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- Fri Sep 21, 2012 11:53 am
- Forum: General RC Electronic Projects and Discussion
- Topic: Halcyon
- Replies: 66
- Views: 65471
Re: Halcyon
Hi guys! Hi Steve! Can i insert my 2 pence :-) Halcyon project was introduced as smallest and cheapest Fr-Sky HUB replacement.... this way my targets are: 1) as small as possible ( because i and probably some other people wants to fit it into models with very limited space inside 2) cheap 3) extensi...
- Sun Jul 01, 2012 3:25 pm
- Forum: openTx
- Topic: New features provided by open9x
- Replies: 210
- Views: 81488
Re: New features provided by open9x
Joining with best wishes, Bertrand!Romolo wrote:Bertrand will be assent a little, his wife has just "released" latest Bertrand's "reproduction"..
Congrats Bertrand,
Best wishes to Ambroise, Bertrand and his wife.
- Tue Jun 12, 2012 6:42 pm
- Forum: General RC Electronic Projects and Discussion
- Topic: Halcyon
- Replies: 66
- Views: 65471
Re: Halcyon
Hurray!Rob Thomson wrote:Got my board today.. Rework station last week!
Now... Must get the other bits and get cracking!
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
- Fri Jun 08, 2012 5:59 pm
- Forum: Where to buy / Spares / Modules? Selling up?
- Topic: New sticks for the 9x
- Replies: 27
- Views: 19750
Re: New sticks for the 9x
Max am I allowed to post the ones you sent me? I have them here. Bertrand. yes please :-) forget to say - better to reuse original wires from aurora sticks - there are very soft wires ... PS: forget to say again! be very careful with dust there when dremelling! ball bearing is open!!!! i have disas...
- Fri Jun 08, 2012 5:26 pm
- Forum: Where to buy / Spares / Modules? Selling up?
- Topic: New sticks for the 9x
- Replies: 27
- Views: 19750
Re: New sticks for the 9x
My gimbals came in last night. I have a pretty good idea of what to do (sorry, no pictures yet): 1. Resize the opening in the front of the transmitter, so that the gimbal body fits correctly 2. Construct some mounting brackets (since the screw holes don't line up). For the mounting bracket, I was t...
Re: Vario
Many i use elevator for tests too i know how fast it and can check m devices there upstairs too hard to get constant +1m/s long timebertrand35 wrote:Interesting to see how many guys play with the 9x in an elevator
Bertrand.
Max.
Re: Vario
looking for an answer i found this tread http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=18866553&postcount=67 IF sensor Frsky is it bmp 085 ; then the trouble come from HUB conversion datas & may be the vario sensor can it be routed with HALCYON ? In fact it is not a conversion artifacts - i...
Re: Vario
I was just experimenting with the FrSky vario, I wondered if a ferrite ring round the wires to the vario would improve the noise. I tried it, when powered from a 4 cell NiMh battery, it was quite stable, then I plugged a flight battery into the ESC (Hobbywing with switch mode BEC), and the vario be...
- Fri Jun 01, 2012 12:57 pm
- Forum: General RC Electronic Projects and Discussion
- Topic: Halcyon
- Replies: 66
- Views: 65471
Re: Halcyon
Another one update: just read discussion on gruvin9x groups, about soldering.... for now i cannot to agree about too high temperatures used for hot air soldering.... i'm uses 250C max 255C set on my hot air station ... if i get 270-280 flux smell very smokey and PCB changes colour - make me sense - ...
- Fri Jun 01, 2012 10:39 am
- Forum: General RC Electronic Projects and Discussion
- Topic: Halcyon
- Replies: 66
- Views: 65471
Re: Halcyon
I have planes to reroute PCB for next batch to use MLF atmega case - just i will have remainders from another project by very good price at this moment 168P series can be replaced with 88P but future updates probably will need additional space Program Memory Usage : 7834 bytes 47,8 % Full Data Memor...
