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2010-09-04T14:19:24Z

Andrei19: /* Europe */

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[http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:Dconger Dconger]

[http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:MarcusWolschon MarcusWolschon]

[http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:Alfamyke Alfamyke]

[http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:Danstah Danstah]

[http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:Martinmm Martinmm]

[http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:John_Burt John Burt]

[http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:SilaS SilaS]

[http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:Mecevans Mecevans]

[http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:CSU-FCUAV CSU-FCUAV]

[http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:GPH Pierre-Selim]

[http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:Martinpi martinpi]

[http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:VAMK VAMK]

[http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:EldenC Elden_Crom]

[http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:Rbdavison Bernard Davison]

[http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:jvs84 U of Arizona Autonomous Glider]

[http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:Marc Marc]

[http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:Bu5hm4nn Bu5hm4nn]

==Asia==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;background:black; color:blue"
|+ Asia
|-
! Name !! Location !! Hardware !! Joined !! Current activities / project status
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"

| [mailto:wangcfan@163.com Wangcfan]|| China || Tiny2.11 ||| 2008 || The beginning, is now in learning phase;Learning in Tiny2.11 using the method of IMU!
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"

| [mailto:mnwxiaobao@gmail.com MNW]|| China || Tiny2.11 ||| 2009 || Just starting,having troubles with parts.
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:shubhamearly@gmail.com Shubham]|| India || Tiny2.11 ||| 2009 || Writing the configuration code for airframe
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:mundhra@gmail.com M Mundhra] || India || Tiny 1.3 ||| 2007 || Gain tuning on a flying wing configuration airframe
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:ngkiangloong_at_hopetechnik.com Jianlun]|| Singapore || TWOG V1 ||| 2008 || trying to get TWOG onto an EasyStar. very much a newbie!
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:praxmail@gmail.com prashanth] || India || Tiny 2.11 ||| 2008 || 6 autonomous flights till now, currently build a new wing like funjet
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:spencerpangborn@gmail.com spencer] || Taipei, Taiwan || none ||| 2009 || research for now, hope to take aerial photos of Taipei City soon
|}

==Europe==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;background:black; color:blue"

! Name !! Location !! Hardware !! Joined !! Current activities / project status

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
|Austria

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:Martinpi Martin Piehslinger] || Vienna, Austria || Tiny 2.11 || 2008 || just starting

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:st.jr_at_gmx.at TomS] || Graz, Austria || Tiny 2.11 ||| 2008 || Starting to complete the wiring for the tiny and then trying to apply it to my TwinStar II.

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
|France

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:x-microdrones@2007.polytechnique.org X-MicroDrones] || Paris, France || Tiny 2.11, Quad-Tilt-Rotor VTOL ||| 2008 || Wiring completed, first flights soon... We're trying to adapt Paparazzi to a Quad-Tilt-Rotor VTOL able to perform both airplane-like and helicopter-like flights. Working on inertial measurement units implementation.

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:pvol_at_club.fr Philippe Volivert] || Paris, France || TWOG 2.12, EasyGlider, MPX3030 ||| July 2009 || Working on pan/tilt/roll camera

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:thibaut.bergal@estaca.eu ESTACA Modélisme] || Paris, France || TWOG 2.11, Swift 2, MC22 ||| January 2010 || Starting

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:pauldanielcox_at_gmail_dot_com Paul Cox]
| Toulouse
| Tiny v2.11 || Nov. 2008 || GWS Slow Stick flying in AUTO2 reliably. Starting on stabilized video and payload drops Skype: pauldanielcox Gtalk: [use email]

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
|Germany

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:maik.hoepfel_at_web.de Maik Hoepfel] || Berlin, Germany || TWOG, Borjet Maja, Futaba 9C 35 Mhz ||| August 2009 || Have flown different airframes and am flying a Borjet Maja right now; built a more rugged case and connecting board for PPRZ; taking surveying pictures

