QuadCOP: Final Summary and Test Flight

RE: QuadCOP: Final Summary and Test Flight

mcb1 — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 20:16:01 GMT

Nice work Joey.

Glad the family were supportive ....

I think many contestants underestimate how much time and effort goes into these challenges.

When you combine it with other family commitments, and normal work, it is a exercise in time management.

While the regular updates take time, if you left it until the end, many great projects would be lacking information.

I'm sure it won;t simply get plonked in the corner, so please take some time and then tackle the list.

You can usually continue in the same area, or simply edit your post to reference a new location.

Mark

RE: QuadCOP: Final Summary and Test Flight

screamingtiger — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 19:24:16 GMT

I added this to my post because I felt I necessary:

Edit: What I feel I accomplished.

I read the point of the contest is to push the knowledge of the Raspberry Pi 2. I feel I did that by using wiringPi and I2C, block protocols, repeated starts, threading (Pi 2 has multiple cores) as well as sorting out the ChipKit Pi as a real time component to the Raspberry Pi. I showed how to realistically use the Chip Kit Pi do to do real tasks that may not be suitable for a Non Real-Time System such as the Pi2 with Raspbian.

I don't like that I didn't get all the functionality I wanted to completed. I do feel that I solved many issues and if someone wants to do real work with C++ and the Pi as an embedded system I have provided a strong foundation for doing that. I felt these things were more important than adding more eye candy or videos. Unfortunately the technical aspects do not get much attention, as is shown by my software flow charts and source code post. I hope that someone can use my knowledge I have shared.

RE: QuadCOP: Final Summary and Test Flight

sebathorus — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 21:01:41 GMT

Congratulations [View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-800ac2ef-7fc0-4c0a-a9d0-9233d0c120a6/contentimage_5F00_1.png:16:16]

Nice quad and good building thread.

-=Seba=-

RE: QuadCOP: Final Summary and Test Flight

screamingtiger — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 05:19:55 GMT

Dang I forgot to add I used the camera and also to mention the camera's code. Do you think anyone will care if I edit this post, its past the deadline..

RE: QuadCOP: Final Summary and Test Flight

jw0752 — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 02:06:31 GMT

Awesome project and nice presentation. I am glad that it will be easy to repair.

John

RE: QuadCOP: Final Summary and Test Flight

Jan Cumps — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 01:04:10 GMT

The first video is private.