{"id":5726,"date":"2012-05-06T19:35:47","date_gmt":"2012-05-06T17:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukse.lt\/uzrasai\/?p=5726"},"modified":"2013-01-20T13:38:28","modified_gmt":"2013-01-20T11:38:28","slug":"carambola-powered-quadcoper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukse.lt\/uzrasai\/2012-05-carambola-powered-quadcoper\/","title":{"rendered":"Carambola powered quadcoper"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Carambola<\/a> is low cost, open-source WiFi (21.5 dB \/ 2.4GHz) embeddable platform from 8devices<\/a>. I have decided to use this board to control arducopter<\/a> from computer. In order to have reliable link I have used two Carambolas. One as AP (on the quadcopter) other as Client (ground station). Mission planner<\/a> connects to arducopter via bridge created by these boards.<\/p>\n

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Preflight photos<\/h2>\n

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All components connected<\/p><\/div>\n

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Carambola inside of quadcopter<\/p><\/div>\n

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Fully assembled and ready to fly SUAV quadracopter<\/p><\/div>\n

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Current connection - Arducopter <-> Carambola <-> Carambola <-> PC<\/p><\/div>\n

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Using this link you can control your SUV (Small Unmanned Vehicle) via joystick from computer and get video from USB webcam. More details are provided at 8devices wiki<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Possible way to get rid of R\/C RX-TX<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Finally – field tests!<\/h2>\n

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Added external antenna to Carambola bundle package<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ready to fly!<\/p><\/div>\n

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In a following video I have combined Arducopter Ground Station flight data, video from the ground and video from the air (FPV). Also there are two audio tracks – one from ground station camera, other from quadcopter. View this video in HD!<\/p>\n