Re: [rcpilot-support] rcpilot-support Digest, Vol 1, Issue 12

[Walter D. <wa...@sc...>]

Hello Francois,

You might be able to use your bait channel, depending on how you use it. If
you were interested in operating it using remote control, then, once the
bait is dropped, have it go to autopilot. You would just need to "Y" the
servo lead from the receiver to the rcap, and also to the servo.

I have not tried this, but can't see why it would not work. This would be
without any modifications to the current design.

Walter
http://www.uavs.net


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> Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 11:29:26 +0200
> From: "Eskulaap Park" <fas...@es...>
> Subject: [rcpilot-support] RCAP
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> I am planning to build the RCap to navigate a bait boat back to the
> launching spot after the bait have been dropped.
>
> I do not have a spare channel on the receiver and want to activate the
> autopilot via a microswitch (which gets activated by the servo that controls
> the bait latch).
> (The bout have a three channel radio -rudder, motor and latch)
>
> I am fimiliar with pic's but not with the high level languages like C,
> Basic etc.
>
> What I need is to change the part of the program where it reads the
> receiver pulses to activete or deactivet the autopilot.It must instead
> only read a high or low on one of the PIC's I/O pins to activate or
> deactivate the autopilot. Or even an extra extra statement with a OR
> command?
> {eg. Autopilot activated by Microswitch OR ReceiverInput}
>
>
> Have someone try this before?
>
> Regards
>
> Francois
>
>