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Ian does the timer count all the time or only when throttle is applied? For a quad it doesn't matter but for a plane, especially gliders it could help in estimating when to land. Might be cool if it would be configurable via a #define or a lcd menu.
Also for me personally it would be interesting to use the viewing hat for pan and tilt of a cam on a plane.. |
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New version uploaded, see download link in Post #1. I have added an inhibit for the timer so that it'll pause counting when the throttle is below 1%. You can turn this inhibit on/off on the timer screen on the Lcd (see piccy on post #1). The pan & tilt functions, although I haven't implemented it yet I've made space so that it can added fairly easily. Ian. |
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Pan & Tilt using the Top Hat has now been added to control the 2off Aux Pot outputs. Choose Top Hat control between TRIM or PAN&TILT using the LCD. Also note that by setting the trigger or thumb switch modes to 50% means you can centre your camera immediately. Note: Using the LCD you can also re-arrange the PPM output channels so these two outputs can be assigned to any channel. I have also optimized the LCD a bit, down from 18 different screens to 13 which means less scrolling back and forth. I have added a setting in the source "int InvertPPM = 0;" which can be used to invert the PPM output which is necessary for some transmitters. "0" = non-invert, "1" = invert. Unfortunately, I will not be coding these mods back onto the non-usb version.........it's just far too much work. Ian. |
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Nice work again Ian!
I visited your first thread weeks ago and plan on creating it but will just connect the joystick through USB, and just when I was to recheck the thread to begin planning my build, you posted the USB version! Just simply awesome! Thanks! |
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So is the non-USB version dead, as far as you're concerned? I am interested in a system that will work with a USB joystick eventually, but for now, I'm looking for something that's all hard-wired with small joysticks and a bunch of buttons and knobs put into a Pelican case. So if you're done with the non-USB version, do you mind if I just take what you've got, host it elsewhere and proceed to modify it as I need? Full attribution for your excellent work of course. I'll have to do a lot of work, but it's a good base to get me started. It might be easier for both of us if I simply fork-off and go my own way. As for the USB version, how did you figure out how to "talk" to the USB joystick? I know you're using a USB host shield, but I'm curious about the nuts and bolts of it. In the future, I'd like to try that, but with a different joystick. |
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The USB Host Shield came with libraries and sample code, including demo .pde files for this particular joystick.......and I just happened to have 2off them. Ian. |
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Ok, because the Joystick I wanted to use is this one if I went the USB route:
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...4337&CatId=141 So I'd probably be SOL? Or is there a way to figure out the drivers? Yeah, absolutely you'll remain as the originator. This actually make it much easier for me to do what I need because I won't need a ton of #defines. I'll let you know where I get it set up so you can keep tabs if you want. |
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