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Discussion in '* Scratch Built Section *' started by firetrappe, Jan 27, 2011.

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  1. janbjorn

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    Things are moving on my build now. Have got the board milled and soldered the arduino and Wii Motion Plus. I kept the connector on the WMP because of testing purposes (as described above). I havent loaded the arduino with any SW yet, but that will probably be done tonight.

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  2. firetrappe

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    Looking good Jan :good:

    It appears that you have more pin-headers on your board than I have. Have you included headers for camera stabilization too?

    Si.
     
    firetrappe, Feb 7, 2011
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  3. janbjorn

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    Yes, the leftmost headers are for camera pitch and roll stabilization. It is Ilmar's desing on the break out board. It also has a couple of LED's, battery voltage measurement and a low battery warning buzzer
     
    janbjorn, Feb 7, 2011
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    This is great stuff Jan! Your idea for a plug in board for the arduino and Wii looks like it would be a very inexpensive board to make especially since it has no real components, just holes and traces for lining up pre made boards like the arduino and Wii! :D
    I was checking around and it looks like you could easily develop these professionally. There are a lot of places that can do this for your ideas and it seems pretty simple. Gives me a lot of ideas! :D
    If you can design and layout the PCB you would submit it to one of the following fab houses to have it made.

    ExpressPCB - Free PCB layout software - Low cost circuit boards - Top quality PCB manufacturing
    http://www.expresspcb.com/ExpressPCBHtm/Specs.htm
    Quality Sunstone PCB Printed Circuit Boards | Sunstone.com
    http://www.sunstone.com/
    PCB Order | DorkbotPDX
    http://dorkbotpdx.org/wiki/pcb_order
    BatchPCB Products
    http://batchpcb.com/index.php/Products
    PCBWING.com PCB Manufacturer, Quick Turn High Quality Printed Circuit Board Discount,
    http://www.pcbwing.com/
    Online quote and order and get them delivered!
    (plenty of others -- Google)
    Some of the ones above even supply the software needed to design the board and the silk screen layout.
    Check out this guys blog, he is using a program called Eagle and it seems to be the standard out there.
    http://www.neufeld.newton.ks.us/electronics/?p=33

    Hope this helps and good luck with this cool project
    Mark and Trish Attached files [​IMG]
     
    kram242, Feb 13, 2011
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  5. blindflight

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    This is going to be great guys!!! :good:
     
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  6. firetrappe

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    Jan, thanks for confirming the extra headers, looking forward to seeing your completed copter.

    Mark, there are quite a few professional boards already being produced, it's much easier than I expected it to be. I received 2 MultiWii board kits from one of the guys on RCG last week for $30 shipped : http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1347925 These boards were developed with Eagle and produced by Seeed Studio http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/page.html?id=3
    There is also a collaboration on RCG which is developing a multicopter 'sensor board' for the Arduino platform using the same development and prototyping methods http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1358869

    In other news.....

    We had a little 'family outing' yesterday so I took the copter along to amuse the kids. I made a little foam 'hat' for my quad in the week so that I could mount a cheap camera and try some aerial video. It was the first time flying it in an open space and not ideal conditions on top of a hill with 12mph winds, the video came out better than i'd expected though.


    Si.
     
    firetrappe, Feb 13, 2011
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  7. Crash

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    Si, for the size that little bugger is, you did an outstanding job navigating it around in that wind! The video is excellent, too, bud. I will have my Tri up tomorrow and hopefully I can figure out tuning the PID's on short order. The cool thing about the board that I have is that it can be set up to run any multirotor design (Tri, Quad, Hex, Octo...), so I am already thinking that I will embark on a quad as soon as I get the Tri all worked up.

    Might I trouble you for some specifics of yours, like motors, ESC's, props, and battery used?
     
    Crash, Feb 15, 2011
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  8. blindflight

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    Now were talking !! This is some good stuff.... :doubleup:
     
    blindflight, Feb 22, 2011
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