Improved GPS Shield Causes Magnetic Interference Problem

[rickc]

Brand new solo, out of the box. Worked fine.

Then, installed a newly purchased improved GPS shield, over a REV B board, and a MAGNETIC INTERFERENCE warning popped up.

Then then, removed the new shield, put the old one back in, and cardboard spacer, and everything worked fine again.

WTF ??

 

[David Boulanger]

Did you do a Compass Calibration with the new hardware?

 

[rickc]

Did you do a Compass Calibration with the new hardware?

It wanted a level calibration, done, problem occurred, don't recall if wr did s compass Calibration.

 

[Pedals2Paddles]

Just redo the compass calibration and you'll be fine.

 

[David Boulanger]

It doesn't take much of a change in hardware to make a compass calibration necessary.
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[Pedals2Paddles]

Apparently it changed enough. Removing a huge sheet of copper is pretty significant. The leg compass may not see it but the compass in the pixhawk a few inches away probably does. If the calibration was already marginal, this isn't surprising at all.

 

[David Boulanger]

Correct. I have a Sony camera hung under a Solo and actually depending on the pitch of the camera I have had to do a compass calibration. Maybe if the camera is on or off the same would be true. It does not take much.

 

[Saijin_Naib]

Noticed the same with our Canon SX260 cameras when set on the static camera mount in nadir mode (close to the body of the Solo). We'd routinely get compass calibration errors if the camera was powered on before the Solo had fully booted. Perhaps here order of operations matters as well, especially if there is an RF-noisy payload nearby.

I also noticed some substrates would give me a calibration error (some rocks in the fields), so I would check maybe you're not powering ontop of somewhere noisy.

 

[Mddyer84]

How can I put a different camera on solo instead of a gopro? Does the stock HDMI that's comes out of solo connect right into the Sony camera? And or different cameras? Because I purchased a 1080p 4k cheap camera and tried to plug and play keep in mind I'm not using a gimbal. And I cannot get picture? I'd hate to spend the money on a Sony or more expensive camera and it not work. Cam you please share with me how you did that?

 

[Saijin_Naib]

How can I put a different camera on solo instead of a gopro? Does the stock HDMI that's comes out of solo connect right into the Sony camera? And or different cameras? Because I purchased a 1080p 4k cheap camera and tried to plug and play keep in mind I'm not using a gimbal. And I cannot get picture? I'd hate to spend the money on a Sony or more expensive camera and it not work. Cam you please share with me how you did that?

Flying blind, no HDMI out. We ran autonomous missions with the camera for mapping/survey purpose.

 

[Robpower]

How can I put a different camera on solo instead of a gopro? Does the stock HDMI that's comes out of solo connect right into the Sony camera? And or different cameras? Because I purchased a 1080p 4k cheap camera and tried to plug and play keep in mind I'm not using a gimbal. And I cannot get picture? I'd hate to spend the money on a Sony or more expensive camera and it not work. Cam you please share with me how you did that?

I use a Panasonic TX110 for my still shots, take a look at this thread

https://3drpilots.com/threads/camera-mount-lumix-tz110.8931/

 

[Mddyer84]

So are some cameras compatible and some not?

 

[Mddyer84]

So are some cameras compatible and some not or is it my hdmi cable is that why my cheap cam isn't working

 

[skyhax]

When you set "tv out" on most cams like sj4000, they work for FPV but don't record.

 

[Mddyer84]

I have the sj7000

 

[Mddyer84]

I don't believe I have a tv out on that cam, do you know what settings I should have it on

 

[skyhax]

I would read everything at dashcamtalk about that camera. I see in their review of that cam they list "Crystal clear HDMI output". That output does not stay on by default or it would kill the battery. So in the menu will be "TV out" or similar and you can get FPV.

 

[Mddyer84]

Every thing I look up about it says FPV N/A, so sad. O well that's what I get for not reading about it before I bought it. So just going to look for a gopro. If anyone has one forsale PLEASE let me know. Thanks guys for all the help.

 

[Maddog]

I have this on my Solo:


I only get 65 seconds of flight time but it looks cool.

 

[rickc]

I have this on my Solo:

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I only get 65 seconds of flight time but it looks cool.

I tried that once ...