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by Iksbob
Sat Nov 12, 2016 1:31 pm
Forum: er9x
Topic: Stock/er9x Rotary Encoder
Replies: 162
Views: 97169

Re: Stock/er9x Rotary Encoder

Using a test meter measure the voltage on the connection on the Arduino. To expand on that: Get a multimeter, preferably a digital one. Harbor Freight (a bargain tool store in the US) sells them for less than $10, so hunt around a little and you should be able to find something affordable. Plug the...
by Iksbob
Thu Jun 18, 2015 1:42 pm
Forum: Electronic Mods
Topic: Miniature joystick for camera
Replies: 45
Views: 51834

Re: Miniature joystick for camera

Maxxheadroom wrote:I just came across this one, I think I may order one and give it a shot in my 9XR
I have a couple of the 3-axis versions of those sticks... they're really not much smaller than the stock sticks.
by Iksbob
Fri May 01, 2015 12:39 am
Forum: Electronic Mods
Topic: Miniature joystick for camera
Replies: 45
Views: 51834

Re: Miniature joystick for camera

Calamari wrote:I was looking at these joysticks...
If you want to spend $100+ per stick, sure there's lots of nice industrial options out there.
by Iksbob
Tue Sep 30, 2014 10:41 pm
Forum: erskyTx (was ersky9x)
Topic: Sky9x Rotary Encoder Option
Replies: 442
Views: 269761

Re: Sky9x Rotary Encoder Option

Also the top right pad of the top switch. Yes, the encoder board design needs two jumpers (or a tweak to the etch resist) to be used with the Sky9X.
by Iksbob
Tue Sep 30, 2014 6:44 pm
Forum: erskyTx (was ersky9x)
Topic: Sky9x Rotary Encoder Option
Replies: 442
Views: 269761

Re: Sky9x Rotary Encoder Option

Does anyone have an Eagle file for these Rotary encoder PCBs or a direct scan to scale? Alright, version 2 and I learned a neat trick along the way: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/9882625/version2_0578.jpg Though the ground plane doesn't like to stay put when saved and re-opened... It turns back into a p...
by Iksbob
Thu Aug 14, 2014 3:55 pm
Forum: FRSky Horus radio
Topic: FrSky Tx (X12D)
Replies: 263
Views: 395597

Re: FrSky Tx (X12D)

I remember people were already complaining a few years ago that the radios were difficult to understand, and this was years before the open source firmware.. People always complained, complain now, and will complain in the future, no matter what the radio firmware is or does. Exactly. People don't ...
by Iksbob
Tue Aug 12, 2014 8:35 pm
Forum: FRSky Horus radio
Topic: FrSky Tx (X12D)
Replies: 263
Views: 395597

Re: FrSky Tx (X12D)

Scott Page wrote:http://bit.ly/1kY38KI
I always cross my fingers and cringe when clicking those obfuscated links.
by Iksbob
Sun Jul 20, 2014 2:05 pm
Forum: er9x
Topic: PPm Output problem
Replies: 9
Views: 5968

Re: PPm Output problem

MikeB wrote:Good description, unfortunately you have pins 9 and 10 swapped in their function.
Oops, yep... Thats what I get for poking around on a wiring diagram at 2am.
by Iksbob
Sun Jul 20, 2014 7:14 am
Forum: er9x
Topic: PPm Output problem
Replies: 9
Views: 5968

Re: PPm Output problem

i still don't understand diffirence between pin 9 and 10 ,although both create signal PPM Pin 10 is connected to the transmitter module, as well as the 4066 circuit. Pin 9 goes only to the 4066 circuit. The 4066 circuit controls whether the trainer jack (the headphone-style jack on the back of the ...
by Iksbob
Mon Mar 24, 2014 10:07 pm
Forum: er9x
Topic: PXX work
Replies: 229
Views: 165346

Re: PXX work

Kilrah wrote:which is why I corrected
I wasn't objecting to your correction - simply elaborating on the difference for the sake of anyone that needed elaboration. :)
by Iksbob
Mon Mar 24, 2014 2:03 pm
Forum: er9x
Topic: PXX work
Replies: 229
Views: 165346