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [[User:MarcusWolschon|Marcus Wolschon]] || Freiburg, Germany || Gumstix, Paraplane ||| 2008 || Porting Paparazzi to Linux-Userland with UDP-communication using mesh-networking.
UDP-Downlink working, GPS via GPSD working, Pararazzi in Linux working, Hardware still RC-only due to sensor-soldering-issues

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [[User:Flixr|Felix Ruess]] || Munich, Germany || Booz2 quadrotor ||| 2008 || flying, but a lot to improve ;-)

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [[User:TheJJ|Jonas Jelten]] || Augsburg, Germany || just our airframe ||| 2010 || "P-Seminar" for the new G8 at our Gymnasium ([http://www.solarflugzeug.de.tc solarflugzeug.de.tc])

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [[User:Christoph|Christoph Niemann]] || Bremen, Germany || Reely Condor with TWOG and Sparkfun Razor-IMU ||| 2010 || Several successful AUTO2-Flights but still need to improve the Configuration

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| Portugal

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:azoreanuav_at_gmail.com Rui Costa] || Azores, Portugal || Outrunner Twinstar II with Tiny 2.11, Aerocomm datalink, 1W video tx ||| 2008 || Only ground test and software configuration.

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:muralha_at_gmail.com Nuno Guedes] || Lamego, Portugal || Tiny 2.11 || 2008 || Starting

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
|Switzerland

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:markggriffin_at_gmail.com MarkG] || Geneva, Switzerland || Modified Tiny v2.11, TWOG v1, EeePC as GCS, Multiplex FunJet & EasyStar ||| 2008 || Many successful flights.

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:spam1_at_marzer.com CedricM] || Geneva, Switzerland || Tiny 2.11, Multiplex FunJet with video camera ||| 2008 || Many successful flights working on an osd module and weather probes.

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:reto.buettner_at_gmail.com RetoB] || Meilen, Switzerland || TWOG, Borjet Maja, Y-UAV, EzOSD, Scherrer UHF ||| 2010 || Many successful flights. See [http://www.aerovista.ch/news.html www.aerovista.ch] and [http://www.y-uav.com www.y-uav.com] for current status.

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:samuelbryner_gmx.ch Samuel B.] || Winterthur, Switzerland || Tiny 2.11, Multiplex Easyglider ||| 2010 || Just starting. No flight so far :/

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| UK

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:et@onyxnet.co.uk Alan K] || Middlesbrough, England || Tiny 2.11 & MaxStream ||| 2008 || Just starting.

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [[User:G R|Gareth R]] || Sheffield, UK || Tiny 2.11, video, bunch of helicopters, Multiplex Mentor, Multiplex Funjet, Multiplex Fox, GWS Formosa ||| 2008 || Came 4th in EMAV09 (although won the Golden Balls award for courage in the face of adversity and exceptional partying). Many AUTO2 flights with a camera and XBee868s. Current main airframe is a GWS Formosa (they are so cheap!).

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| Other

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:silas_at_silas.hu SilaS] || Budapest || Tiny 1.3,2.11, Twog 1.0 ||| 2007 || Applied tiny to GWS Estarter, finished long travels in AUTO2. Now transfert it to a Twinstar and working on pairing tiny with FPV. Successfull. Now using it on large gliders and jets.

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [[ email = hendrix at vivodinet dot gr| Chris Efstathiou]] || Piraeus Hellas || tiny 2.11 on a Mpx EasyGlider, TWOG 1.3 on a Boomerang turbine jet ||| 2008 || The Easyglider is fully operational, still working on the jet which had his first flight with the TWOG at 25/1/2009

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [[User:openuas|OpenUAS]] || Amsterdam, The Netherlands || TWOG, Tiny and various airframes || 2007 || Quite a few AUTO2 flights. Improving airspeed integration

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:sanarlab@yandex.ru Andrew Saenko] || Russia, St-Petersburg || Tiny 1.13, Tiny 2.11, two own hardware designs, 5 kg aerial photo plane, 2.5 kg survelliance uav, Easystar ||| 2007 || Use modified autopilot and GCS in professional tasks, add self desidned IMU

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:chebuzz_at_gmail.com David "Buzz" Carlson] || Cyprus || Tiny 2.11, Lynx EDF & GWS SloStick, 9XTend datalink ||| 2008 || Quite a few AUTO2 flights. Plane currently grounded due to a TX run-in with a 1 year-old. Currently working on getting new TX and completing CBP store setup.

