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Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAV)

July 1st, 2009 admin No comments

Found this on the DIY Drones site. Pretty cool video on what the future of aerial robotics may look like.

mav

Follow link to watch the video.

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Ardupilot 2.2 has been released

June 16th, 2009 admin No comments

It’s been announced on DIY Drones that ArduPilot V2.2 has been offically released. they are listing new features as:

-The support of the protocols Sirf III, NMEA and UBX.
-Separated header file to easily setup multiple airframes (instructions inside the zip files).
-Compatible only with ArduShield (battery voltage, pressure sensor and GPS auto shutdown).
-And many more minor fixes.

They also announced that the Groudstation 2 and beta version of the ArduPilot manual is online as well.

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Projects

June 1st, 2009 admin No comments

Various Projects in the works. Links will go live as I populate the pages with information

RC/Robotics

Electronics

(many of these projects are sub components of other but will be documented individually)

  • Gyro Stabilizing platform
  • RC Flight Telemetry System
  • RF Data Communications

CNC

  • Mini Lathe CNC Conversion
  • CNC Router/Fabric Cutting
  • CNC Mill (Conversion?)

Firearms and Gunsmithing

  • AR15 Lower Receiver Builds
  • .50 Cal bolt action rifle

Blacksmithing/Blade Smithing

Vehicles

  • MG Midget
  • Jeep Cherokee
  • Sand Rail

Non Projects

These are projects and or interesting information found on the net that while they look like they would be fun to build we won’t for legal or complexity reasons. These will be documented more than I would normally mention in a simple blog post.

  • RF Jamming (Cell, Radio and GPS)