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Ardupilot mega 2.0 does drone autopilot on the cheap by ferujkll sdff
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[Credit: 3D Robotics] This one is for all those autonomous vehicle makers out there whoneed a cheap autopilot system to make it go. Among the bits ofawesome seen at the 2012 Bay Area Maker Faire , was the ArduPilot Mega 2.0 (APM2) from 3D Robotics , a complete open source autopilot system. The APM2 board is equipped with the MediaTek 3329 system on a chip, Dataflash (a serial interface for flash memory), a digital compass, amotion-tracking system, a barometric pressure sensor, and more. According to 3D Robotics , the APM2 can be used "to turn any fixed, rotary wing ormultirotor vehicle (even cars and boats) into a fully autonomousvehicle; capable of performing programmed GPS missions withwaypoints." This board is also compatible with the Arduino microcontroller , and we all know how much everyone loves Arduino! The APM2 willset you back $199.95, which is certainly not bad at all since othersystems like the GPS Module Shield for Arduino --which includes only the GPS module--will set you back $117. Foronly $82.95 more you get a whole lot more capability.
And manyhigher end autopilot systems will set you back thousands ofdollars, so this looks like it's great for hobbyists. Now the best part: You can use it with free open-source firmware available at DIYDrones . Want to automate a model plane? Use Arduplane . For a rotary-wing aircraft (toy copters, etc...), use the Arducopter , and for a ground or water vehicle, use ArduRover.
Not bad, eh? A word of warning: Don't just go and pick one of these up if you're not good with electronics . This is for the true DIYer, so you'll definitely need someunderstanding of microcontrollers, programming, and whatever it isthat you're trying to automate. But once you get there you'll beable to add autopilot to things like this sweet little UAV(pictured below)--which utilized the APM2--that the 3D Roboticsgroup had on display at Maker Faire: UAV made by 3D Robotics utilizing APM2 Follow James Mulroy on Twitter and on StumbleUpon to get the latest in microbe , dinosaur , and death ray news . Like this? You might also enjoy..
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