Category: Projects
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DIY camera slider with ESP32 and Arduino
If you go into the video production, even as simple as short videos for YouTube, you will discover that to shoot better B-rolls and add some dynamics to usually static shots (if you do not work with a real cameraman), one could use a camera slider! You can buy one. That is always an option.…
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QmuBeacon – ESP32 and LoRa based GPS recovery beacon and locator
Having a broken leg, limited mobility, and paid sick leave have some perks after all. I've finally found some free time to sit on the project I started, I think, two years ago: ESP32, LoRa based GPS beacon, and locator. You know, put it on an airplane and have a way to get the distance…
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Pirx Seven – The ultimate custom 7-inch FPV frame, part 1
Do you know this old saying “If you want something done right, do it yourself”? I do and sometimes I just live according to it. Not always, I’m not crazy, but at least from time to time! I fly 7-inch FPV drones a lot. To be honest, they are my favorite flying devices. There are…
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QmuBeacon – open-source Arduino GPS locator/beacon drone is now public
If too long didn’t watch: it’s a GPS equipped beacon/locator DIY system based on popular radio development boards compatible with Arduino: LoRa32u4 and ESP32 LORA32 working in 868/915MHz band using LoRa modulation. You put a beacon on anything you want to track: airplane, drone, car, boat, wife, husband and use Locator to get distance and…
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Dualcopters are the dead end of evolution
I’m done with coaxial dualcopters. It’s a dead end of evolution: loud, not efficient, hard to tune, hard to fly. If you still want to make one, here is my 3D printed dualcopter on Thingiverse. Maybe you will have more luck than me…
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Flying R2-D2 or SpaceX Falcon 9? Both – RC coaxial dualcopter
The second generation of my 3D printed coaxial dualcopter is here! And this time it works almost as I wanted. Just watch the video On the more technical details: It runs INAV 2.0 with a custom mixer Thrust and yaw control is provided by 2 counter rotating propellers Upper motor is 2205 2300KV with 5×4.5×3…
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3D Printed Tricopter, part 1
In the last two weeks, I had plenty of time to sit in front of Fusion 360 to design a few things, but no time to 3D print anything. As a result, I have a couple of almost ready projects. Yesterday I showed you 3D Printed Dualcopter Reloaded. Today I will show you 3D printed…
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3D Printed Dualcopter Reloaded #1
The first generation of my 3D Printed Dualcopter was not the best. It was flying. Somehow. Poorly. Crashed. But for a moment it was flying alright. I'm slowly designing the second generation of Dualcopter. This time smaller in scale since instead of 10-inch propellers, it will be using 5-inch ones. And smaller 2205 motors. And…
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ESP32 and GPS with a help of TinyGPS++ library
One of the first projects I did with ESP32 development boards is a simple GPS tracker. OK, it's not really a tracker since it does not store the position anywhere, more like distance meter with a UBLOX Neo-8M Beitian BN-880 GPS unit and small SSD1306 OLED display. This ESP32 GPS Thingy as I call it…