A bunch of parts came in the mail the other day. I also just got news that the only remaining part on backorder (IMU 5DOF) shipped today! Looks like things are coming together. Below you can see the assembled protoshield where the sensors will be mounted. I also took some better pictures of the XBee [...]
Last Friday a lot of components came in the mail for the quadcopter. The first thing I did was assemble to XBee Shield Kit…and it turned out to be much more work than I thought! Click on any image below for a larger preview. Thanks to a helpful guide online the assembly was pretty straightforward, [...]
Parts have finally been ordered to begin the project! They should be arriving within the next week or two. Seeeduino – two more ‘Analog In’s than an Arduino Protoshield Kit XBee Shield Kit Turnigy Brushless Motors x4 Turnigy Brushless ESC x4 4000 mAh LiPoly Battery MikroKopter Frame EPP1045 Propellers IMU 5 Degrees of Freedom Dual [...]
In a moment of confusion, I downloaded the beta preview of Windows 7. Microsoft has been pretty cool about the whole process. At first, the demand was too high so they pulled the download to add more servers. My download of the entire OS took about 8 minutes. The most advanced operating system and mirror [...]