Re: PXX work

Refresh rate ... Which affects latency. Latency is the time delay between moving a stick on the controller, and the corresponding servo(s) moving on the model... End-to-end lag. Refresh rate is how often updated channel-state information is sent from the transmitter CPU to the receiver CPU over the...
by Iksbob
Sun Dec 01, 2013 8:51 pm
Forum: Electronic Mods
Topic: Miniature joystick for camera
Replies: 45
Views: 51834

Re: Miniature joystick for camera

Yeah, the PSP thumb slide stick doesn't center very well. I suppose the centering spring isn't enough to overcome friction at stick center. I had to program a pretty wide dead-band on my gimbal control mixes. I wonder if the PS Vita stick is any better.
by Iksbob
Sat Nov 16, 2013 4:40 am
Forum: er9x
Topic: er9x development
Replies: 3179
Views: 1389905

Re: er9x development

Ah, ok. How about skip the on/off setting, and use the single eeprom bit you save as part of the decimal value? Values of 0-31 would come out to 0-6.2 seconds in 0.2 second increments. You would get the greater resolution as well as extend the functional range. Perhaps even make it an exponential fu...
by Iksbob
Fri Nov 15, 2013 10:52 pm
Forum: er9x
Topic: er9x development
Replies: 3179
Views: 1389905

Re: er9x development

Or perhaps rather than mysterious integer values, you could use decimal values that correspond to standard measurable quantities, i.e. seconds per full swing.
by Iksbob
Thu Oct 31, 2013 7:06 pm
Forum: er9x
Topic: er9x development
Replies: 3179
Views: 1389905

Re: er9x development

jhsa wrote:Who said that the 9x is dead? ;)
It's been turned into an open-source project. It will never truly die.
by Iksbob
Thu Oct 31, 2013 6:39 pm
Forum: er9x
Topic: er9x development
Replies: 3179
Views: 1389905

Re: er9x development

Sounds good. As another example of possible telemetry mix uses, I had a fixed-pitch blade 120 SR heli (not that telemetry would be an option in this case - i'm using it as a functional example) that needed yaw (rudder) trim as the battery ran down. While that's probably an engineering issue with the...
by Iksbob
Fri Oct 18, 2013 9:00 pm
Forum: er9x
Topic: er9x development
Replies: 3179
Views: 1389905

Re: er9x development

Did discover that adjusting the weight of the throttle mix down beyond 60 while the model was active but idle on the ground caused the rotors to suddenly start spinning up Yeah, I think that's what it's supposed to do. -100 on the throttle stick -> scaled to 60% by the mix -> -60 applied to the thr...
by Iksbob
Sat Oct 12, 2013 3:31 am
Forum: er9x
Topic: er9x development
Replies: 3179
Views: 1389905

Re: er9x development

'model matching' Indeed, though ModelMatch is a Spektrum/Horizon Hobby trademark. While the term seems a bit dubious as a trademark, it's probably wise to avoid potential legal headaches by using something else. For irony's sake, the term should be equally obvious and plain-english-descriptive. Rec...
by Iksbob
Sat Oct 12, 2013 1:35 am
Forum: er9x
Topic: er9x development
Replies: 3179
Views: 1389905

Re: er9x development

That's because it isn't a two-way link. er9x spits out a PPM stream and assumes something is there to listen to it. In the case of R/C, it's a transmitter module. The module is never told which receiver/model it's trying to control - it broadcasts the PPM data along with a transmitter identifier. Th...
by Iksbob
Thu Oct 10, 2013 5:47 am
Forum: er9x
Topic: er9x development
Replies: 3179
Views: 1389905

Re: er9x development

I'm not familiar with heli programming, what is the right stick up/down supposed to do? If you're on mode 2, it would be cyclic pitch (same action as elevator on a fixed-wing). Left/right on the right stick is cyclic roll (same action as ailerons), left/right on the left stick is yaw (tail rotor bl...
by Iksbob
Wed Sep 11, 2013 1:51 pm
Forum: er9x
Topic: PXX work
Replies: 229
Views: 165346

