CCTronics: when Navio+ meets ROS and QT5

Introduction: In robotics and industrial application, data sharing and code reuse are important keys of success. Many efforts have been made by academic researchers to improve Robotic Operating System (ROS) functionalities to extend this middleware beyond its data sharing capability. The result can be appreciated by all the people who have the patience to compile a version and […]

Raspberry + QEMU – Bash scripts to manage Virtual and SDCard OS images

Introduction: Raspberry Pi is a very popular development platform based on ARM processors. Recently a fantastic IMU/GPS combo shield was released for such platform by EMLID. While source code of several components is available by their git-hub, additional software components (for example ROS) could be interesting to develop your robotic application… As first step, to get confident with the Raspberry […]

FlyMaple: Low Level Control and Data Acquisition

  Flymaple is a controller board, based on the Maple Project. The FlyMaple embeds a M32F103RET6 (ARM Cortex-M3) as it’s main MCU. It integrates a 3-Axis accelerometer,a 3-Axis gyroscope,a 3-Axis compass and a barometric pressure sensor. By using the 10 dgrees of freedom IMUs and powerful 72MHz high-performation microcontroller, flymaple is powerful enough to handle […]

Spektrum DX6i: the new RC receiver

The 6Channel Spektrum DX6i was acquired and it will be used for successive tests.         Specification: Full-range 2.4GHz DSMX® 6-channel radio 10-model memory ModelMatch™ technology ServoSync™ technology Roller/selector user interface Attractive and ergonomic design Proven DSMX technology Rudder dual rate Large LCD display Integrated timer Contrast adjustment Dual-speed trim scroll Model name […]