- Fri Jun 01, 2012 10:11 am
- Forum: General RC Electronic Projects and Discussion
- Topic: Halcyon
- Replies: 66
- Views: 65471
Re: Halcyon
Update on Halcyon project, assemblied PCB: DSC03597x800.jpg nothing to say here, only if 1206 place make possible to use 0806, 1206, A, and B cases, i have installed A and B because i have no A capacitors left, they same yellow one and black one DSC03596x800.jpg here is one thing to make attention: ...
- Thu May 31, 2012 4:17 pm
- Forum: General RC Electronic Projects and Discussion
- Topic: Halcyon
- Replies: 66
- Views: 65471
Re: Halcyon
Update on Halcyon project:
shipping and packing 5 USD
each PCB 1 USD
paypal fee -3.4% - $0.30 USD
so, total 7 USD covers all my expenses at this moment...
shipping and packing 5 USD
each PCB 1 USD
paypal fee -3.4% - $0.30 USD
so, total 7 USD covers all my expenses at this moment...
- Thu May 31, 2012 1:07 pm
- Forum: General RC Electronic Projects and Discussion
- Topic: Halcyon
- Replies: 66
- Views: 65471
Re: Halcyon
Great project! is it possible to view a photo of the PCB? thanks! left side prototype top halcyon with gps on it right mtk gps module bottom side my Colibri Vario for paragliders center SD card :-) DSC03595.jpg assemblied pics little later - there are a lot of wires right now, long time to disconne...
- Thu May 31, 2012 8:44 am
- Forum: General RC Electronic Projects and Discussion
- Topic: Halcyon
- Replies: 66
- Views: 65471
Re: Halcyon
Update on Haclyon project:
Here is 2 screenshots from open9x with Halcyon connected to:
GPS screen, Moscow coordinates utc time...
Values screen All seems works perfect!
PS: going to post office today to confirm all prices and packing, sorry for delays....
Here is 2 screenshots from open9x with Halcyon connected to:
GPS screen, Moscow coordinates utc time...
Values screen All seems works perfect!
PS: going to post office today to confirm all prices and packing, sorry for delays....
- Wed May 30, 2012 2:11 pm
- Forum: General RC Electronic Projects and Discussion
- Topic: Halcyon
- Replies: 66
- Views: 65471
Re: Halcyon
break-out? not sure what do you mean? it is exactly same i have soldered, and link is same where i have found it, seller name - reyax . it is complete module, includes antenna, very small but i have found not very sensitive, on window it works not too frequent, i have not tried yet with open sky ......
- Wed May 30, 2012 9:23 am
- Forum: General RC Electronic Projects and Discussion
- Topic: Halcyon
- Replies: 66
- Views: 65471
Re: Halcyon
I started looking for the components (Sensors, IC) - it's not as easy as I thought. Maybe you can give us the shop links ? Has anyone looked for the components in Europe ? use ebay.com as source for "Bosch BMP085" and "Fastrax UC430" other parts available from farnell.uk but ple...
- Wed May 30, 2012 7:40 am
- Forum: General RC Electronic Projects and Discussion
- Topic: Halcyon
- Replies: 66
- Views: 65471
Re: Halcyon
Congratulations! i think you love it!Rob Thomson wrote:Just ordered a nice and shiny hot air rework station
right now i have cheapest ans smalliest chinees rework station: KADA 858(~50usd!) and i'm very happy! soldering everything with it! even resistors!
soldering iron has very limited work now!
Max.
- Wed May 30, 2012 7:24 am
- Forum: General RC Electronic Projects and Discussion
- Topic: Halcyon
- Replies: 66
- Views: 65471
Re: Halcyon
Hi Max ! Great to hear your Halcyon is alive :) This is great news. Of course I will take one ! - but I don't have the slightest idea about what I will need (BOM, Schematics, component placing?) And if I don't find someone to do the hot-air soldering, I will need to buy myself a rework station :( W...
- Wed May 30, 2012 6:16 am
- Forum: General RC Electronic Projects and Discussion
- Topic: Halcyon
- Replies: 66
- Views: 65471
Re: Halcyon
there are 2 IC i think you will not able to solder with iron there are no direct contact from side... not BGA but not for ironKilrah wrote:I'd be up for one too!
Nothing a good old iron can't do as far as I can see
Max.
