Author: skullkey
What happened Tuesday 22/10
Schalk was doing some soldering to get a serial connection to his quad’s radio so he could flash it. A question arose “why?” the answer might be in here.. http://www.house4hack.co.za/blheli-on-dji-opto-30a-escs i left before 12, and Quentin and Gert was still assisting. Nic rocked up with his board- see a post from Peter- simplicity.. i can…
Read MoreAquaponics System Build
A couple of months ago Dennis presented a course on building a desktop aquaponics course which was a demonstrator of the technology that turns fish food into organic vegetables and fresh fish. Dennis was also featured on Let’s Talk Hack where he went into how Black Soldier Flies supplements an aquaponics system, to use kitchen…
Read MoreFlashing BLHeli firmware on DJI Opto 30A ESC’s
Bit more of a technical post – quadcopters (and many other electric rotors and vehicles) use brushless DC motors. These act as three phase motors and in order to generate the required wavefroms, Electronic Speed Controls (ESC’s) are utilized. DJI OPTO 30A ESC is quite popular for quadcopters and looks like this when you buy…
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