Recent content by Nick

Well no matter that I unplugged or plugged into the Phantom (GPS, compass, gimbal, camera) the hard reset and firmware upgrade always failed. Is there a better way besides a hard reset and using the DJI assistant to upgrade? Also, would the fact that I only have 3 of the 4 motors plugged in...

One last thing before I try to hard reset and re-upgrade, I am using a regular old cheap 3S 1800mAh LIPO instead of a Genuine DJI Intelligent Battery. Would this throw any errors or stop the phantom from upgrading?

Thanks for that firmware video, it gives me more things to investigate. Things that I realized from it: 1. After I upgraded the firmware I was greeted with a red flashing and beeping until I unplugged the battery. The video says that this means it failed to upgrade and requires a hard reset...

Noting on the first of the 2 videos you just posted, my phantom DOES make the beginning light sequence (Solid Red, green, yellow, red, green, yellow) for the 3 working motors and then NO lights after. Regarding the second video, I get no red lights even though both the gimbal and camera are...

I previously tried it without the GPS or compass but that was before I repaired 2 of the ESCs. I will try it again but unfortunately I won't get my hands on it till Monday because I'm going out of town for the weekend. I read somewhere that with the newer Firmware the Phantom won't work without...

Hello, I'm guessing the phantom in that video is of a previous model because my phantom has no center LED indicator. There is simply a micro usb plug in that place. I assume the single center LED on that model is reflected to the leds emitting from the ESCs on the arms. Flipping the switches...

Thanks but no thanks. I don't think a hammer can help in this situation.

Hello all, My Girlfriend's Dad's Friend's Phantom took a swim in the Gulf and didn't bring its floaties. After the salty abyss choked the life out of it, it was then given to my Girlfriend's Brother (who has a Phantom 3 standard) for "parts". To re-iterate this is a Phantom 2 Vision Plus. I...

Well to be honest I kinda gave up on using an Arduino because the coding was very hard and I simply didn't have the time. However I have basically all the code minus the PID algorithms that stabilize the quad. The code I have includes talking between the controller and quad with the RF modules...

Is this where I join the line? Do I need to take a number?

Have you tried adding a brick? Maybe 2 bricks? Just a suggestion :|

Sorry it took me so long to reply. This is all pure observation from looking at the code for like 5 mins (I'm at work at the moment). The ArduPilot code is very clean and unless you know exactly what you're doing I would use the provided UserCode.cpp and UserVariables.h and make sure to...

If you have extra room on your quad, by all means load it up with an Arduino. You could then easily make the ultrasonic senor trip the change for the flight mode. More Arduinos = More processing power. Good luck with programming the sensor and make sure to link a youtube video once you have it...

If the APM has extra pins to plug the sensors in I would just do all of the computing on the APM. Just take the output from the sensors and use that to add the adjustments needed to the roll pitch and yaw of the quad. If you have enough channels on your rx/tx, you should be able to assign the...

Yes, on the KK board the flight mode can be changed via the AUX port on it. Simply hook the signal wire for the AUX port to a digital pin on the Arduino. Then use the servo library to send the signal that changes the flight mode. Similarly, hook the signal wires from the roll, pitch, and yaw...