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The Quadrino Nano UAV flight controller uses MultiWii which allows for a standardized serial communication of live data from the controller. Since this protocol is known and used for the standard general user interface (MultiWiiConf & WinGUI), some people developed their own application to setu

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Regarding the Bluetooth module. There are two DIP switches. One for Asynchronous or Auto-bind and the other for LED ON or OFF. How should these DIP switches be set? Thanks

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@Fred Wilson,
One of the switch is labeled “AT Mode” and need to be OFF. This will allow to change internal settings of the bluetooth module using AT commands, things like baud-rate can be changed.
As for the LED it’s up to you it will only enable or disable the Link LED for power saving.

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brief description of my quad copter. its a 200 size, quad with turnigy ESC’s and the quadrino nano with two advanced wiring kits. i acquired the 3DR robotics radio telemetry as a solution to controlling the quad. I saw this as a cool way to make the drone completely computer controlled. after building the all the parts work except for the radios. the ground station computer radio will communicate with the quad radio. however, the Quadrino nano flight controller won’t connect to the 3DR radio that is on the quad. Another aspect of the drone where I am having difficulty is with control, I do not understand how to control the drone via the winGUI.

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@Chase For technical support, please create a new topic here: https://www.robotshop.com/forum/quadrino-nano-f148

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Hi, can I use my laptop to realize wireless communication with a drone, and what GUI is available?

Thanks,
Kyle

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@Kyle, The simple answer is “yes” however what are you looking to get from that communication? It’s possible to use the Bluetooth or Serial and connecte to WinGUI or any other MultiWii GUI interface.

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Hi Eric,
The wireless communication will send all the sensor value back to laptop, and send my rotational speed command to the drone. Is it possible to do it with the Nano Quadrino?

Thanks,
Kyle

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@Kyle, The Quadrino Nano use the MultiWii project and this project allow for serial communication of sensor values. As long as you have a wireless serial connection between the Quadrino Nano and the Laptop, you can send commands to get the sensors value. You might want to have a look at the MultiWii Serial Protocol, this is the protocol used by any MultiWii compatible GUI.

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Do you have any Xbee shield for your Quadrino Nano? I plan to use Xbee doing wireless communication.

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@Kyle Unfortuantely we do not. You can potentially use one of the serial ports and connect an XBee breakout board, though there are additional considerations like power etc. We do not have an easy solution.