Below is the link to the Monthly development report presented by Olivier, Tridge, Randy, Peter, Jaime and a couple of others at the Partner’s call.
It was a good discussion on the call today and we very much appreciate the financial support and input of our Partners.
P.S. the image above is of a echologger.com’s Echosounder (underwater sonar) which was just one of a few range finder developments over the past month.
Nice echosounder wiring and support !
Could not find price range for this device
Kikislater,
They were kind enough to send it to me for free so I’m unsure of the price but I think it’s between $400 ~ $500 US. So not cheap but not bad for this type of sensor I hear. By the way, the Garmin DT800 should also work with this driver although that hasn’t been tested yet.
Too expensive for a research project IMO but should be good for commercial application. 100m is nice but may be could be less expensive with less range …
Another device used in combination with pixhawk Airmar Echorange SS510 used by simpleunmanned
Thanks. The Airmar Echorange SS510 appears to output NMEA so I think it would work as well.
I wonder if Unmanned Marine Systems uses ArduPilot. I think it’s likely because they use the Emlid Reach RTK GPS it seems. Perhaps not but I suspect they might. Anyway, I’m happy to help external vendors using ArduPilot although I’m extra keen to help if they advertise that they’re using ArduPilot inside.
They do ! Pixhawk was listed before and there is still Mission planner screenshot.
Note that I have nothing related with them and agree with you about ardupilot mention.
Indeed. Rover 3.1.2. from the video.
Looks like a great and very professional company.
I want to install the Echologger ECT400 on my Pixhawk Cube orange.
(firmware Rover 4.1.4 OFFICIAL, mission planner 1.3.75)
In my full parameter list, I can’t find the following parameters.
RNGFND1_MIN_CM = 13
RNGFND1_MAX_CM = 10000 (i.e. 100m). This is the distance in centimeters that the rangefinder can reliably read.
RNGFND1_ORIENT = 25 (i.e. down) if mounted on a boat
Will this be a problem for the installation and operation of the Echologger ECT400?
Marcel, I think you’ve got your answer for the echologger over on this thread.
what would be really useful is a unified NMEA port on the flight controller. so multiple NMEA devices can share a port.