PPM to PC to Board [Archive]

neoxes

Dec 26, 2007, 08:25 AM

Hi all,

I've got a JR x3810 transmitter and an Hitec Electron 6 receiver. I'd like to get the ppm signal from the receiver to my pc via RS232 (or something like that) and then to send it to board where I've got a Stagate Platform).
All this because I'd like to be able to switch (there is a switch on board) from UAV control performed by pc, to RC control and viceversa.
How can I do it?

THX

zlite

Dec 26, 2007, 11:00 AM

We use a BASIC Stamp to read Rx command and translate them to something a computer can understand. Details and code at DIY Drones here (http://diydrones.com/profiles/blog/show?id=705844%3ABlogPost%3A731)

brnjones

Dec 26, 2007, 12:24 PM

Hi all,

I've got a JR x3810 transmitter and an Hitec Electron 6 receiver. I'd like to get the ppm signal from the receiver to my pc via RS232 (or something like that) and then to send it to board where I've got a Stagate Platform).
All this because I'd like to be able to switch (there is a switch on board) from UAV control performed by pc, to RC control and viceversa.
How can I do it?

THX

I am in the process of reading the PPM signal from an Electron 6 into an AVR to make a flexible onboard servo mixer. I guess the first parts of our projects are similar. I found some example code from:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/autopilot
Download the source code and check out autopilot-2.5/onboard/rev2/ppm.h

I haven't started to find where I can grab the PPM signal on the electron 6, do you have an clues?

-Brandon

neoxes

Dec 27, 2007, 01:51 PM

I am in the process of reading the PPM signal from an Electron 6 into an AVR to make a flexible onboard servo mixer. I guess the first parts of our projects are similar. I found some example code from:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/autopilot
Download the source code and check out autopilot-2.5/onboard/rev2/ppm.h

I haven't started to find where I can grab the PPM signal on the electron 6, do you have an clues?

-Brandon

I've modified the receiver, so I'm able to grab the multiplexed signal from one pin.
Look here:
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=4215495&postcount=14