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Ardupilot on the water

Started this discussion. Last reply by Sebastian Gralla Jul 13, 2011. 3 Replies

Hi all I registered here because I thought the ardupilot might suit my application.I have seen loads of posts about the adupilot being used on the water but has anyone completed their projects that…Continue

 

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ModeratorSebastian Gralla replied to Steve Yates's discussion Ardupilot on the water
"arduino has an inbuild timer (you can acces it via "millis()") it is really easy to get started, you can find a magnetometer in the diydrones shop there are a lot of examples on the arduino homepage, like how to use timers, how to control…"
Jul 13, 2011
Steve Yates replied to Steve Yates's discussion Ardupilot on the water
"I have done so much browsing that it no longer seems easy to me. However originally I thought it would be. I don't want to use a button press because the whole thing is contained and waterproof. There is already a pic controlled timer with…"
Jul 13, 2011

ModeratorSebastian Gralla replied to Steve Yates's discussion Ardupilot on the water
"that would be pretty "easy" to achieve you would only need a compass sensor (magnetometer) and a normal arduino (or an ardupilot if you want to) the ideo would be to point it in one direction (maybe hitting a switch?) where it saves the…"
Jul 13, 2011
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Ardupilot on the water

Hi all I registered here because I thought the ardupilot might suit my application.I have seen loads of posts about the adupilot being used on the water but has anyone completed their projects that may be able to help me? I am trying to control a kontiki which is semi submerged in the water and tethered to the beach and pulls a fishing line out to sea where the motor then stops and waits till you manually haul it back in again.I was hoping to use something like the ardupilot to steer to the…See More
Jul 13, 2011
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About Me:
I am interested in electronics, have built a few fishing devices and also run a yearly computer controlled Christmas display.
I enjoy all aspects of electronics and have also done a little pic programming
Tell us a bit about your UAV interest
I am not into airplanes or he is but want to learn to control marivne vessels with only a magnetic compass heading control.
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