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:kostalexis@ece.upatras.gr AneMos-Group] || Patras, Greece || Tiny 2.11, Quadrotor VTOL ||| 2008 || Working on IMU, Trying to implement Constrained Control for the quadrotor trajectory flight

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:VAMK Allan Ojala (VAMK)] || Vaasa, Finland || TWOG, with AC4790 radio and LEA-5H GPS ||| 2009 || Ditched the SIG Kadet. Built a new big plane TaigaCam. Self-build model made out of EPP and a plastic tube.

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:alexandru.panait@ral.ro Phineas] || Bucharest, Romania || Tiny2.11 (PPZUAV) ||| November 2009 || Just started to set-up

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:lukeiron@hotmail.com Luke] || Torino, Italy || TWOG ||| December 2009 || Close to mount the AP on my Mentor
|}

==North America==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;background:black; color:blue"
|-
! Name !! Location !! Hardware !! Joined !! Current activities / project status

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:Mcurrie Matthew Currie] || Nanaimo, BC Canada || Tiny 13 v1.1 (Self-built) ||| November 2006 || Funjet + XBee

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:quill_at_u.washington.edu John Burt] [http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:John_Burt wiki page]|| Portland, Oregon || Tiny v2.11 + LEA-4H (PPZUAV), Multiplex Cularis/Easystar, 9Xtend modem, T7CAP TX, ground station: EEE PC701 and/or Nokia N810 ||| Jan 2009 || Initial flight tests w/ Easystar in AUTO1 & AUTO2.

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:ogar0007@umn.edu Pat O'Gara] || St. Paul, MN || Tiny 2.11 and TWOG (PPZUAV) |||Oct. 2008 || Completed and flown FunJet and Minimag in Auto 2. Currently rebuilding MiniMag as an improved development platform.

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:kochesj@gvsu.edu John Koches] || Muskegon, Michigan || Tiny 2.11 (PPZUAV) ||| 2007 || currently flying a 48 inch zagi, 80 inch under construction.

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:Stdeguir@gmail.com Steve Deguir] || New York,New York || Tiny2.11+LEA-5H (PPZUAV), XbeePro 2.4, Berg4L, JR FMA ||| Feb 2009 ||

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:bmw330i@me.com David Conger] || San Diego (Ramona), California || Tiny1.3 (PPZUAV) ||| Sept 2007 || Flying Wing MAV with onboard video. Test platform for the new 900mhz XBPro 900 RF modems.

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:mecevans@gmail.com Michael Evans] || Seaside(Monterey Bay), California || Tiny2.11 (PPZUAV) ||| Feb 2009 ||http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1000937.

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| USU AggieAir Remote Sensing || Logan, UT || TWOG (PPZUAV) ||| January 2009 || Building 72" Flying Wings which will be used for remote sensing. Routine autonomous flight.

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [http://www.engr.usu.edu/wiki/index.php/OSAM USU OSAM-UAV] || Logan, UT || TWOG (PPZUAV) ||| June 2007 || 2x72" 5x48" 1x60" Flying Wings. Research backyard for AggieAir Remote Sensing. Routine autonomous flight.

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:CSU-FCUAV CSU Fuel Cell UAV] || Fort Collins, Co || Tiny 2.11 + LEA-5H (PPZUAV), 2.4Ghz XBPro ||| Mar 2009 || Maiden flight complete Feb 28. New Airframe in development.

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:armz12@gmail.com Armen Gharibans] || La Jolla, California || Tiny2.11 (PPZUAV) ||| March 2009 || UCSD Project with Multiplex Mentor. Completed August 2, 2009. Several Successful Auto2 Flights. A LOT of help from David Conger.

