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Question on camera control
I would like to use a micro servo to control camera tilt. Is there any way to use the flip control command somehow to do this?
Is there any way to do this with the WIFI setup?
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Is there any way to do this with the WIFI setup?
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Re: Question on camera control
Both Tilt and Roll would be ideal to control.
Then the video feed would be normalized no matter how the drone is oriented during flight.
The Mission Fulfillment Module will support multiple RC servo channels.
Then the video feed would be normalized no matter how the drone is oriented during flight.
The Mission Fulfillment Module will support multiple RC servo channels.
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Re: Question on camera control
Somebody earlier suggested to use LED animations to trigger certain actions on the AR.Drone. It shall be pretty easy to detect LED state using an Arduino board connected to one of the motor boards. The same Arduino board could also drive the servo(s).oldjarhead46 wrote:I would like to use a micro servo to control camera tilt. Is there any way to use the flip control command somehow to do this?
Is there any way to do this with the WIFI setup?
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Re: Question on camera control
Thanks for the reply's
Where can I find information on controlling led animations?
Where can I find information on controlling led animations?
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Re: Question on camera control
In AR.Drone SDK or tutorials like this or that one.oldjarhead46 wrote:Thanks for the reply's
Where can I find information on controlling led animations?
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Re: Question on camera control
Thanks for the information. I think I could handle the hardware part but I am not sure of the code. I am using Drone Control with a Ipad and a 60beat controller. So I will have to change code in Drone control to use buttons to move camera servo and then change code in drone to send correct pulses to led's and then trap them with aurdino board on way to motor led's which would drive servo? The motor led's have reversable polarity to get different colors? Do you have a source for motor board and main board schematic?
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Re: Question on camera control
Drone Control is not open source so you would have to convince AR.Tommy to add LED animations to Drone Control. The other option is to switch to e.g. Drone Ace, which already does support LED animations.oldjarhead46 wrote:Thanks for the information. I think I could handle the hardware part but I am not sure of the code. I am using Drone Control with a Ipad and a 60beat controller. So I will have to change code in Drone control to use buttons to move camera servo
You don't have to change anything in Drone's firmware, all you need is an Arduino board connected to the serial line of one of the motor boards (same as we did for the Frankendrone - you will find the connection diagram in the zip archive).oldjarhead46 wrote:then change code in drone to send correct pulses to led's and then trap them with aurdino board on way to motor led's which would drive servo? The motor led's have reversable polarity to get different colors? Do you have a source for motor board and main board schematic?
The serial protocol for communication with motor boards is described here
http://blog.perquin.com/blog/ardrone-motor-controller/
but it is a bit outdated - especially the LED part.
The Ardiuno code is pretty trivial. Actually I just did a quick test and it works no problem. Here is a short video using Drone Ace.
Direct link: http://www.youtube.com/v/dUOHw5Aaoao
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Re: Question on camera control
Thank You Pawelsky for your help,
This looks like what I need. Is Drone Ace available in US? I can't find it.
This looks like what I need. Is Drone Ace available in US? I can't find it.
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Re: Question on camera control
I can't find it either I'm afraid. Looks like it was pulled from the appstoreoldjarhead46 wrote:Thank You Pawelsky for your help,
This looks like what I need. Is Drone Ace available in US? I can't find it.

Maybe contact the developer (http://drone-apps.com/) to get some more info?
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Re: Question on camera control
I forgot to ask earlier. Can you program the led control to the 60beat buttons?
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Re: Question on camera control
Depends on app. In Drone Ace it looks like you can do it for Drone 1.0 (see attached picture).oldjarhead46 wrote:I forgot to ask earlier. Can you program the led control to the 60beat buttons?
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Re: Question on camera control
Hello,
actually Drone Control supports LED animations since 2010. If you need something special you can contact me. I'm very interested in supporting this idea.
actually Drone Control supports LED animations since 2010. If you need something special you can contact me. I'm very interested in supporting this idea.
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Re: Question on camera control
As I mentioned in your thread probably the best way to implement it would be to make the 1-4 button actions configurable.AR.Tommy wrote:Hello,
actually Drone Control supports LED animations since 2010. If you need something special you can contact me. I'm very interested in supporting this idea.
From the Arduino decoder POV it would be the best if the animation is repeated with the given frequency as long as the button is held. Releasing the button would restore the standard LED pattern. Changing the frequency would allow to modify speed of camera movements. I've been testing that with the other app and it works pretty well. I also have some idea for the simple camera tilt mechanism - ordered some parts, once they arrive I'll maybe share some more details.
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Re: Question on camera control
Thanks to all for the help. I would also like to get parts ordered. Which arduino board do I need and will any micro servo work? I have my tilt already working. I just have to make bracket for servo after I get servo.
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