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UAV Dev Board
The UAV Dev Board, originally designed by Bill Premerlani, is an IMU-based development platform for building controllers for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. This site hosts the development of UAV code that runs on this board, allowing it to stabilize an airplane, maintain altitude, and navigate to specific locations, or back to the launch site. You can buy a UAV Dev Board from Spark Fun. If you buy a UAV Dev Board, and are interested in hearing about upcoming changes, or want to participate in or influence future development, we strongly urge you to join the UAV Dev Board Discussion List. There is also a lively community that discusses this platform on the DIY Drones site. News!MatrixPilot 3.2.1 - Monday, November 14, 2011 This release includes magnetometer support for the UDB4, and a bug fix in RTL when using RC receivers without built-in failsafe. See the full change list for recent releases on the status page. UDB4 available from SparkFun - Friday, October 21, 2011 The UAV Dev Board team are proud to announce availability of the next major revision of hardware from Sparkfun (See Sparkfun site for details). Sparkfun also reviewed some of the history of the project. Team Lawn Dart places at the 2011 SparkFun Autonomous Vehicle Competition - Saturday April 23, 2011 Congratulations to Team Lawn Dart on their great entry and performance. They used a modified UDB, running a modified version of MatrixPilot to win 3rd place in the air competition. Hardware SpecificationsThe UDB3 (see Sparkfun site for UDB4) comes with a dsPIC30F4011 CPU, an MMA7260 three axis accelerometer and two dual-axis Inversense IXZ500 gyroscopes already soldered as shown in the picture. It is intended for the do-it-yourselfer. By itself, it can be used to develop a three axis IMU controller. With the addition of a GPS receiver, it can be used to develop a UAV controller for an RC car, plane, or boat. All firmware versions are compatible with the EM406 GPS. The new MatrixPilot firmware can also use the uBlox 5H GPS, and the MediaTek GPS, but the developers currently recommend using either the EM406 or the MediaTek. Already Have a UAV Dev Board?
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