We often get questions from newcomers who are confused by all the Ardu* nomenclature here, so I made the above product comparison matrix, which you can find here.
And just to extend this to the full family, including software:
- APM 1&2: the autopilot hardware (see above) that can operate nearly any vehicle, once the right software is loaded
- ArduPlane, ArduCopter, ArduRover, ArduBoat, etc: the software that runs on the APM hardware that's optimized for that sort of vehicle.
- Mission Planner: the desktop software that loads the software on the APM board, configures it and serves as a ground station, mission planner (of course!), an interface with flight simulators for hardware-in-the-loop simulation and a datalog analysis tool.
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where can i reserve APM 2 ?
sweet that clears things up for me
No weight comparison...?
afernan: production will begin again in early Feb, when the baro sensors arrive.
I have a thought about shield...
Now it's clear, thanks!
Kirill: That includes the shield, which is required to add sensors. Together, they look like this:
Excellent comparison matrix!
I've just noticed that the ArduPilot Legacy size is 30x50x30mm. But why is it so thick? It looks much thiner than all other versions...
Paul, because these are open source designs, we can't control what other people make and sell. The reason we discontinue boards ourselves is to allow us to move forward with software development. Supporting old boards forever would cripple us, both in terms of developer resources and tech support. We're very happy if the community takes on those functions for discontinued products--we just can't do it ourselves with finite resources.
Please note that the APM 1 Sparkfun sells is the same one we still sell (2560). It's not a discontinued product.
penpen: we'll release our 2012 hardware and software roadmap later in the week.
Yep, some news on arm based APM would be great ^^
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