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13. 1+1=1
No need to pull out your calculator, folks, the math here isn’t literal. Today we’re talking about how it was possible to add a multirotor controller to our fixed-wing autopilot in just 4 days thanks ...
12b. AI in the Sky
Welcome to the thrilling continuation of our RealFlight simulator discussion. If you remember from last time (I had to go back and look too), we were able to capture video from a downward-facing view ...
12a. Real to Reel
Welcome back, everyone! I hope you all enjoyed not leaving the house for the holidays. Isn’t it crazy that people used to wear pants like every day? Wild.
11. Kibbles 'n Wits
Welcome back! If you noticed that there wasn’t a write-up last week when there should have been, then I think you’re the only one. So congratulations, and please head over to the online store where yo...
10. Plan it, Janet!
Is it weird that two of my favorite fictional characters are both named Riff Raff? Well, technically one them is real, but he goes so hard in the paint that he makes me wonder if maybe I’m the one who...
9. Con Air(frame)
I’ve been reading imagining all your feedback, and I couldn’t agree more. The action movie references have really dwindled lately, and it’s unacceptable. The engineering should probably take a back se...
8. The Dolt of Volt
Throughout my career, I’ve had the nasty habit of holding on to preconceived notions for far too long without questioning their validity. Often times, I will let a single bad experience with a product...
7. The Mimic Gimmick
What’s that saying? “Fake it until you make it.” Well today’s topic goes a little something like this:
6. SimPATHy
For someone who keeps using the word “autopilot”, I sure have avoided the autonomous part of the project for a long time. Well, hold onto your socks because today we’ll be describing how the vehicle a...
5b. Good HIL Hunting
If you remember from last time, we were parsing X-Plane data output messages and converting them to native Elixir messages that contained the same information. By doing this, the Estimation module cou...
5a. "X" Marks the Spot
Today we’re going to talk about something near and dear to my heart: staying inside.
4. Attested Development
Do you ever look back on your life and think:
3. Commands on Demand
Welcome back! Unless you never left, in which case, maybe it’s time for a snack?? Previously we were discussing the notion of taking two sources of hardware output and somehow rectifying them into a s...
2. Code for any Mode
From the start, this autopilot was designed to use multiple nodes operating on a local network. And with that premise in mind, I introduce you to Segal’s law (not to be confused with Steven Seagal’s A...
1. Hardware vs. Software
Software is great, but at some point it has to interact with hardware or it’s useless. One of the pressing questions early on was how many of the hardware interfaces could be written in Elixir. For ex...
0. In the beginning, there was the middle...
You’re jumping into a novel at about Chapter 6. And no, that’s not because you missed the earlier chapters. I am only writing it now because it has finally become something worth recording (and hopefu...