Hi all,
I will start by saying in am a rank amateur noob! I know very little about electronics, but i have the ability and willingness to learn quickly!
I was recently flame grilled at the PICAXE forums for my idea of using a PIC to control a quadrocopter on a pre-programmed flight, using a few sensors and a gyro.
The idea is to write a GUI in which the user enters variables such as altitude, and a series of directional commands which are then written to the drone for it to execute...eg. take off altitiude= 2 meter, forward = 3 meter, left = 1 meter, decrease alt = 1 meter. THe drone would then reverse the commands to return to its starting point.
The opinion was that it was too difficult and a PIC would be too slow. There was no further explanation which has only made me determind to see what i can do and learn.
If a pic really is too slow to process the inputs and out put the commands, what other options could i use? Arduino?
I will start by saying in am a rank amateur noob! I know very little about electronics, but i have the ability and willingness to learn quickly!
I was recently flame grilled at the PICAXE forums for my idea of using a PIC to control a quadrocopter on a pre-programmed flight, using a few sensors and a gyro.
The idea is to write a GUI in which the user enters variables such as altitude, and a series of directional commands which are then written to the drone for it to execute...eg. take off altitiude= 2 meter, forward = 3 meter, left = 1 meter, decrease alt = 1 meter. THe drone would then reverse the commands to return to its starting point.
The opinion was that it was too difficult and a PIC would be too slow. There was no further explanation which has only made me determind to see what i can do and learn.
If a pic really is too slow to process the inputs and out put the commands, what other options could i use? Arduino?