Hi all, this is my new quadcopter project:



This time, this mini droid is able to flight alone. Take a look at the video, itīs funny...

ArduIMU Quadcopter part III (3 min 0 sec)

Specs of this tiny quadcopter:
Size: 28.5cm (rotor to rotor)
Motors: 1811 2000Kv 10grams brushless motors
Props: 5x3 (standard props, no counter rotating)
ESCs: Turnigy 6A
Batt: 2S610 Lipo
Main board: ArduIMU+ v2 flat
Sensors: 3 accels, 3 gyros, 3 magnetometers
More sensors: Sonar (LV-EZ0), 4x Sharp IR sensors (GP2Y0A02)
GPS: optional (Ublox or generic NMEA like MTKs)
IMU algorithm : DCM (the one used in ArduIMU project)
Telemetry: Xbee Pro

Magnetometers, Sonar, IR sensors and GPS are optional sensors if you only like to fly like a normal quad...
I am using standard props (no counter rotating) and mounted two of the motors tilted (see photos on the blog post part II)

This time, the hardware (ArduIMU) really show itīs limits... itīs not a problem of CPU power, itīs a problem of the limited I/O (I had to use an external Arduino Pro mini to read the analog signals of the distance sensors), so I am starting to move this project to the big brother, the new ArduPilot Mega Hardware and the new sensor shield (not available yet).

The original blog posts with more info and full codes are here:
PartIII: http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/...opter-part-iii
PartII: http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/...copter-part-ii (another video inside)

Jose.

Jose,
Nice work!
Cheers,
Jim

Great job Jose. Congrats!

Hi , i see your project on diydrone, very cool

just a question ,have you a gui or some rs232 way to put the pid seting inside ?

or only arduino soft modification ?

if yes , where in the soft ?

rgds

Nice Quad!! Jose
I'll do this sooner or later.
My quad is very stable in my last flight.

동영상.wmv (1 min 44 sec)

hello jose,
your quad was looking very good and great tech , great job, and i thank for sharing your ideas in this forum thanks again , im interested in making quad like yours can you please tell me the schematic and details about your quad so it would be easy for me to make like yours, im not familiar with the ardu .. please specify the main board and programing part thank you

Originally Posted by quaddynamics

hello jose,
your quad was looking very good and great tech , great job, and i thank for sharing your ideas in this forum thanks again , im interested in making quad like yours can you please tell me the schematic and details about your quad so it would be easy for me to make like yours, im not familiar with the ardu .. please specify the main board and programing part thank you

hi dynamics
you can easily make arduIMU quadcopter please read Diydrone jose blog part II.- http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/...copter-part-ii
and I attached sensor diagram in part III.- http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/...opter-part-iii
arduino is easy to program you can read ArduIMU manual.- http://docs.google.com/View?id=dp66935_12c9b5bd2c
and uploading procedure is here - http://docs.google.com/View?id=ddjmq...07734034210443
and visit website http://arduino.cc

Originally Posted by wland

hi dynamics
you can easily make arduIMU quadcopter please read Diydrone jose blog part II.- http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/...copter-part-ii
and I attached sensor diagram in part III.- http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/...opter-part-iii
arduino is easy to program you can read ArduIMU manual.- http://docs.google.com/View?id=dp66935_12c9b5bd2c
and uploading procedure is here - http://docs.google.com/View?id=ddjmq...07734034210443
and visit website http://arduino.cc

hello wland
does this quad part 3 requires arduimu alone or .. some other board to integrate with it ... any way how to code the board which code we have to use please advice in detail ..
thanks

Originally Posted by quaddynamics

hello wland
does this quad part 3 requires arduimu alone or .. some other board to integrate with it ... any way how to code the board which code we have to use please advice in detail ..
thanks

Hi, dynamics

you did not read linked site.
you have to prepare arduimu v2 flat + mag sensor + UV sensor(1EA) + IR sensor(4EA) +arduino pro mini board(jose use 3.3V, but i'm going to use 5v)

you download arduino IDE0018 first.
about using of arduino you have to read linked site please.
I'm attaching picture for reference

Yun

Hi, I'd like to connect 4 Sharp IR sensors to my ardupilot mega ( http://code.google.com/p/ardupilot-m...ardwareDetails) for obstacle avoidance but i am not sure how to connect those sensors to my ardupilot mega physically. I have seen jose did it on diydrones website (http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/...opter-part-iii) but as far as i know he is using differnt IMU board. The IMU board i am actually using is this one (http://code.google.com/p/ardupilot-m...ki/IMUHardware). I know it is a stupid question but help me pls.Just a summary of which pin to connect which. Thanks you in advance...

Originally Posted by JoseJ

Hi all, this is my new quadcopter project:

Attachment 3241769

This time, this mini droid is able to flight alone. Take a look at the video, itīs funny...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3FyJZbtSBk

Specs of this tiny quadcopter:
Size: 28.5cm (rotor to rotor)
Motors: 1811 2000Kv 10grams brushless motors
Props: 5x3 (standard props, no counter rotating)
ESCs: Turnigy 6A
Batt: 2S610 Lipo
Main board: ArduIMU+ v2 flat
Sensors: 3 accels, 3 gyros, 3 magnetometers
More sensors: Sonar (LV-EZ0), 4x Sharp IR sensors (GP2Y0A02)
GPS: optional (Ublox or generic NMEA like MTKs)
IMU algorithm : DCM (the one used in ArduIMU project)
Telemetry: Xbee Pro

Magnetometers, Sonar, IR sensors and GPS are optional sensors if you only like to fly like a normal quad...
I am using standard props (no counter rotating) and mounted two of the motors tilted (see photos on the blog post part II)

This time, the hardware (ArduIMU) really show itīs limits... itīs not a problem of CPU power, itīs a problem of the limited I/O (I had to use an external Arduino Pro mini to read the analog signals of the distance sensors), so I am starting to move this project to the big brother, the new ArduPilot Mega Hardware and the new sensor shield (not available yet).

The original blog posts with more info and full codes are here:
PartIII: http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/...opter-part-iii
PartII: http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/...copter-part-ii (another video inside)

Jose.

very cool i like the ping-pong part

Originally Posted by warthox

very cool i like the ping-pong part

Yah, this demonstration convinced me to go for the ArduCopter a year ago...

You did notice that this thread is 1 year old?

Long ago this project was merged into the ArduCopter development.