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Re: latest firmware and Gluonconfig_v0.4

PostPosted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 10:17 pm
by lukasz
Tom, I just noticed that you have added Voltage readings to gluonconfig (revison 81).
Can you share some more light on this?
is this done through the OSD?

Re: latest firmware and Gluonconfig_v0.4

PostPosted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 9:40 am
by Tom
Yes, + and - of your battery to the BATT connector on the board. The voltage will show in both the OSD and the Gluonconfig Dashboard.

Re: latest firmware and Gluonconfig_v0.4

PostPosted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 9:41 am
by Tom
Oh yes, before you start to hack your battery's connector: I simple use the connector of the balancing plug for this: very easy :-)

With the extension board, a switched voltage convertor will use battery current to convert it to 5V to feed it to the gluon board. It can also be used to power the XBee/Camera/Video transmitter/...

Re: latest firmware and Gluonconfig_v0.4

PostPosted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 10:06 am
by lukasz
Sounds nice.

How much batteries can I monitor/connect?

Is there an option to monitor receiver or xbee RSSI Level through this extension board?

Re: latest firmware and Gluonconfig_v0.4

PostPosted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 4:46 pm
by Tom
For now you can only monitor 1 battery. In the future probably 2.

You can monitor you receiver's signal strength if you use PPM.
I'm planning to do it too for XBee, but I don't know yet how I could do it :-)

Re: latest firmware and Gluonconfig_v0.4

PostPosted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 5:01 pm
by lukasz
I know that xbee provides RSSI at pin6.
http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/add ... monitoring

Re: latest firmware and Gluonconfig_v0.4

PostPosted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 5:43 pm
by Tom
If that is an analog output I might add it to the extension board... (if there is any room left)