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QuadMeUp Crossbow LRS: introduction
Few days ago I mentioned that I'm working on my own DIY long range radio system (LRS) that I named QuadMeUp Crossbow LRS. Today I will share some more details about it. First of all, I'm not creating anything new or "amazing". There are plenty of "DIY" or OpenSource LRS systems. OpenLRS for example. Or…
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Generate S.Bus with Arduino in a simple way
Did you noticed that lately I write about radios quite often? Well, I do and it’s not a coincidence. Proper introduction for what I’m working on will happen in a next few days, but now I will only write that this will be a mid-range, cheap, DIY radio link for UAVs. By mid-range I mean…
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E45-TTL-100 not transmitting when connected to Arduino
While working on one of my project involving Arduino and E45-TTL-100 LoRa 868MHz radio modules, I’ve discovered that it is not working exactly like expected. Documentation states: (…) When the data inputted by user is up to 58 byte, the module will start wireless transmission (…)(…) When the required transmission bytes is less than 58…
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Project Dualcopter – worklog #3
It's been exactly one year since my last update on Project Dualcopter. On 20th of October 2016 I've posted that there was a progress. Now, 12 months later, I once gain report, that there was a progress…. That was slow…. I've finally installed control surfaces and servos I've finally decided where LiPo will go: to…
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INAV 1.8 Release Incoming! New Features & Improvements
Next release of INAV, navigation enabled flight controller software, is almost here. INAV 1.8 RC1 has been released just 2 days ago. List of changes is rather long, so here is shortened version with the most important things:
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Wind your own motors? Will they burn or work?
Half a year after first tries (failed) to wind a DIY motor from Banggood (it’s not in offer any more BTW) I gave it another try. This time, with new tricks in my sleeve and new ESC. It ended up, well, watch the video…
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E45-TTL-100 Configuration Tool for Linux
This will be fairly short entry. Do you know what E45-TTL-100 LoRa wireless serial modules were missing? They were missing configuration tool for other platforms than Windows. And even on Windows it had some minor problems. Luckily, this has changed only a few hours ago. Stronnag, the man behind mwptools mission planner and tools for…
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Toy Stirling engine = best toy ever and best Christmas gift?
How is it until Christmas? 2 months and something. Pretty close. And like every year there will be problem: what to buy someone who has everything? Tough one, right? Sweater? Socks? Toy Stirling engine? I vote for Stirling engine for sure. There is only one precondition: recipient has to like mechanics 🙂 I’ve tested the…
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And the most popular flight controller for INAV is… (August 2017 edition)
More than 2 months after previous “What it the most popular flight controller for INAV“, welcome to second edition. I mportant, this is not the number of boards flashed with INAV, but rather number of times a board was connected to Configurator! This counts TARGET software name, not retail name. For example, all clones of…