Originally Posted by Jumpy07

Nothing stopping you.. if you have one make senses..

However MinimOSD and attopilot is a cheap combination.. and integrates with Arducopter.. including the GCS.. so you loose a lot of functionality with a seperate OSD..

, No, I dont want to use the whole OSD, only the current sensor since I have that already. it is like this one:

That looks like an Attopilot. What exactly is it?

Originally Posted by Derek_S

, No, I dont want to use the whole OSD, only the current sensor since I have that already. it is like this one:

It is a skylark FPV Tiny OSD

Originally Posted by Derek_S

, No, I dont want to use the whole OSD, only the current sensor since I have that already. it is like this one:

I guess you could get it to work.. depending on the output voltage from the shunt.. but ArduCopter is allready configured for the Attopilot.. you would need to be careful that the voltage from the shunt didnt exceed safe levels for the APM 2.5 and you would need to edit the code in Arduino to get the amps rights for the voltage measure.. ie: calibration....a lot of grief if you ask me.. .. I am a great advocate for the KISS principle..

3DR are about to release a new voltage/amps bridge from what I have read btw.

Originally Posted by Jumpy07

Should work ok, the Crius extend board connector extends S1, S2 & S3 to the board... you will to make a cable from the serial on the Telemetry Port and the Serial from the GPS port on the APM to the extend port.. (S2 GPS and S3 Telemetry)

I got the APM2.5 board today and currently deciding on exactly how to hook up the crius extend board to the APM2.5 board. Before I start cutting the connector harness, I would like a suggestion on which APM2.5 port should I use to power the extend board, since the GPS port or the 3DR port will provide +5V?

Also, I have an xbee adapter like the one in the picture, should I just use the adapter to connect to the 3DR port instead of combining the two ports into one plug for the extend board?

Originally Posted by RaySuave

I got the APM2.5 board today and currently deciding on exactly how to hook up the crius extend board to the APM2.5 board. Before I start cutting the connector harness, I would like a suggestion on which APM2.5 port should I use to power the extend board, since the GPS port or the 3DR port will provide +5V?

Also, I have an xbee adapter like the one in the picture, should I just use the adapter to connect to the 3DR port instead of combining the two ports into one plug for the extend board?

The Crius extend board uses the cable from the S1, S2 and S3, the GPS is on the S2 port, the Xbee pins use the S3 Port.

The APM 2.5 has one telemetry port, one GPS port.. there are other I/O ports but haven't used them.

So the cable will need to connect S3 from the extend board to the Telemetry port on APM.... and S2 on the extend board to the GPS Port on the APM.

Both ports have 5V supply.. so either one will be fine. (Xbee tends to use 3.3v which is supplied by the regulator on the Crius Extend board btw).

Originally Posted by Jumpy07

The Crius extend board uses the cable from the S1, S2 and S3, the GPS is on the S2 port, the Xbee pins use the S3 Port.

The APM 2.5 has one telemetry port, one GPS port.. there are other I/O ports but haven't used them.

So the cable will need to connect S3 from the extend board to the Telemetry port on APM.... and S2 on the extend board to the GPS Port on the APM.

Both ports have 5V supply.. so either one will be fine. (Xbee tends to use 3.3v which is supplied by the regulator on the Crius Extend board btw).

Is there a chart showing the pin out definitions for the APM2.5 telemetry and GPS ports?

Originally Posted by RaySuave

Is there a chart showing the pin out definitions for the APM2.5 telemetry and GPS ports?

Found this.. might help..

Originally Posted by Jumpy07

Found this.. might help..

I looked at this before but the connector labels are kind of confusing. Well, based on process of elimination, the 5 pin connectors are for GPS and telemetry, and the 4th pin is not used which makes sense because all the other boards use 4 pins for GPS and telemetry. I will go with that and see what happens.

Originally Posted by RaySuave

I looked at this before but the connector labels are kind of confusing. Well, based on process of elimination, the 5 pin connectors are for GPS and telemetry, and the 4th pin is not used which makes sense because all the other boards use 4 pins for GPS and telemetry. I will go with that and see what happens.

Yeah just been checking my RCtimer board, and this does not seem to be the same.... this is how my GPS is currently wired and working.. (first version of board)

Would be good to double check the latest versions that come with the double ended cable.. if the diagram I posted for the APM 2.5 is right.. then the Rctimer port pin outs look different.. can anyone else confirm ?.. I don't have a genuine board to check..

Rctimer website is down.
Attack or out of business?

Geotete

Originally Posted by geotete

Rctimer website is down.
Attack or out of business?

Geotete

It was down for several hours last night. Maintenance.

Originally Posted by kc10kevin

It was down for several hours last night. Maintenance.

It was down last week also.

Originally Posted by RaySuave

Is there a chart showing the pin out definitions for the APM2.5 telemetry and GPS ports?

The wiki works for me:

http://code.google.com/p/arducopter/...board_Overview

http://code.google.com/p/arducopter/wiki/APM2RC

Kev

Originally Posted by Mike Freas

It was down last week also.

Still down.