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cdeagle
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Joined: 22/06/2014
Location: United States
Posts: 266
Posted: 07:43am 26 Apr 2016
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I recently put together a device that logs GPS data while attached to a drone. The device uses a CGMICROKIT board from Circuit Gizmos, a GPS receiver from Parallax and an Openlog from Sparkfun. And of course, MMBasic version 5.1 .

Here's a picture of the device attached to my DJI Flamewheel F550 hexacopter.




Here's a "stand-alone" picture of the device.




Everything was powered from the LiPo battery used by the drone.

Here are a few plots of the data captured during a brief checkout flight.











 
CircuitGizmos

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Joined: 08/09/2011
Location: United States
Posts: 1427
Posted: 11:22am 26 Apr 2016
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That is cool!

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