I don't usually post in "UAVs", but I thought this was pretty cool...
Some researchers at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory are working out how to fly a simple RC plane using a smartphone as the controller. I know it sounds silly, since there are boards out there that already do this job faster and cheaper, but they're interested in using all the OTHER capabilities a smartphone has as well (camera, wifi, bluetooth, GPS, etc).
It's pretty cool the way they use the audio-out jack as a pulse-generator to control the servos, and the guy does a great job of explaining it, as well as multiplexing channels!
Test flight with Captain Buzz controlling!
Some researchers at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory are working out how to fly a simple RC plane using a smartphone as the controller. I know it sounds silly, since there are boards out there that already do this job faster and cheaper, but they're interested in using all the OTHER capabilities a smartphone has as well (camera, wifi, bluetooth, GPS, etc).
It's pretty cool the way they use the audio-out jack as a pulse-generator to control the servos, and the guy does a great job of explaining it, as well as multiplexing channels!
Test flight with Captain Buzz controlling!