- Tue May 29, 2012 7:09 pm
- Forum: General RC Electronic Projects and Discussion
- Topic: Halcyon
- Replies: 66
- Views: 65471
Re: Halcyon
Hi Rob! It is really simpler than many people thinking! i want to write an document with pictures, an "howto"... here is some update - as GPS module has no backup battery it always starts cold, but starts fast enough on open air - but yes it is not real indoor gps module in comparison i ha...
- Tue May 29, 2012 6:47 pm
- Forum: General RC Electronic Projects and Discussion
- Topic: Halcyon
- Replies: 66
- Views: 65471
Update on Halcyon project
Just got 1st assemblied Halcyon device :-) Hardware almost ok - some BOM changes only and one short circiut need to be - my fault, but maybe not fault at all, there are RF_IN and ANT pins not shorted on PCB, so need small piece of solder to short them. Now GPS works. bmp085 sensor tested and works, ...
- Fri May 25, 2012 9:27 am
- Forum: openTx
- Topic: Graphics in open9x
- Replies: 118
- Views: 47869
Re: Graphics in open9x
I vote for "snapshot_03.png" (hand in a box) but asterisk also so good!mhotar wrote:But I really like original asterisk
- Thu May 24, 2012 2:18 pm
- Forum: openTx
- Topic: Graphics in open9x
- Replies: 118
- Views: 47869
Re: Graphics in open9x
Ok, will dobertrand35 wrote:Excellent! I am ok with that one! Max you commit it?
Thanks,
Bertrand.
- Thu May 24, 2012 11:30 am
- Forum: openTx
- Topic: Graphics in open9x
- Replies: 118
- Views: 47869
Re: Graphics in open9x
Ok will send patch to Bertrand...mhotar wrote:Same here, better than + - version.
- Thu May 24, 2012 10:48 am
- Forum: openTx
- Topic: Graphics in open9x
- Replies: 118
- Views: 47869
Re: Graphics in open9x
Hello All! I want to introduce about new tick boxes in graphics version of open9x. Current ticks looks too thin and not very well visible because screen has low resolution and any diagonal pixels seems not bold enough, here is comparison: What backlight do you have? Mine are very clear. Here is jus...
- Thu May 24, 2012 10:40 am
- Forum: openTx
- Topic: Graphics in open9x
- Replies: 118
- Views: 47869
Re: Graphics in open9x
Hello All! I want to introduce about new tick boxes in graphics version of open9x. Current ticks looks too thin and not very well visible because screen has low resolution and any diagonal pixels seems not bold enough, here is comparison: What backlight do you have? Mine are very clear. Baclight is...
- Thu May 24, 2012 9:41 am
- Forum: openTx
- Topic: Graphics in open9x
- Replies: 118
- Views: 47869
Re: Graphics in open9x
Hello All!
I want to introduce about new tick boxes in graphics version of open9x.
Current ticks looks too thin and not very well visible because screen has low resolution and any diagonal pixels seems not bold enough, here is comparison:
I want to introduce about new tick boxes in graphics version of open9x.
Current ticks looks too thin and not very well visible because screen has low resolution and any diagonal pixels seems not bold enough, here is comparison:
- Wed May 23, 2012 6:30 pm
- Forum: General RC Electronic Projects and Discussion
- Topic: Halcyon
- Replies: 66
- Views: 65471
Re: Halcyon
Hey Max, I am keen to get moving on this. What's the state of play Rob Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Hey! All is very close! Halcyon PCB in Moscow but still in post routes, GPS sensors on table, baro sensors unfortunately still on the way... other parts i have... so i hope next week i will sta...
- Thu May 10, 2012 6:27 am
- Forum: General RC Electronic Projects and Discussion
- Topic: Halcyon
- Replies: 66
- Views: 65471
Re: Halcyon
Nice to hear thatcre8tiveleo wrote:Ready to order... *taps foot*.... okay, money gone, just bought a few cases of beer to drink while I wait...
Re: Vario
And here is the arduino code. Hi Peter! few words about your implementation and vario: when i have started my 1st vario i have done same solution, but found it works not so good :-) too noisy output will be there would be better if you look into halcyon project, it maybe you can convert it to ardui...