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The Pixhawk 2.1
Last week my long awaited Pixhawk 2.1 aka The Cube arrived and I'm going to be doing a review, blog and posting some info on the flight controller, the setup and capabilities especially around the Intel Edison Companion computer.
First lets take a look at the Flight Controller its self.
The Basic Story
The Pixhawk 2.1 grew from the Pixhawk Hardware Project. this project was a group effort by the PX4 and Ardupilot teams, with the support of 3DRobotics.
At the Beginning of 2014, The Ardupilot Community took the lead on the EE of the future Pixhawk 2. the brief was simple... add Vibration isolation, make it code compatible with PH1, and make it simpler to integrate into OEM air frames.
Then came the next requirements..... Smaller, with more pins...
So the project was broken into use cases.
A simple Quad copter with basic Gimbal
A large Octocopter with 3 Axis Gimbal, landing gear and shutter control.
A CANBUS only vehicle.
A large fixed wing with many flight control surfaces, multiple Airspeed sensors
The concept of a modular approach was born. allowing for simple carrier boards that simply served as wiring looms to connect components in a neat and professional manner.
The cube concept was born.
in 2015, the project returned to the community, and gained sponsorship from ProfiCNC.
ProfiCNC has partnered with Hex Technology to bring this product to the community.
The Spec
Comparison to the Pixhawk 1
...Continue Reading
Last week my long awaited Pixhawk 2.1 aka The Cube arrived and I'm going to be doing a review, blog and posting some info on the flight controller, the setup and capabilities especially around the Intel Edison Companion computer.
First lets take a look at the Flight Controller its self.
The Basic Story
The Pixhawk 2.1 grew from the Pixhawk Hardware Project. this project was a group effort by the PX4 and Ardupilot teams, with the support of 3DRobotics.
At the Beginning of 2014, The Ardupilot Community took the lead on the EE of the future Pixhawk 2. the brief was simple... add Vibration isolation, make it code compatible with PH1, and make it simpler to integrate into OEM air frames.
Then came the next requirements..... Smaller, with more pins...
So the project was broken into use cases.
A simple Quad copter with basic Gimbal
A large Octocopter with 3 Axis Gimbal, landing gear and shutter control.
A CANBUS only vehicle.
A large fixed wing with many flight control surfaces, multiple Airspeed sensors
The concept of a modular approach was born. allowing for simple carrier boards that simply served as wiring looms to connect components in a neat and professional manner.
The cube concept was born.
in 2015, the project returned to the community, and gained sponsorship from ProfiCNC.
ProfiCNC has partnered with Hex Technology to bring this product to the community.
The Spec
Comparison to the Pixhawk 1
...Continue Reading
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The DJI Spark
You can Pre Order the DJI Spark from DJI now fort $499 http://click.dji.com/AN2uiMcmmmXirzx...m=link&as=0012
Today DJI have announced their latest new drone call the Spark
This new smaller DJI quad is smaller and lighter than the Mavic Pro being just 170mm diagonal, it comes with a 1080P 12MP camera, Obstacle Sensing and a whole host of new intelligent flight features.
The Craft
Available in a 5 colours this new quad is smaller than anything DJI have release before in an RTF platform, its size is 143 x 143x 55mm, weighs 300g and has a maximum speed of 31mph in Sport Mode and the max Ascent/descent at 3m/s.
Its fitted with the usual DJI GPS system receiving both GPS and GLONASS, Vision Positioning System and a 3D Obstacle Sensing System
The Camera & Gimbal
...Continue Reading
You can Pre Order the DJI Spark from DJI now fort $499 http://click.dji.com/AN2uiMcmmmXirzx...m=link&as=0012
Today DJI have announced their latest new drone call the Spark
This new smaller DJI quad is smaller and lighter than the Mavic Pro being just 170mm diagonal, it comes with a 1080P 12MP camera, Obstacle Sensing and a whole host of new intelligent flight features.
The Craft
Available in a 5 colours this new quad is smaller than anything DJI have release before in an RTF platform, its size is 143 x 143x 55mm, weighs 300g and has a maximum speed of 31mph in Sport Mode and the max Ascent/descent at 3m/s.
Its fitted with the usual DJI GPS system receiving both GPS and GLONASS, Vision Positioning System and a 3D Obstacle Sensing System
The Camera & Gimbal