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:EldenC Elden Crom] || Tucson, AZ || Twog 1.0 ||| July 2009 || Multiplex Twinstar, XBee Pro. Several Successful Auto2 Flights. Working toward precise Auto-Takeoff and Auto-Land

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:jvs84 U of Arizona Autonomous Glider] || Tucson, AZ || None, will use TWOG 1.0 ||| December 2009 || Super Dimona, Aerocomm. No Flight test. Working toward setting waypoints within Paparazzi code

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [Reegan] || Lubbock, TX || Planning on Tiny 2.11 (PPZUAV), 900mhz XBPro |||Dec. 2009 || Gaining info to begin a collegiate project

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| Team UAV UALR Caleb Tenberge || Little Rock, AR || Using TWOG 1.0 ||| Feb 2010 || Using a Telemaster, we are learning the GCS and building our plane.

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:changho.nam@asu.edu Arizona State University POLY - Capstone Team: Development of UAV /w surveillance System] || Mesa, AZ || Using TINY 2.1 - 2.4GHz Modem, CCD Camera /w 900 MHz Video Transmitter ||| March 2010 || 4-lbs Flying Wings. We made successful autonomous flights.

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| New User || 1 || 2 ||| 3 || 4
|}

==Central America==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;background:black; color:blue"
! Name !! Location !! Hardware !! Joined !! Current activities / project status
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:joschau@comcast.net Joekadet] || David Panama' || Tiny v2.11/LEA-4P, RF Modems XBee Pro 2.4 GHz (PPZUAV). Multiplex Mentor ||| 2008 || Seven flights now. Flights 6 & 7 in Auto2. Now only a matter of fine tuning.
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| New User || 1 || 2 ||| 3 || 4
|}

==South America==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;background:black; color:blue"
! Name !! Location !! Hardware !! Joined !! Current activities / project status
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:gustavoviolato@gmail.com Gustavo Violato] || São José dos Campos, Brasil || Tiny v2.11/LEA-4P, Modem XBee Pro 2.4 GHz Swift II ||| 2009 || Flying autonomously and enjoying it. Planning to use the system for flight test data acquisition and aircraft parameter recognition.
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| New User || 1 || 2 ||| 3 || 4
|}

==Australia==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;background:black; color:blue"
|-
! Name !! Location !! Hardware !! Joined !! Current activities / project status
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:todd_soaring@yahoo.com.au Todd Sandercock] || Adelaide, SA || Tiny v2.11, Multiplex Twinjet, 9Xtend modems ||| Jan 2008 || Completed successful flight testing. Now designing new airframe.
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:reubenb87@gmail.com Reuben Brown]|| Gawler, SA || Tiny v2.11 ||| May 2009 || Getting the autopilot set up
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:Rbdavison Bernard Davison] || Neutral Bay, NSW || Tiny v2.11, Vertical + Horizontal IR sensors, XBee PRO modems, Futaba T6EXAP TX, Futaba R136F RX, Funjet, MacBook laptop ||| August 2008 || Several flights in Auto1
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:Rufus Chris Gough] || Canberra || TWOG v2.11, EZ* || September 09 || not yet airborn
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:Adam.A Adam Amos] || Sydney, NSW || TWOG, IMU, BORJET MAJA || March 2010 || see [http://www.rescuerobotics.com.au www.rescuerobotics.com.au] for current status
|}

==Africa==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;background:black; color:blue"
! Name !! Location !! Hardware !! Joined !! Current activities / project status
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:w1_th@yahoo.com W1th] || South Africa KZN || TWOG V1 ,LEA-5H GPS , RF Modems XBee Pro 868 (CheBuzz) ||| July 2009 || Got TWOG,GPS etc interfacing with Laptop and working , Have not done anything to it recently but...Made a website [http://sites.google.com/site/scarfclub/paparazi-uav SCARF Paparazzi-UAV] of my struggle ...
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:willie.smit@nwu.ac.za Willie Smit] || South Africa NW || Tiny v2.11, LEA-4P GPS, RF Modems XBee Pro ||| April 2010 || We are currently doing test flights. Also doing research on obstacle avoidance.
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
|}

Users

2010-09-04T14:16:06Z

Andrei19: /* Europe */

Please add yourself to this list if you wish to share who you are and what you are doing with Paparazzi

==Need help adding your information?==
To have your information added by another paparazzi user, please send me an [http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=6575288&postcount=1 EMAIL] at with the
following:

*Name
*Email
*Location
*Hardware
*Join date
*Current activities / project status

== Wiki pages ==
add a link to your users wiki page.

