Re: [Paparazzi-devel] Apogee board availability

[Jan Čapek]

Hi,

first of all, thanks everybody for valuable input. We are considering
manufacturing a batch of the boards as we also find the board very
sophisticated and useful. I will let you know how it goes. In this
case, the boards would be available from the center of Europe ;-)


Cheers,

Jan



Dne Tue, 14 Jul 2015 07:11:59 +0200
Andreas Philipp <address@hidden> napsal(a):

> Yes, they send from HongKong. I used HongKong Speed Post which was
> always OK, allows tracking and always took less than a week from
> HongKong to Germany! The last one even took only three days. However
> it takes some time (~2-3 weeks) until the board is produced ...
> 
> Cheers,
> Andreas
> 
> 
> Am 14.07.2015 01:16, schrieb Michal Podhradsky:
> > Just FYI the Droneasy.com is located in Hong Kong, that will help
> > you to estimate the shipping time.
> > M
> > 
> > On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 3:53 PM, Stephen L Hulme
> > <address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>> wrote:
> > 
> >     Hi Gautier
> > 
> >     A cut and past of a reply to an order I placed with Droneasy on
> > or around Sept 2013 -
> > 
> >     Stephen,
> >     Thank you for your order. There are 9 DOF and 6 DOF IMU version.
> >     Which version do you need?
> >     6 or 9 DOF IMU
> >     Apogee v1.00 PCB offer two Invensense IMU chip options:
> >     MPU-6050 : 6 DOF, 3 axis Accelerometer + 3 axis Gyroscope
> >     MPU-9150 : 9 DOF, 3 axis Accelerometer + 3 axis Gyroscope + 3
> > axis Magnetometer
> >     Regards
> >     Ralph Wu
> >     Droneasy Inc.
> >     M: +852 91315364 <tel:%2B852%2091315364>     E:
> > address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>     W:
> > www.droneasy.com <http://www.droneasy.com>
> > 
> >     I chose 9 DOF option and bench tested using ENAC's airframe with
> >     external Mag.
> >     Seemed OK - but it has yet to fly.
> > 
> >     Regards
> > 
> >     Stephen
> > 
> > 
> >     On Tuesday, July 14, 2015 10:12 AM Gautier Hattenberger wrote:
> >     Hello,
> > 
> >     As Andreas said, the Apogee board is not obsolete at all and we
> > are using it in all our airframes at Enac. Unfortunately, since
> > PPZUAV stopped his business for an undefined period, it is a bit
> > difficult to find suppliers.
> >     I'm glad to see someone is manufacturing them again. We are
> > also looking for some other suppliers to make it more easily
> > available. Andreas, do you know from which country droneasy is ?
> > Are they shipping worldwide ?
> > 
> >     Regards
> > 
> >     Gautier
> > 
> >     Le 13/07/2015 19:29, Andreas Philipp a écrit :
> > 
> >         Hi,
> > 
> >         since the source from http://ppzuav.com/ (where I order
> > one) is dry now,
> >         due to the absence of David, I ordered several boards from
> >         
> > http://www.droneasy.com/index.php/electronics/flight-controllers-2/paparazzi-apogee.html.
> > 
> >         I order the boards even if they are on backorder (I guess
> > they are just
> >         produced when there is an order) but it takes only around 4
> >         weeks from
> >         the order placement until it has arrived to Europe
> > (including some visits at the customs). The quality seems good (in
> > contrast to some former discussions). I just had one out of 6
> > boards which did not work
> >         properly, but it was no problem to send it back and get a
> >         replacement
> >         (paid one shipping direction).
> > 
> >         In my opinion this board is by far not obsolete but
> > extremely useful (at
> >         least for meteorological measurements) since it brings the
> >         sd-card and
> >         logging function onboard (easy to write, easy to read). You
> > just have to
> >         decide between 9dof and 6dof imu. I unfortunately used to
> > order the former ones (9dof), but now cannot use the barometer
> > since the I2C adress changed (something Gautier fixed already but I
> > got it to work only for multicopters not for fixedwing airframes
> > and it is not yet included in the master branch). Thus, if you want
> > to use the barometer
> >         easily order the 6dof imu (Gautier also said the
> > magnetometer is not very precise, if I remember correctly). But all
> > in all I'm very happy
> >         with this board!
> > 
> >         Hope that helps,
> >         Andreas
> > 
> >         On 13.07.2015 15:37, Jan Čapek wrote:
> > 
> >             Hi,
> > 
> >             I am interested in getting one/few of the Apogee boards
> > for testing. I
> >             have researched all the relevant links from the wiki,
> > none of the listed
> >             companies have this board in stock. Everything is on
> >             backorder. Is the
> >             board already considered obsolete? If so, why?
> >             Is there possible somebody in the list devel list who
> >             can sell one of his assembled boards, please let me
> > know.
> > 
> >             Best regards,
> > 
> >             Jan Capek
> > 
> > 
> > 
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