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Feb 22 15:21:11 <alexhiam> anyone heard from any of the beaglepilot folks this year?
Feb 22 15:38:37 <Abhishek_> vmayoral recently released a Pi-zero based autopilot board.
Feb 22 15:38:57 <Abhishek_> I assume their cape for the BBB is doing well as well.
Feb 22 15:39:26 <alexhiam> I was just seeing that on twitter
Feb 22 15:44:41 <alexhiam> Abhishek_: interesting, looks like they might have dropped the cape: http://erlerobotics.com/docs/Artificial_Brains_and_Autopilots/Autopilot_shields/PXF_2.html
Feb 22 15:44:49 <alexhiam> "The PXF is not commercially available anymore, refer to the new PXFmini"
Feb 22 15:45:50 <alexhiam> and it looks like there's an rpi in the erle-brain 2: https://erlerobotics.com/blog/product/erle-brain-v2/
Feb 22 15:50:08 <Abhishek_> I found this - https://github.com/mirkix/BBBMINI
Feb 22 15:51:21 <alexhiam> snazzy
Feb 22 15:51:38 <alexhiam> doesn't seem affiliated with erlebotics?
Feb 22 15:52:00 * alexhiam designed that orange proto cape :P
Feb 22 15:55:30 <Abhishek_> nope it isn't
Feb 22 15:55:45 <Abhishek_> However you'll find it on the Dronecode website
Feb 22 15:55:55 * Abhishek_ is building a quad as well
Feb 22 15:56:24 <Abhishek_> https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/8343761455988154113.jpg
Feb 22 15:58:28 <alexhiam> nice
Feb 22 15:58:51 <alexhiam> ardupilot?
Feb 22 15:59:23 <Abhishek_> No, cleanflight on a Naze32 controller
Feb 22 15:59:32 <Abhishek_> Might also try the BBBmini thing.
Feb 22 16:00:18 <Abhishek_> the flight controller is that small board beside the bottom left BLDC motor
Feb 22 16:03:15 <alexhiam> the bbb does seem on the heavy side
Feb 22 16:03:50 <Abhishek_> yeah, the entire setup is quite heavy
Feb 22 16:04:52 <Abhishek_> The assembled thing weighs 700q without batteries
Feb 22 16:05:53 <alexhiam> so what's the battery life gonna be?
Feb 22 16:05:54 <Abhishek_> with the battery I guess it'd weigh 1kg
Feb 22 16:06:12 <Abhishek_> I have a 3300mAh battery, not sure how long it'll last
Feb 22 16:06:28 <Abhishek_> 11.1V , 3300mAh that is.
Feb 22 16:06:46 <alexhiam> woah: http://www.ecalc.ch/xcoptercalc.php
Feb 22 16:07:47 <alexhiam> one of the projects I want to do with my MoonLander thingy (https://hackaday.io/project/9176-moonlander) is a micro-quadcopter
Feb 22 16:08:20 <alexhiam> I want to see what kind of autonomous control I can squeeze onto that
Feb 22 16:10:02 <alexhiam> anyone know the status of the beaglebone blue?
Feb 22 16:10:27 <Abhishek_> ask jkridner when he's online
Feb 22 16:11:01 <alexhiam> I suppose he'd probably have put it on the ideas page if it would be ready in time
Feb 22 16:12:05 <Abhishek_> the calculator seems to say at least 5-6 minutes
Feb 22 16:12:12 <alexhiam> though a general robotics related project could be cool, eg PRU stepper controller, etc
Feb 22 16:12:34 <alexhiam> lol, that's the thing that's keeping me from really getting into quads
Feb 22 16:12:34 <Abhishek_> ds2's general idea can be improved upon
Feb 22 16:12:53 <alexhiam> right
Feb 22 19:32:39 <nerdboy> there are lighter weight solutions than bbb w/cape and sensors
Feb 22 19:33:09 <nerdboy> although they would probably not do optical flow/stereo image processing
Feb 22 19:33:30 * nerdboy 's drone slides are about half done
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