random notes, guides, and thoughts…
June 18, 2012
Recently I’ve been swapping over all my dynamic DNS needs across to DnsDynamic.org, which is a free and unlimited solution. It’s fairly decent, and packs a DynDNS compatible interface so you can use ddclient under Linux. However, I frequently want to register Windows machines, and so I wrote a simple Powershell script which can be run on a scheduled basis to register a machine.
June 14, 2012
As discussed in my last post, I installed a new APM2 PPM encoder firmware and intended to set up the failsafes on my APM2 and my Spektrum Dx8 transmitter.
June 12, 2012
The APM2 appears to have a serious (well, I consider it serious, the designers don’t appear to) issue. There’s the normal failsafe, where if the throttle channel goes to a certain value (below 960us or so) then the failsafe code can kick in. That’s great.
June 1, 2012
As I’m sure you’ve noticed, I’ve gone and changed the Blogger template I’m using. The old template I used doesn’t seem to be available anymore, and I wanted to get the most popular posts gadget in place.
June 1, 2012
I got myself a HoverThings HT-FPV frame for the new quadcopter. The frame is made entirely from G10 fiberglass, aluminium spaces, and #4-40 bolts.
May 20, 2012
As discussed earlier, I rebuilt my quadcopter frame. The original design worked fine, but I had a few new design goals with this frame;