[http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:Dconger Dconger]

[http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:MarcusWolschon MarcusWolschon]

[http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:Alfamyke Alfamyke]

[http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:Danstah Danstah]

[http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:Martinmm Martinmm]

[http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:John_Burt John Burt]

[http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:SilaS SilaS]

[http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:Mecevans Mecevans]

[http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:CSU-FCUAV CSU-FCUAV]

[http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:GPH Pierre-Selim]

[http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:Martinpi martinpi]

[http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:VAMK VAMK]

[http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:EldenC Elden_Crom]

[http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:Rbdavison Bernard Davison]

[http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:jvs84 U of Arizona Autonomous Glider]

[http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:Marc Marc]

[http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:Bu5hm4nn Bu5hm4nn]

==Asia==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;background:black; color:blue"
|+ Asia
|-
! Name !! Location !! Hardware !! Joined !! Current activities / project status
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"

| [mailto:wangcfan@163.com Wangcfan]|| China || Tiny2.11 ||| 2008 || The beginning, is now in learning phase;Learning in Tiny2.11 using the method of IMU!
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"

| [mailto:mnwxiaobao@gmail.com MNW]|| China || Tiny2.11 ||| 2009 || Just starting,having troubles with parts.
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:shubhamearly@gmail.com Shubham]|| India || Tiny2.11 ||| 2009 || Writing the configuration code for airframe
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:mundhra@gmail.com M Mundhra] || India || Tiny 1.3 ||| 2007 || Gain tuning on a flying wing configuration airframe
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:ngkiangloong_at_hopetechnik.com Jianlun]|| Singapore || TWOG V1 ||| 2008 || trying to get TWOG onto an EasyStar. very much a newbie!
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:praxmail@gmail.com prashanth] || India || Tiny 2.11 ||| 2008 || 6 autonomous flights till now, currently build a new wing like funjet
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:spencerpangborn@gmail.com spencer] || Taipei, Taiwan || none ||| 2009 || research for now, hope to take aerial photos of Taipei City soon
|}

==Europe==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;background:black; color:blue"

! Name !! Location !! Hardware !! Joined !! Current activities / project status

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
|Austria

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:Martinpi Martin Piehslinger] || Vienna, Austria || Tiny 2.11 || 2008 || just starting

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:st.jr_at_gmx.at TomS] || Graz, Austria || Tiny 2.11 ||| 2008 || Starting to complete the wiring for the tiny and then trying to apply it to my TwinStar II.

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
|France

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:x-microdrones@2007.polytechnique.org X-MicroDrones] || Paris, France || Tiny 2.11, Quad-Tilt-Rotor VTOL ||| 2008 || Wiring completed, first flights soon... We're trying to adapt Paparazzi to a Quad-Tilt-Rotor VTOL able to perform both airplane-like and helicopter-like flights. Working on inertial measurement units implementation.

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:pvol_at_club.fr Philippe Volivert] || Paris, France || TWOG 2.12, EasyGlider, MPX3030 ||| July 2009 || Working on pan/tilt/roll camera

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:thibaut.bergal@estaca.eu ESTACA Modélisme] || Paris, France || TWOG 2.11, Swift 2, MC22 ||| January 2010 || Starting

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:pauldanielcox_at_gmail_dot_com Paul Cox]
| Toulouse
| Tiny v2.11 || Nov. 2008 || GWS Slow Stick flying in AUTO2 reliably. Starting on stabilized video and payload drops Skype: pauldanielcox Gtalk: [use email]

