a quad.  With some help from Marko himself, I've mostly repeated his results on a branch of ArduCopterNG and thought I should share how I did it as it's slightly different.  Please note that this is not…

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a 3d printed object in metal!

Posted on January 28, 2010 at 6:02am 6 Comments

Over the christmas holidays I got fired-up by Chris's posts on the makerbot...I didn't got out and buy one but I did give google sketchup and shapeways (www.shapeways.com) a try and designed this very complex (sarcasm) brace: http://www.shapeways.com/model/77738/simplereinforcement12.html.



And then it arrived in the mail today and looks just it should. So here's a… Continue

Comment Wall (7 comments)

At 8:44am on January 5, 2011, Jack said…

Randy

I have been working on my own Quad with the NG code and have setup the Sonar and have it working very well . I have an indoor version with sonar and IR sensors and would like to know were the IR sensors are conected, what pins. I see you were working on implementing this so If you could help with basic setup I can try my hand at testing. Thanks for your work on the Sonar and good luck on the obstical avoidence.

Jack 

At 5:47am on January 30, 2011, Kári Davíðsson said…

Thanks Randy. 

I do not have write access to the svn repository.

So I will send you the changed AP_ADC lib probably later today.

I am not sure if a circular buffer is needed. The beauty of a 1st order IIR filter is that we only need one "old" sample and if a second order is needed only two old samples. But I will look a little better into the filter selection before committing anything to you.

At 5:45am on August 24, 2011, Jiro Hattori said…

Hi Randy

 One of the way to introduce technology of arduino as IMU is that something like what you have done. Most of the Japanese model flyer love to fly traditional helicopter. 

 Another approach may be exhibit something very unique at MAKE fair at Tokyo Institute of Technology.  There will be many open source hardware and software freaks as well.

At 9:10pm on March 7, 2012, Ravi said…

hi randy, i had been following your forum for align450. i just got my APM2 purple. i loaded the ardu heli firmware. everythings looks to be ok on mission planner. but there is no PWM on servo out pins. i armed the APM2 and does gets armed. the radio callibration bars move proportionately. evrything seems to be OK. but in 'status' there is no PWM on channel out pins. it shows '0' PWM on all out channels. can uou please suggets what might be the reason. the APM2 works fine with arduplane and arduquad firmware. ravi

At 5:53am on March 16, 2012, Aerhead said…

Randy

I had a different problem with my APM2 that I was able to solve by following the procedure found in the wiki with a search for APM board problems.  My board would not connect to the planner and it works now.

Good luck

Larry

At 2:18pm on May 15, 2012, wilson javier madrid sossa said…

hello hello hug.
I can help with anything, I did several plannings flight with tri and firmware 2.0.49 and flew very well.
I did a quad and install 2.5.4 program a waypoint flight and the team took off like crazy.WP PIDs are by default and does not really move as you do. can you give me some information.

I appreciate your help

At 4:41pm on May 16, 2012, wilson javier madrid sossa said…

Please can you help me. I was flying my quadcopter and hold position when you turn the team went to ground. these are the last two log. I appreciateprompt help.

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