Gluonpilot

Hi Tom,

Approximately, when do you estimate you will have stock again? Are we still aiming for December?
I want to start putting things together in January so I have something ready for the spring.

Thanks!

Olivier

Hello Olivier,

Yes we are still aiming for december. Planning:
- Prototype expected in 2 weeks (begin december)
- Testing: 1 weekend
- New batch available end of december.

Of course I can not 100% guarantee this, because it depends on (1) correct functioning of the prototype and (2) the assembler.

If in the very worst case this scheduele can not be met than I will let you know. In this case
- You can get one from lipoly: http://www.lipoly.de/index.php?main_pag ... ullbbuh7s2
- In the worst case I can give you one of my modules intended for my personal use

Tom, can you share some details how will this prototype look?
What changes have been made comparing to already available?

Only small changes. I'll finish the PCB this weekend so I'll see what else I can squeeze in the small PCB board.
Changes that are sure:
- 5V PWM outputs instead of 3V3 (was a problem for some chinese ESC's)
- 1 extra PWM input
- ISZ500 gyro instead of ADXRS613
- 3 different kinds of GPS connectors will be supported (header for Locosys, EB-85 and EM-406 connectors)

Thinks I'm looking at:
- Extra PWM output
- Extra analog input

Thing I have the hardware ready to develop (as add-on module):
- Differential pressure sensor for pitot tube using I2C
- OSD that is controlled over SPI
- Magnetometer for heading hold on quadrocopters using I2C

Now all I need is the time to write the code

Hi Tom,
I can wait for the new board no problem. I like the idea of the IDG 500 gyro, I think the overall performance will be improved, also, the additional inputs are worth the wait.
Thanks for the update.

Olivier.

Tom wrote:Hello Olivier,

Yes we are still aiming for december. Planning:
- Prototype expected in 2 weeks (begin december)
- Testing: 1 weekend
- New batch available end of december.

Of course I can not 100% guarantee this, because it depends on (1) correct functioning of the prototype and (2) the assembler.

If in the very worst case this scheduele can not be met than I will let you know. In this case
- You can get one from lipoly: http://www.lipoly.de/index.php?main_pag ... ullbbuh7s2
- In the worst case I can give you one of my modules intended for my personal use

Hi,tom.

I didn't mutch opportunity to test the board on my Quad copter.

But I would like to make a suggestion . I see that a magnometer and other periferals will be used on the i2c bus n° 1 . But as I would like to write a library to use the Mikrokopter i2c esc on the gluon could you consider to extract the i2c bus n°2 on some pins so it would be possible to use a dedicated for all the motor from a quad / oKto etc ...

An so the other one would be used only for sensors .

By the way has somebody already a code for that ?

Thanks

Alexandra

Hi Alexandra,

Thanks for your input. I hope in the future to include a magnetometer on the board, and connected to a separate I2C bus.

For the mikrocopter I2C ESC there is not yet code available for it on the gluonpilot (as far as I know).
For the magnetometer, Mitch wrote code for that. It only needs to be integrated into the gluonpilot: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=16

I hope to write I2C code for the HMC5842 this month. I guess it will be mostly similar to the HMC5843.