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
|Germany

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:maik.hoepfel_at_web.de Maik Hoepfel] || Berlin, Germany || TWOG, Borjet Maja, Futaba 9C 35 Mhz ||| August 2009 || Have flown different airframes and am flying a Borjet Maja right now; built a more rugged case and connecting board for PPRZ; taking surveying pictures

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [[User:MarcusWolschon|Marcus Wolschon]] || Freiburg, Germany || Gumstix, Paraplane ||| 2008 || Porting Paparazzi to Linux-Userland with UDP-communication using mesh-networking.
UDP-Downlink working, GPS via GPSD working, Pararazzi in Linux working, Hardware still RC-only due to sensor-soldering-issues

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [[User:Flixr|Felix Ruess]] || Munich, Germany || Booz2 quadrotor ||| 2008 || flying, but a lot to improve ;-)

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [[User:TheJJ|Jonas Jelten]] || Augsburg, Germany || just our airframe ||| 2010 || "P-Seminar" for the new G8 at our Gymnasium ([http://www.solarflugzeug.de.tc solarflugzeug.de.tc])

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [[User:Christoph|Christoph Niemann]] || Bremen, Germany || Reely Condor with TWOG and Sparkfun Razor-IMU ||| 2010 || Several successful AUTO2-Flights but still need to improve the Configuration

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| Portugal

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:azoreanuav_at_gmail.com Rui Costa] || Azores, Portugal || Outrunner Twinstar II with Tiny 2.11, Aerocomm datalink, 1W video tx ||| 2008 || Only ground test and software configuration.

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:muralha_at_gmail.com Nuno Guedes] || Lamego, Portugal || Tiny 2.11 || 2008 || Starting

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
|Switzerland

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:markggriffin_at_gmail.com MarkG] || Geneva, Switzerland || Modified Tiny v2.11, TWOG v1, EeePC as GCS, Multiplex FunJet & EasyStar ||| 2008 || Many successful flights.

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:spam1_at_marzer.com CedricM] || Geneva, Switzerland || Tiny 2.11, Multiplex FunJet with video camera ||| 2008 || Many successful flights working on an osd module and weather probes.

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:reto.buettner_at_gmail.com RetoB] || Meilen, Switzerland || TWOG, Borjet Maja, Y-UAV, EzOSD, Scherrer UHF ||| 2010 || Many successful flights. See [http://www.aerovista.ch/news.html www.aerovista.ch] and [http://www.y-uav.com www.y-uav.com] for current status.

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:samuelbryner_gmx.ch Samuel B.] || Winterthur, Switzerland || Tiny 2.11, Multiplex Easyglider ||| 2010 || Just starting. No flight so far :/

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| UK

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:et@onyxnet.co.uk Alan K] || Middlesbrough, England || Tiny 2.11 & MaxStream ||| 2008 || Just starting.

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [[User:G R|Gareth R]] || Sheffield, UK || Tiny 2.11, video, bunch of helicopters, Multiplex Mentor, Multiplex Funjet, Multiplex Fox, GWS Formosa ||| 2008 || Came 4th in EMAV09 (although won the Golden Balls award for courage in the face of adversity and exceptional partying). Many AUTO2 flights with a camera and XBee868s. Current main airframe is a GWS Formosa (they are so cheap!).

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| Other

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:silas_at_silas.hu SilaS] || Budapest || Tiny 1.3,2.11, Twog 1.0 ||| 2007 || Applied tiny to GWS Estarter, finished long travels in AUTO2. Now transfert it to a Twinstar and working on pairing tiny with FPV. Successfull. Now using it on large gliders and jets.

