A library to use this sensor can be found here
This board has an SPI interface so it can be interfaced to many other micro controllers.
This optical flow sensor is also for sale in the UK from UnmannedTech
Please note, content on this site is rather out of date, please check the official ardupilot.org website for the latest info |
A new UAV/ MAV optical flow sensor has been released over at DIYdrones. This sensor will mainly be used for Arducopter Multi-rotor and traditional helicopters to improve position hold. This sensor is based on the ADNS3080 mouse sensor, and features a 8mm leans with 11deg FOV, ideal for low altitude position hold functions. A library to use this sensor can be found here This board has an SPI interface so it can be interfaced to many other micro controllers. This optical flow sensor is also for sale in the UK from UnmannedTech
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Unmanned Tech now offer pre soldered ardupilot mega kits for those who dont want the extra hassle of having to manualy solder the boards. All the headers and connections are soldered as shown in the image to the right, so all you need to do is plug it in, upload the the arduplane or arducopter firmware, The new PhoneDrone Android/RC interface board is in final production and will be stocked at our store in the next few weeks. PhoneDrone is an Arduino compatible interface board that you can connect with any Android device (2.3.4 or higher), allowing you to use or phone to communicate with the RC/UAV world. THe board features 8 PWM inputs, and 8 PWM outputs, as well as PWM-to-PPM conversion and multiplexing between your RC gear and Android device. An example use would be where you could use or Android device for performing complex control algorithms using its inboard sensors (IMU/GPS) and send the output to your motors or servos.
For UAV applications you could use your Android phone as a long range wireless communications device instead of the more traditional data modems which have complexities due to interference between the modem and your RC gear. Alternatively you could use your ArduPilot Mega autopilot for aircraft control, and use your Android device to run complex navigation, path planning, or evin image processing algorithms (object tracking) and sending mission commands back to APM. The limit is only your imagination. The main change in the project is that all the code has moved from Subversion to GIt. The code is still on Google Code. Other than that some of the branches of ArduPilot Mega have been renamed as follows:
The new version of APM 2.23 has been released with an updated version of the mission planner. The new version mainly fixes minor bugs. The main new feature of APM 2.23 is the introduction of differential ailerons/flaps. The mission planner updates fix some issues and improve board detection speed. Read more for full details. AMP is constantly being updated almost on a daily basis, however there have been a few new features that stand out
A new version of ArdupilotMega has been released which fixes many bugs. Primarily a bug that was recently found on the magnetometer has been fixed, as well as several minor navigation fixes. MAVlink comunications have been improved in terms of start-up speed and reliability
Ardupilot Mega 2560 As the Ardupilot Mega software improves each day it requires more and more memory, and fo rthis reason the memory of the current APM1280 board are running very low. For this reason the newer APM2560 boards where released which have twice as much memory. It is not mandatory to upgrade to the latest board, but it is recommended to continue ot use all of the new features to come in the future.. The final stable release for APM1280 boards will be released soon(V2.3) which works great and has many features. After this point you will need to upgrade to the newer board that has additional memory for all the latest and greatest features. I just tried out the latest version of APM Mission Planner and noticed two cool new features. As usual you can download APM Mission planner here |
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