Quad Rotor Rector Core using Propeller Mini
This project makes use of a propeller mini board and some ws2812 LED's.
IRIS quad copter use a Pixhawk flight controller that outputs Mavlink data that can be used to run the reactor core LED's.
So using the serial data coming from the flight controller the propeller mini picks off message for pitch left or right and throttle amount. It also tells me what flight mode the copter is in as well with the single LED on the board.
When the copter flies left the LED's turn red and when the copter flies right they turn green. When stable they are just blue. When the throttle is increased the reactor core turns faster and slower when I ease off on the throttle.
The code is written in C as the Mavlink encoding software is also written in C. From there it just a matter of decoding the messages and doing the right thing.
Mike
http://youtu.be/psw7gcWTFsk
IRIS quad copter use a Pixhawk flight controller that outputs Mavlink data that can be used to run the reactor core LED's.
So using the serial data coming from the flight controller the propeller mini picks off message for pitch left or right and throttle amount. It also tells me what flight mode the copter is in as well with the single LED on the board.
When the copter flies left the LED's turn red and when the copter flies right they turn green. When stable they are just blue. When the throttle is increased the reactor core turns faster and slower when I ease off on the throttle.
The code is written in C as the Mavlink encoding software is also written in C. From there it just a matter of decoding the messages and doing the right thing.
Mike
http://youtu.be/psw7gcWTFsk
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