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by orcinus
Mon Feb 24, 2014 12:24 am
Forum: General discussions
Topic: Battery life
Replies: 12
Views: 9514

Re: Battery life

The pressure sensor can seem pretty random at items. Is this observation repeatable? Most of the time its external environmental influences - air conditioning being turned on, someone opened a window in another room in the house, weather conditions outside, etc etc. Well, i've only ever tried it tw...
by orcinus
Tue Feb 11, 2014 4:28 am
Forum: Support
Topic: What do these errors mean and why am I getting them?
Replies: 1
Views: 2106

Re: What do these errors mean and why am I getting them?

Make sure to update both the client and firmware to latest version.
AFAIK, the telemetry format changed a bit in the last version(s).
by orcinus
Sun Feb 09, 2014 3:34 pm
Forum: Developer Discussions
Topic: Did anyone get the Cylon Crazyflie adapter to work?
Replies: 11
Views: 8104

Re: Did anyone get the Cylon Crazyflie adapter to work?

Hah, i was actually intending to do the same (visualization using d3).
For some reason, though, i got no control ever and telemetry only sometimes.

Still haven't tried Kikill's depo, though (too much stuff going on at work).
by orcinus
Wed Feb 05, 2014 3:53 pm
Forum: General discussions
Topic: [SOLVED] Getting flying with a Macbook Air
Replies: 15
Views: 14102

Re: [SOLVED] Getting flying with a Macbook Air

I strongly suggest using brew instead of macports.
I got things working in no time with brew.
by orcinus
Tue Feb 04, 2014 4:25 am
Forum: Developer Discussions
Topic: 3D hover with wide FOV optical flow
Replies: 30
Views: 23074

Re: 3D hover with wide FOV optical flow

Just a suggestion, but tethering the cf (either to a jig on the ground or to the ceiling) in 3-4 points might be a good idea during these early stages. :)

You should still see the effects of the algorithm, without crashing and snagging things.
by orcinus
Tue Feb 04, 2014 4:14 am
Forum: Developer Discussions
Topic: Did anyone get the Cylon Crazyflie adapter to work?
Replies: 11
Views: 8104

Re: Did anyone get the Cylon Crazyflie adapter to work?

Thanks. I'll give it a try as soon as i catch some free time.
I'm having a nagging feling it might be some kind of an issue with libusb nodejs bindings on Mac OS.
by orcinus
Tue Feb 04, 2014 4:12 am
Forum: General discussions
Topic: Battery life
Replies: 12
Views: 9514

Re: Battery life

I guess that explains the behavior perfectly then, as the oscillations show up about 2 minutes before shutdown (meaning it never settles, as observed).
by orcinus
Sun Feb 02, 2014 8:39 pm
Forum: Developer Discussions
Topic: Did anyone get the Cylon Crazyflie adapter to work?
Replies: 11
Views: 8104

Re: Did anyone get the Cylon Crazyflie adapter to work?

Cylon uses aerogel. Anyways, no luck there either, it's aerogel that actually hangs waiting for (something). Didn't have much time to debug, unfortunately. It finds the cf, gets the URI, then something in the connect method hangs. The weird part is, the output/behaviour are not always the same. Some...
by orcinus
Sat Feb 01, 2014 10:22 pm
Forum: Developer Discussions
Topic: 3D hover with wide FOV optical flow
Replies: 30
Views: 23074

Re: 3D hover with wide FOV optical flow

Fingers crossed! :)
by orcinus
Sat Feb 01, 2014 5:10 am
Forum: General discussions
Topic: Battery life
Replies: 12
Views: 9514

Re: Battery life

Heh, serves me right for not reading the wiki carefully enough :oops: It's all there, black on white: The I term is just the integrated error - and is very very very important as it makes up for the voltage drop. The P and D term are reset every time hover mode is entered, and the I term is only res...