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ESP8266 ESP-01 Low Power Mode – run it for months
Amazing ESP8266 ESP-01 WiFi boards have pretty irritating problem: theirs power consumption is pretty high. Minimal power consumption of about 70mA when doing nothing and above 100mA when when transferring data makes it rather impossible to use it on battery power for a longer period of time. Set of 2 AA batteries would be drained…
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INAV 1.6: Fixed Wing PIFF Controller
Another new feature of upcoming INAV 1.6 (BTW, INAV 1.6 ALPHA-1 has just been released) is brand new PID controller for fixed wings. I repeat: this new controller is used only on fixed wings, multirotors are not affected. So, what is new about this new PID controller? First of all, it is no longer a…
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How to connect APM Power Meter to Cleanflight and INAV
This topic was eluding me for some time now. It’s time fix the problem and finally present a short tutorial how to connect 90A APM Power Meter for flight controller boards like Naza32, SP Racing F3 or any other running Cleanflight / Betaflight / INAV software and equipped with Current Meter ADC input. I will…
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Hands on: Eachine DIY Suitcase
I like to travel light. Also when going flying. This is why I’m not the biggest fan of all those metal or plastic suitcases. Not my style. I prefer a backpack, mini quadcopter attached on the outside of it, flying wing in one hand, travel chair in the second. Done. Sometimes suitcases becomes handy (after…
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INAV Configurator 1.6: Presets
Upcoming INAV 1.6, and INAV Configurator 1.6 will bring many important changes. I will try to cover most of them in a next few days, beginning with Presets. Because INAV can run very wide spectrum of aircrafts, it suffers a penalty of very general default values. Different frame sizes, propellers, multirotors, airplanes, flying wings. It…
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3D Printed 433MHz Moxon Antenna With Arm And Snap Mount
It’s still middle of winter here in northern hemisphere, but I’m slowly preparing for next flying season. One of my goals is to push my DIY HC-12 Telelemetry System to a next level. In both range and quality. For quality I’m planning small hardware LTM decoder with LCD. For range, I want to reach at…
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JavaScript PID controller
I suppose this is the first time programing topic came up on this blog. Probably not the last time, since this is what I do most of the time. While working on serial port usage balancing for INAV Configurator I’ve quite accidentally created a PID controller in JavaScript. Maybe it’s not the most advanced PID…
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Cleanflight, what is up with you?
Those are my personal thought on the topic. If you do not aggree, it is fine, I will not argue or discuss. You have a right you your oppinion, I have a right to mine… When I entered multirotor hobby about 2 years ago, Cleanflight was The Flight Controller software to get. OpenPilot was about…
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How-to: Eachine E010 Tiny Whoop
It’s not easy to fly FPV during winter weather. You either have to have weather proof quadcopter (airplane) or fly indoors. And it’s not simple to find a good, big and cheap place to fly FPV in. But, how about flying FPV in a living room?