Re: [Paparazzi-devel] Some advises on receiver + infrared?

[Christoph Niemann]

Hi,

you asked if you where "missing" something:
I wasn't able to read that you also purchased a telemetry link. Perhaps you forgot to write it, but don't forget to buy it :-)

Cheers

Christoph

> Am 18.01.2011 11:04 schrieb "Christian Merfels" <address@hidden>:
>
> Hi all,
>
> if you remember we are the group of undergrade students from France
> building a drone for a project. Our current status is, that we received
> a Tiny2.11 and a PPM encoder board from PPZUAV as a generous offering
> (in return for stickers on the plane) and that we assembled the plane.
> Currently, the weather is rather cold and foggy so we'll wait some time
> before learning how to fly the plane (at first without Paparazzi, then
> make some tests on the ground with Paparazzi, then with Paparazzi).
>
> Well, we are still missing infrared sensors and another receiver (which
> we can manipulate as the one we are using right now doesn't belong to us).
>
> For the receiver:
> - we are using a radio control which works at 2.4Ghz
> - the current receiver is "Futaba FASST 7-channel receiver"
> - we thought about buying a new one of this type, because there we can
> be sure that they (control + receiver) work nicely together. The
> decision to buy a new one is due to the fact that in the wiki a
> procedure of solding is described, and we are not allowed to make
> permanent changes to our current receiver (question: could we avoid
> making permanent changes to it with the help of the PPM encoder board?)
>
> For the infrared sensors:
> - which one to take? Which works flawlessly with the Tiny2.11? I didn't
> really find any modell number or something, nor any vendor??
>
>
> Are we missing anything else?
>
> Thanks for any help, we really appreciate it.
>
> Best regards,
> Christian
>
> p.s.: an official "thank you" to David Conger :-)
>
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