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [[ email = hendrix at vivodinet dot gr| Chris Efstathiou]] || Piraeus Hellas || tiny 2.11 on a Mpx EasyGlider, TWOG 1.3 on a Boomerang turbine jet ||| 2008 || The Easyglider is fully operational, still working on the jet which had his first flight with the TWOG at 25/1/2009

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [[User:openuas|OpenUAS]] || Amsterdam, The Netherlands || TWOG, Tiny and various airframes || 2007 || Quite a few AUTO2 flights. Improving airspeed integration

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:sanarlab@yandex.ru Andrew Saenko] || Russia, St-Petersburg || Tiny 1.13, Tiny 2.11, two own hardware designs, 5 kg aerial photo plane, 2.5 kg survelliance uav ||| 2007 || Use modified autopilot and GCS in professional tasks, add self desidned IMU

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:chebuzz_at_gmail.com David "Buzz" Carlson] || Cyprus || Tiny 2.11, Lynx EDF & GWS SloStick, 9XTend datalink ||| 2008 || Quite a few AUTO2 flights. Plane currently grounded due to a TX run-in with a 1 year-old. Currently working on getting new TX and completing CBP store setup.

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:kostalexis@ece.upatras.gr AneMos-Group] || Patras, Greece || Tiny 2.11, Quadrotor VTOL ||| 2008 || Working on IMU, Trying to implement Constrained Control for the quadrotor trajectory flight

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:VAMK Allan Ojala (VAMK)] || Vaasa, Finland || TWOG, with AC4790 radio and LEA-5H GPS ||| 2009 || Ditched the SIG Kadet. Built a new big plane TaigaCam. Self-build model made out of EPP and a plastic tube.

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:alexandru.panait@ral.ro Phineas] || Bucharest, Romania || Tiny2.11 (PPZUAV) ||| November 2009 || Just started to set-up

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:lukeiron@hotmail.com Luke] || Torino, Italy || TWOG ||| December 2009 || Close to mount the AP on my Mentor
|}

==North America==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;background:black; color:blue"
|-
! Name !! Location !! Hardware !! Joined !! Current activities / project status

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:Mcurrie Matthew Currie] || Nanaimo, BC Canada || Tiny 13 v1.1 (Self-built) ||| November 2006 || Funjet + XBee

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:quill_at_u.washington.edu John Burt] [http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:John_Burt wiki page]|| Portland, Oregon || Tiny v2.11 + LEA-4H (PPZUAV), Multiplex Cularis/Easystar, 9Xtend modem, T7CAP TX, ground station: EEE PC701 and/or Nokia N810 ||| Jan 2009 || Initial flight tests w/ Easystar in AUTO1 & AUTO2.

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:ogar0007@umn.edu Pat O'Gara] || St. Paul, MN || Tiny 2.11 and TWOG (PPZUAV) |||Oct. 2008 || Completed and flown FunJet and Minimag in Auto 2. Currently rebuilding MiniMag as an improved development platform.

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:kochesj@gvsu.edu John Koches] || Muskegon, Michigan || Tiny 2.11 (PPZUAV) ||| 2007 || currently flying a 48 inch zagi, 80 inch under construction.

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:Stdeguir@gmail.com Steve Deguir] || New York,New York || Tiny2.11+LEA-5H (PPZUAV), XbeePro 2.4, Berg4L, JR FMA ||| Feb 2009 ||

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:bmw330i@me.com David Conger] || San Diego (Ramona), California || Tiny1.3 (PPZUAV) ||| Sept 2007 || Flying Wing MAV with onboard video. Test platform for the new 900mhz XBPro 900 RF modems.

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:mecevans@gmail.com Michael Evans] || Seaside(Monterey Bay), California || Tiny2.11 (PPZUAV) ||| Feb 2009 ||http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1000937.

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| USU AggieAir Remote Sensing || Logan, UT || TWOG (PPZUAV) ||| January 2009 || Building 72" Flying Wings which will be used for remote sensing. Routine autonomous flight.

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [http://www.engr.usu.edu/wiki/index.php/OSAM USU OSAM-UAV] || Logan, UT || TWOG (PPZUAV) ||| June 2007 || 2x72" 5x48" 1x60" Flying Wings. Research backyard for AggieAir Remote Sensing. Routine autonomous flight.

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:CSU-FCUAV CSU Fuel Cell UAV] || Fort Collins, Co || Tiny 2.11 + LEA-5H (PPZUAV), 2.4Ghz XBPro ||| Mar 2009 || Maiden flight complete Feb 28. New Airframe in development.

