Re: [beagleboard] Erle Robot - BeagleBone based drone

2013-12-05 Thread Maxim Podbereznyy
Victor, did you use the BeagleBone itself or redesigned it to fit the form-factor? 2013/12/5 Víctor MV v.mayor...@gmail.com Dear all, For the last year I've working in a project to make a *palm-size drone*. I wanted to come up with a robot that included a *general purpose OS*, enough

Re: [beagleboard] Erle Robot - BeagleBone based drone

2013-12-05 Thread Víctor MV
Maxim, I took the BeagleBone as a starting point and extended the layout to add the sensors and actuators needed so we used the BeagleBone itself. There's an additional boost converter from the LiPo battery to 5V which powers the USB Host line. This allows to use the USB Host when powered

Re: [beagleboard] Erle Robot - BeagleBone based drone

2013-12-05 Thread Maxim Podbereznyy
I ask because the BBW runs only 600 or 720MHz processor, but you write 1HGz which is used only at BBB. any photos and video at your site would be nice to see 2013/12/5 Víctor MV v.mayor...@gmail.com Maxim, I took the BeagleBone as a starting point and extended the layout to add the sensors

Re: [beagleboard] Erle Robot - BeagleBone based drone

2013-12-05 Thread Víctor MV
You're right about it. That should be changed. We are working on the videos and photos. Hopefully we will soon fix that. Thanks! El jueves, 5 de diciembre de 2013 11:08:49 UTC+1, lisarden escribió: I ask because the BBW runs only 600 or 720MHz processor, but you write 1HGz which is used only

Re: [beagleboard] Erle Robot - BeagleBone based drone

2013-12-05 Thread Víctor MV
Hi Philip, A 300 mAh battery is giving us about 10 minutes flight time. We are thinking about increasing the capacity of the battery. Personally i would like to reach 30 minutes of flight time. We are evaluating different brushless combinations of brushless motors/propellers/batteries. For

Re: [beagleboard] Erle Robot - BeagleBone based drone

2013-12-05 Thread Philip Polstra
You can do Xbee via a USB adapter, but I prefer to put it on a cape to make things lighter, simpler, and cheaper. For my purposes I like the Alfa wireless adapters because they support monitor mode and packet injection. For hacking the small adapters tend to have bad performance since they are

Re: [beagleboard] Erle Robot - BeagleBone based drone

2013-12-05 Thread Don deJuan
I second the Alfa adapter recommendation On 12/05/2013 07:07 AM, Philip Polstra wrote: You can do Xbee via a USB adapter, but I prefer to put it on a cape to make things lighter, simpler, and cheaper. For my purposes I like the Alfa wireless adapters because they support monitor mode and

Re: [beagleboard] Erle Robot - BeagleBone based drone

2013-12-05 Thread Víctor MV
We haven't tested it outside yet. I like your suggestions. We will explore this path but creating a cape is not our priority for now. -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups BeagleBoard group. To

Re: [beagleboard] Erle Robot - BeagleBone based drone

2013-12-05 Thread Jason Kridner
This sounds like a great project. Can't wait to get my hands on one. On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Víctor MV v.mayor...@gmail.com wrote: We haven't tested it outside yet. I like your suggestions. We will explore this path but creating a cape is not our priority for now. -- For more