On Fri, 20 May 2011 16:46:33 -0500, Curtis wrote in message <banlktin6zx2k0yg-xktft9mp3mn-8pd...@mail.gmail.com>:
> Hi Victhor, > > Thanks for the offer to help test. We'll have to see how (and if?) > this project shapes up and whether we end up going down the ios path > or the android path or as someone else suggested, attempt to find a > way to support both. I have an android phone myself, but everyone > else involved in this UAS project is mac so I'll probably get out > voted. :-) > > Curt. > ..add me to the Android vote. ;o) > On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 5:06 PM, Victhor <victhor.fos...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > I currently am in possession of a ARM Cortex-A8 development board, > > complete with graphics processor(PowerVR SGX) and Android support. > > If you need any hardware to test software on, I'll be willing to > > help. It has a screen, though pretty low res(480x272), and the LCD > > interface got a small issue, but I'll fix this very soon. It also > > has only 256 MB of RAM. > > > On Wednesday, May 18, 2011 03:12:24 PM Curtis Olson wrote: > > > > On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 1:58 PM, Claus Christmann > > > > <h...@gatech.edu> > > wrote: > > > > > Have you looked at the "ground control station" for the > > > > > Parrot AR > > Drone? > > > > > http://youtu.be/wtlp7jwvkd4 > > > > > > > > The Parrot AR drone is a cool product, but that's a proprietary > > > > system, right? In our case we would have significantly > > > > different design and > > usage > > > > goals compared to the parrot drone, but certainly we would need > > > > to accomplish many of the same technical hurdles. > > > > > > > > Our drone flies well beyond wifi range. We are primarily > > > > focused on outdoor use. The parrot AR drone (as best as I can > > > > tell from the > > videos > > > > I've seen) is primarily a remote piloted vehicle -- with > > > > computer stabilization. It probably wouldn't take much to make > > > > it fully autonomous, but that's not the primary usage that I've > > > > seen. > > (Interactive > > > > real/VR blended dog fights.) > > > > > > > > Curt. > > > > > > Hi Curt, > > > > > > you are right in all of your points. I was just wondering if you > > > simply > > looked > > > at their software SDK (for a GCS). AFAIK their GCS is iPhone > > > only, but > > some > > > people have compiled it for Android. So maybe those guys could > > > give you a > > hand > > > for your GCS system. > > > > > > http://www.shellware.com/BlogEngine.Web/page/ARPro-for-Android.aspx > > > is > > one > > > example of an Android GCS for the Parrot.AR > > > > > > Good Luck, > > > > > > Claus > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > What Every C/C++ and Fortran developer Should Know! > > Read this article and learn how Intel has extended the reach of its > > next-generation tools to help Windows* and Linux* C/C++ and Fortran > > developers boost performance applications - including clusters. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay > > _______________________________________________ > > Flightgear-devel mailing list > > Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel > > > > > -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What Every C/C++ and Fortran developer Should Know! Read this article and learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools to help Windows* and Linux* C/C++ and Fortran developers boost performance applications - including clusters. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel