For those of you following these projects, I have tried to wing an autopilot myself. It actually is getting there, but I thought. Better to get to market with a product before we spend five years debugging stuff that was just a dead end to begin with. I was reading around about each of the other projects on DIY drones. I was considering the Ardurino autopilot, but was a bit concerned of writing ANSI C at a register level. So I went with the Paparazzi autopilot which is well received and more finished to a level where I was willing to get my feet wet.
I got my Tiny 2.11 from Chebuzz in California/UK.
"unpaid recommendation" The guys at Chebuzz are great, I do suggest buying from them. They are better priced for the American market than the other assemblers, have great service and are willing to answer even my bone-headed questions. "unpaid recommendation"
Out of the box, well it came in a normal padded envelope. I was eagerly trying to figure out what each board did. Having returned from vacation, I had forgotten what I had learned. So, here are the parts I received from the "Everything You Need" kit from Chebuzz.
XBee Pro modems
modem0modem1modem2modem3modem4
Main Tiny 2.11 board with pico blade connectors
top
bottom
ESC throttle wire
black and white two pin
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Thursday, September 10, 2009
Monday, September 7, 2009
Chebuzz Paparazzi Tiny 2.11 Autopilot Setup
I will start posting my adventures in setting up a Chebuzz Paparazzi Autopilot. It does not seem to hard, but there are always hitches to these things. I have the equipment, I will post some pictures tonight or tomorrow.
I bought an "everything you need" kit witht he Xbee Pro 2.4GHz modems. I had some questions from the Chebuzz guys, and I will gladly post their responses to the blog as they come in.
One of the things that I would like to cover here is the construction of some airlock boxes for the Tiny 2.11. That way there is no cable tension on the devices themselves and we will have some nice boxes to mount inside the fuselage. It is not very professional to just stick boards into fuselage, there can be all kinds of issues if they are not properly secured.
I bought an "everything you need" kit witht he Xbee Pro 2.4GHz modems. I had some questions from the Chebuzz guys, and I will gladly post their responses to the blog as they come in.
One of the things that I would like to cover here is the construction of some airlock boxes for the Tiny 2.11. That way there is no cable tension on the devices themselves and we will have some nice boxes to mount inside the fuselage. It is not very professional to just stick boards into fuselage, there can be all kinds of issues if they are not properly secured.
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