Category: Technology

Posts that are tech related

  • 2 Months in – MFED 02

    2 Months in – MFED 02

    What made this assignment different from the other courses was the peer-reviewed grading. This is where I had some issues with Coursera. The downside is that they only support uploading HTML and CSS files, for the final project, making it challenging to review my peers’ websites

  • Circumventing Safety Features

    I recently encountered an interesting problem when configuring all three drones simultaneously with the Skybrush drone management software. I would power up all three drones and connect them to the network I configured for them. All three would appear on my laptop. After double-checking that they were actively connected, I manually rebooted each one and…

  • NeoPixel With ArduCopter

    NeoPixel With ArduCopter

    I got the NeoPixel LEDs working with Arducopter and natively updating with the Drone’s current status: The hardware setup for powering the lights was as easy as soldering my UBec to the output voltage pads to take power directly from the battery input. The wiring for controlling the LEDs was also fairly straightforward. I utilized…

  • Drone Light Show (Part 3) – Build Goes Sideways

    Drone Light Show (Part 3) – Build Goes Sideways

    Unfortunately for me, the takeoff did not exactly go “up” but rather sideways. When pushing the throttle stick, the drone would start to lean backward and or start rotating when meant to fly straight up…