nothing new since last post, but here's a video:





it might look stressful but keeping it this way was really easy, easier than my rc… Continue

a little info i couldnt find anywhere else. while programming my quadrocopter, i somehow messed up the throttle start and end-points of one of the esc's. the motor started only when the throttle was already in the middle. after some googling and experimenting, i found out how to reprogramm the endpoints. this will probably work with other esc's too.



here's the exact procedure:



- connect esc to receiver and motor, do NOT connect battery

- on the (turned on) remote move… Continue

a few weeks ago i decided to build a quadrocopter. this would be a real challange but still inside the capabilities of the pcb i made. i actually designed it with plane-uavs in mind. but there's no reason it wont be able to controll a quadrotor.



here's the finished board connected… Continue

slightly offtopic, but the servo-interface might be of interest to some people. here's my 6 legged walking roboter. there are 3 servos for every leg.…



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because there's no easy way to connect the arduino to a normal perf-baord (stupid 2mm space between digi7 and digi8) i decided to make it the right way from the beginning. so i downloaded eagle and played around the last few days. this is what has come out. :) i plan to use the arduino bootloader and just connect the few needed pins to a empty diecimila board for easy programming. all the traces are already handrouted.



i'll use the… Continue