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Re: [Paparazzi-devel] Gumstix wants to provide a Paparazzi/Overo Platfor


From: Simon Wilks
Subject: Re: [Paparazzi-devel] Gumstix wants to provide a Paparazzi/Overo Platform
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 23:46:20 +0100

Thanks for your inputs so far. I will forward this to Gumstix now but I will keep forwarding your inputs over the next days if there are more to come.

Simon

On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 7:38 PM, Stephen Dwyer <address@hidden> wrote:
For those looking for open source, Gumstix usually makes available all
of their hardware except the actual COM boards. See here and follow
the links:
http://www.gumstix.org/hardware-design.html

Too bad they weren't using an STM32 instead, for which lots of work
(SW and HW) has been done for pprz. I think just as useful as hardware
features would be some software work/support by people other than core
pprz developers (they are already doing so much!). Not sure how much
Gumstix has or is planning on this front.

Thanks,
-Stephen Dwyer

On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 8:38 AM, Martial Chateauvieux
<address@hidden> wrote:
> you could integrate
>
> * IMU
> * ADC
> * absolute and differential pressure
> * PPM input
> * Serial input for 2.4 Ghz receivers
> * Standard servo connections (on a 4017), at least 8, with 5V power input,
> independant of the power of the board. preferably mounted on the small side of
> the board.
> * Power from engine Lipos for the board (input for 2S - 6S)
> * Serial for GPS & Telemetry
>
> May just as interesting are the things we don't need:
> * USB
> * 5V power jack
> * motor headers
> * buttons?
>
> Cheers
> Martial
>
>
> Le vendredi 17 février 2012 09:22:32 Bernard Davison a écrit :
>> I'd like to see the following.
>>
>> * CAN bus connection (At least 1, more is better)
>> * Mounting holes with a maximum separation of <100mm. Having the mounting
>> holes on the corners of the board make the distance too great and the board
>> is more likely to break and flex and kill the board * Molex PicoBlade (or
>> Micro-Fit) connectors. Friction fit (PicoBlade) is okay but positive
>> locking connectors are really what it required. (Even the power connector)
>> * The battery backup to be a solid connection. i.e. the battery can't be
>> replaced/fall out with vibrations..
>>
>> I don't know that I'd buy one straight away but the price is tempting.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Bernie.
>>
>> On 17/02/2012, at 8:33 AM, Simon Wilks wrote:
>> > Hi All,
>> >
>> > I have been in touch with the guys at Gumstix (gumstix.com) over the
>> > last weeks to see if they would be interested in taking over the Lisa/L
>> > board, manufacturing and selling it seeing it allows you to mount their
>> > Overos. This didn't get too far unfortunately.
>> >
>> > But there is good news though!
>> >
>> > They would like to use the "RoboVero
>> > (https://www.gumstix.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=262) as a
>> > baseline and modify it for UAV applications. It will use the LPC1769".
>> > This means an established company will be selling a Paparazzi board
>> > onto which you will be able to mount an Overo, as is possible with the
>> > Lisa/L :)
>> >
>> > They are about to wind up the hardware design for "an adaption of the
>> > RoboVero for UAV use" and have asked for any feedback from the
>> > Paparazzi community. It's a pretty broad request, so take a look at the
>> > board and think it over.
>> >
>> > As far as porting the Paparazzi code base goes, they haven't looked into
>> > the code yet, though I imagine they would be interested in anyone
>> > interested in supporting this effort. If you are interested in helping
>> > out with development then let me know here as well.
>> >
>> > My proposal is that you respond to this Email and I will forward it to
>> > Gumstix. I will of course get back to you all once I get their feedback
>> > and by which time I also hope to have a better understanding of what
>> > their plans are and how we might be able to work together.
>> >
>> > By the way, apparently they have already been in contact with some
>> > people from the Paparazzi community and Quadshot, though I haven't seen
>> > any mention of this on the list. If any of you have more information on
>> > this then I would love to know.
>> >
>> > This sounds really exciting :) Here is your chance to help make it
>> > happen! If you can't wait, you might want to pick up the RoboVero
>> > board, I did ;)
>> >
>> > Simon
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