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    This site is dedicated to the design and construction of the AeroQuad, a remote controlled four rotor helicopter, also known as a quadrocopter. The parts list, frame construction and instructions on building the flight board are available here. The AeroQuad is a quadrocopter design that uses the Arduino (Mega or Duemilanove with 328P) microcontroller as the flight control board. This is the older brother to the original MikroQuad.




    Current Features
    • Gyro stabilized flight with separate PID loops for roll, pitch and yaw axes
    • PWM update rates to ESC's increased to 400 Hz
    • Single pole low pass filter implementation for reducing sensor noise
    • Improved calibration process for gyros and accelerometers
    • Additional user defined values able to be saved to EEPROM
    • Code restructured to allow for easier user modification
    • XBee for long distance communication
    • Capability to fly in + or x mode
    • Windows configuration application
      • Realtime graphs of flight data
      • GUI for configuration of PID and other flight parameters
    Planned Features
    • "Hands Free" Auto level flight utilizing low cost 6DOF IMU
    • 3 axis magnetometer for heading hold capability
    • GPS for transmission of location and determination of altitude
    • Custom shield for On Screen Display of live video
    • Voltage detection/warning of battery level
    • Customizable flight LED display pattern

    Recent Forum Posts Recent Forum Posts

    Looks stable enough! Seems the dampers were doing their work.

    Any idea to use the same principle on smaller boards (I'm thinking Pro Mini/Wii Motion plus - 15g? compared to Duemilanove - 50g?)?
    I... Go to last post

    Honk On 07-31-2010

    Vibration damper

    FC = flight control (board)

    Test motors by putting the 3 wire ESC connector straight into the receiver and follow manufacturer's instructions to calibrate the ESC's one by one following their... Go to last post

    Honk On 07-31-2010

    Quadcopter project

    Ok, Douglas I get your point now. I don't have any trouble reading the WMP and Nunchuk fortunately with the original sensors (I think Lamarche and the ones originally did this had originals) but I... Go to last post

    Honk On 07-31-2010

    Low cost 6DOF for this project

    What do you mean by FC? I understand how to connect the wires except for the controler portion. I'm not sure how to test each individual motor without downloading a test program to the board. Go to last post

    Batman On 07-30-2010

    Quadcopter project

    That's link has pretty good explanation of a one-dimensional first-order comp filter.

    Now, throw in the 3rd dimension:
    http://www.freescale.com/files/sensors/doc/app_note/AN3461.pdf, page 4
    ... Go to last post

    RoyLB On 07-30-2010

    IMU question

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