Originally Posted by peruse12

Hi guys , I am new to Multiwii . I have just connected my Walkera 250 advance to EZ GUI , all seems to be working . What I would like to know is , can a new Multiwii flight controller be set up from scratch on an android tablet or do you need to use a laptop with Windows ?

Cheers
Gary

Well, you need a laptop to load the MultiWii firmware to the flight controller. Than, if you have a bluetooth module, you can tune things on a tablet/phone.

xxx

Hi, I have one Arduino question...

I'm trying to understand Multiwii firmware to re-code it for my own purposes (Not flight stabilization) and I would like to understand what is the 'setup' and 'loop' part of the code, and how it works since the code is split into different 'windows' and not just one single and continuous text file.

Cheers!
Jandro.

Originally Posted by SU-4ever

Hi, I have one Arduino question...

I'm trying to understand Multiwii firmware to re-code it for my own purposes (Not flight stabilization) and I would like to understand what is the 'setup' and 'loop' part of the code, and how it works since the code is split into different 'windows' and not just one single and continuous text file.

Cheers!
Jandro.

Not sure where to start with this question. Here are the information about the Setup and Loop section of Arduino code:
https://www.arduino.cc/en/Reference/Setup
https://www.arduino.cc/en/reference/loop

The MultiWii project itself is very complex, what's your goal exactly with your modifications ?

I want to use a HK Multiwii 328p microcontroller board as a base to code a GPS-based tracking device for gimbals.

Thing is, that this board already has accelerometers, gyros, mag and barometer.
Since it is thought out to be used with Mwii, I imagined that it would be more straightforward to take the sensor reading and PWM signal processing part of the code rather than doing it all from scratch, specially since all the sensors use the I2C bus... but then it's not that easy because it's all mixed up and there's thousands of lines of code...

As for the setup() and loop() I already found them in the Multiwii.cpp tab

Right now I'm -trying- to strip off all the unnecessary code of multiwii and reduce it to the signal-processing and sensor reading bit.

There is a MutliWii Web site and Forum where you'll find more info and active users than here.

Originally Posted by waltr

There is a MutliWii Web site and Forum where you'll find more info and active users than here.

http://www.multiwii.com/forum/

I'll have to consider registering then... thank you!

So it seems the MultiWii forum and other parts of the site like the FAQ have gone down :/

I'm just getting started building mine (getting parts is a problem), and while I know MutliWii stuff is old now, I think it'd be a real shame if this all disappeared off the internet. Does know the website owner/how to get in contact?

I'd be happy to help with maintenance of the site if that is what is needed, I just really don't want all this work to disappear!

Originally Posted by tortoisehmb

So it seems the MultiWii forum and other parts of the site like the FAQ have gone down :/

I'm just getting started building mine (getting parts is a problem), and while I know MutliWii stuff is old now, I think it'd be a real shame if this all disappeared off the internet. Does know the website owner/how to get in contact?

I'd be happy to help with maintenance of the site if that is what is needed, I just really don't want all this work to disappear!

Yes that's a real shame. I have asked a few questions over the last year or so and got help but I had no idea that the site was going down. I think that Alex in Paris was one of the driving force members but I have never been able to get in touch with him at all. What MultiWii board are you using ? There is a reasonable amount of knowledge about MultiWii on the AW FC Fan Club on FB. The AW stands for AlienWii which runs MultiWii at a basic level but uses none of the higher function like alt hold and GPS. Just ask and if I can help or direct you to someone else I am glad to. Are you on FB at all?

forum and wiki have been off and back to on intermittedly.
No reason it would be otherwise this time - we wait and see.

Yes, it would be good to preserve some contents

Thanks for the offer, I am on FB and would like to join the group - could you give me a link please? I don't want to post a link to my profile here in case of spam, but hopefully I'll be able to find you on the group.

Ah good, hopefully it will be back soon. If not it may be in the Wayback Machine. Is Alex in Paris a user on this board? I have experience in web design and development and site administration, so I'd be very happy to assist him if he no longer has time to keep it going.

I guess I could download pages and stuff but for general knowledge it'd be best to get it working well again or migrate it to a different host I suppose.

I had to send you a pm seeing as apparently you cannot use the word FB on RCGroups Ridiculous

Thanks. I noticed that, tis a bit ridiculous. No PM has arrived yet, but I might just have to be patient, will check back tomorrow.

Originally Posted by tortoisehmb

Thanks. I noticed that, tis a bit ridiculous. No PM has arrived yet, but I might just have to be patient, will check back tomorrow.

https://www.FB.com/groups/AlienWii/ Just do a bit of creative substitution