Re: PXX work

MikeB wrote:The benefits of PXX only really apply if you use the XJT module with the X8R receiver(s). With 'D' series receivers there is no gain.
So is there no latency advantage with D receivers?
by Iksbob
Tue Sep 10, 2013 5:04 pm
Forum: FrSky Taranis radio
Topic: Taranis and Haptic feedback
Replies: 27
Views: 14369

Re: Taranis and Haptic feedback

I recall someone telling me that the Taranis processor has an unused serial port for just such expansions. Toss a DIP form factor Arduino in there, and you've got gobs of expansion possibilities. Use a pin for haptic, 3 for RGB backlight, an alert flasher LED, whatever. The Arduino (or some other SO...
by Iksbob
Fri Aug 30, 2013 6:27 pm
Forum: er9x
Topic: PXX work
Replies: 229
Views: 165346

Re: PXX work

Any news here re: PXX? I upgraded to digital servos on my heli, put the receiver in HS mode but then realized that the link between the DJT and radio is still PPM... Eliminating any latency benefit from higher refresh rates between the RX and servos. I see there's a new(er) firmware file out for the...
by Iksbob
Wed Aug 28, 2013 9:37 pm
Forum: FrSky Taranis radio
Topic: FrSky officially X9D announcement
Replies: 170
Views: 81005

Re: FrSky officially X9D announcement

I could see that on the FrSky module, but that's not what we're talking about AFAIK.
by Iksbob
Wed Aug 28, 2013 8:42 pm
Forum: FrSky Taranis radio
Topic: FrSky officially X9D announcement
Replies: 170
Views: 81005

Re: FrSky officially X9D announcement

So does it matter if I use it with my Taranis? No, that should be fine. The mods to the FrSky module and traces on the back panel of your radio make use of two of the (otherwise unused) module socket pins to carry telemetry data. The unused pin gets isolated on your FlySky module so it doesn't shor...
by Iksbob
Sun Aug 18, 2013 5:58 pm
Forum: er9x
Topic: er9x development
Replies: 3179
Views: 1389905

Re: er9x development

At the end of the day, how many users will want the expense of such an upgrade to the 9X when there are other, ready made, TXs available running the open source firmware. Yep, that's pretty much how I feel. While an upgrade board would likely be less expensive, the ARM-based Taranis boasts other &q...
by Iksbob
Sun Aug 18, 2013 4:44 am
Forum: er9x
Topic: er9x development
Replies: 3179
Views: 1389905

Re: er9x development

Would the 2561 bin work on a 1281? If so, I've got a 1281, spare 9X and rework equipment on hand to install it. I guess I could just order a 2561, but I'd rather not throw the money at it until the additional flash (4x the m64 chip) is needed.
by Iksbob
Fri Aug 16, 2013 3:58 pm
Forum: er9x
Topic: er9x development
Replies: 3179
Views: 1389905

Re: er9x development

But if its just for models, then I only have 2 and not really going to be flying much more. Mind you, there's 3 forms of memory on these chips: Flash, EEPROM, and SRAM. Flash is where the program "firmware" is stored... More flash means more code can be stored on the chip. Flash provides ...
by Iksbob
Fri Aug 16, 2013 3:27 pm
Forum: er9x
Topic: er9x development
Replies: 3179
Views: 1389905

Re: er9x development

Yeah, that's the thing. The m1281-16AU is $9.22 on mouser, while the m128-16AU is $12.10. More RAM, 3 bucks cheaper... What's not to like?
by Iksbob
Fri Aug 16, 2013 3:11 pm
Forum: er9x
Topic: er9x development
Replies: 3179
Views: 1389905

Re: er9x development

If I may ask, why the m128? If people are going through the trouble of replacing the processor, why not a pin-compatable part with more RAM like the m1281?

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