[Canberrauav] SkyWalker with pandaboard all setup tridge at samba.org tridge at samba.org Thu Apr 28 19:45:19 EST 2011 Thanks to everyone who helped with my SkyWalker build last night at the space! I received the remaining parts I needed today, and I've finished the build. It now has: - a separate BEC (a castle creations 10A) for powering the pandaboard - the BEC also separately powers the USB hub, via a Y connector, which fixed the problem with powering the camera - a deans Y connector between the main switch, the BEC and the main ESC, so both are powered from the two batteries (which are wired in parallel with another deans Y connector) - better USB cables, and better servo extender cables (cables aren't stretched) - ESC and BEC attached to the rear compartment walls with velcro (to prevent the hot parts touching the other electronics) - re-oriented the electronics so that all USB ports, the ethernet port and the panda power connector are accessible from the top of the plane, as is the SSD - added magnetometer I've also tested the new transmitter module, and setup the failsafe in the receiver for stabilise mode, zero throttle. So we should be good to go for the weekend! Cheers, Tridge
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