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We received the ArduPilot board last week, and now we're getting ready to start getting going with it. We bought the assembled and tested system from
uDrones. They're providing a great service by providing assembled and tested boards, as well as selling RTF quadcopters as well. There's a nice writeup on what they're doing on
diydrones.
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Here is what we ordered from uDrones. The assembled and tested price includes the Ardupilot, IMU, and MediaTek GPS. There's an optional GPS upgrade from MediaTek to U-blox. The magnetometer is optional; you'll need it for any copter configuration.
- Ardupilot Mega 1.4. This is the red board. It's a custom Arduino-based board. A separate coprocessor handles PPM (radio control) decoding.
- IMU/Oilpan Board. This is the blue board. It came from uDrones attached to the Ardupilot. It holds the gyros, accelerometers, pressure sensor, magnetometer input, etc.
- MediaTek MT3329 GPS: 10Hz + Adapter Basic. This is the cheaper GPS option when buying from uDrones. It's the recommended standard unit.
- HMC584 Triple Axis Magnetometer: Rev 1.1. This is most important for multicopters.
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Weights for each of the units are as follows:
- ArduPilot + IMU/Oilpan: 395 grams
- MediaTech GPS: 74 grams
- HMC584 Magnetometer: 22 grams
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We received the unit pre-flashed for the X-quadcopter but we'll be downloading our own builds.
Lots more details to come as we start assembling and testing the quad and fixed wing versions.
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