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Flight Controller Shield for an Arduino Mega

Posted on January 9, 2015 16:42 by Experimentaltechnik Comment

Here is part 3 of my homemade quadcopter series. I`m making the flight controller shield with a protoshield and the 10 dof IMU the GY-80. It would be easier to buy a complete flight controller with integrated IMU, but I already have the Sainsmart Mega and the IMU and I know how they work and that they work, so I decided to use them. The advantage of making a shield is that I can try different IMUs if I want, and it`s easy to add other components like LEDs or ultrasonic senosrs to the pins of the Arduino Mega. The disadvantage is the higher weight and the time that it takes to make the shield.
In the last part of the video I test it with the Multiwii software.

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Quadcopter Multiwii Settings for an Arduino Mega with IMU

Posted on January 4, 2015 04:28 by Experimentaltechnik Comment

The multiwii code is very large and can be quiet overwhelming at the beginning(at least for me it was), but once you know that all the important settings are made on the config.h tab it becomes more overseeable. In the following I show the settings that I have chosen so far. Here is the video in which I tested them: http://youtu.be/ad5JCKX0C40
I can`t guarantee that the quadcopter will fly with them, because I didn`t try it yet. When I change something I will update this page.

(Click on the pictures to enlarge them.)

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Homemade Quadcopter – part 2: Making the Frame [How to]

Posted on December 11, 2014 22:23 by Experimentaltechnik Comment

Here is the video of how I made my quadcopter frame. It consists of 4mm laminated birch wood for the centerplates and 10mm Aluminium square pipes for the arms. With 240g it won`t win the price for the lightest frame, but it is stable, relatively simple to make and it is possible to upgrade to stronger motors in the future.

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Homemade Quadcopter – part 1: Project Start

Posted on October 20, 2014 22:17 by Experimentaltechnik Comment

So I finally have all the important parts together and can build my quadrocopter. Here is the first video in which I give an overview about them and explain the basic concept. There will be more, in the next video I will show how I make the frame.

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