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:armz12@gmail.com Armen Gharibans] || La Jolla, California || Tiny2.11 (PPZUAV) ||| March 2009 || UCSD Project with Multiplex Mentor. Completed August 2, 2009. Several Successful Auto2 Flights. A LOT of help from David Conger.

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:EldenC Elden Crom] || Tucson, AZ || Twog 1.0 ||| July 2009 || Multiplex Twinstar, XBee Pro. Several Successful Auto2 Flights. Working toward precise Auto-Takeoff and Auto-Land

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:jvs84 U of Arizona Autonomous Glider] || Tucson, AZ || None, will use TWOG 1.0 ||| December 2009 || Super Dimona, Aerocomm. No Flight test. Working toward setting waypoints within Paparazzi code

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [Reegan] || Lubbock, TX || Planning on Tiny 2.11 (PPZUAV), 900mhz XBPro |||Dec. 2009 || Gaining info to begin a collegiate project

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| Team UAV UALR Caleb Tenberge || Little Rock, AR || Using TWOG 1.0 ||| Feb 2010 || Using a Telemaster, we are learning the GCS and building our plane.

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:changho.nam@asu.edu Arizona State University POLY - Capstone Team: Development of UAV /w surveillance System] || Mesa, AZ || Using TINY 2.1 - 2.4GHz Modem, CCD Camera /w 900 MHz Video Transmitter ||| March 2010 || 4-lbs Flying Wings. We made successful autonomous flights.

|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| New User || 1 || 2 ||| 3 || 4
|}

==Central America==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;background:black; color:blue"
! Name !! Location !! Hardware !! Joined !! Current activities / project status
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:joschau@comcast.net Joekadet] || David Panama' || Tiny v2.11/LEA-4P, RF Modems XBee Pro 2.4 GHz (PPZUAV). Multiplex Mentor ||| 2008 || Seven flights now. Flights 6 & 7 in Auto2. Now only a matter of fine tuning.
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| New User || 1 || 2 ||| 3 || 4
|}

==South America==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;background:black; color:blue"
! Name !! Location !! Hardware !! Joined !! Current activities / project status
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:gustavoviolato@gmail.com Gustavo Violato] || São José dos Campos, Brasil || Tiny v2.11/LEA-4P, Modem XBee Pro 2.4 GHz Swift II ||| 2009 || Flying autonomously and enjoying it. Planning to use the system for flight test data acquisition and aircraft parameter recognition.
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| New User || 1 || 2 ||| 3 || 4
|}

==Australia==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;background:black; color:blue"
|-
! Name !! Location !! Hardware !! Joined !! Current activities / project status
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:todd_soaring@yahoo.com.au Todd Sandercock] || Adelaide, SA || Tiny v2.11, Multiplex Twinjet, 9Xtend modems ||| Jan 2008 || Completed successful flight testing. Now designing new airframe.
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:reubenb87@gmail.com Reuben Brown]|| Gawler, SA || Tiny v2.11 ||| May 2009 || Getting the autopilot set up
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:Rbdavison Bernard Davison] || Neutral Bay, NSW || Tiny v2.11, Vertical + Horizontal IR sensors, XBee PRO modems, Futaba T6EXAP TX, Futaba R136F RX, Funjet, MacBook laptop ||| August 2008 || Several flights in Auto1
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:Rufus Chris Gough] || Canberra || TWOG v2.11, EZ* || September 09 || not yet airborn
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/User:Adam.A Adam Amos] || Sydney, NSW || TWOG, IMU, BORJET MAJA || March 2010 || see [http://www.rescuerobotics.com.au www.rescuerobotics.com.au] for current status
|}

==Africa==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;background:black; color:blue"
! Name !! Location !! Hardware !! Joined !! Current activities / project status
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:w1_th@yahoo.com W1th] || South Africa KZN || TWOG V1 ,LEA-5H GPS , RF Modems XBee Pro 868 (CheBuzz) ||| July 2009 || Got TWOG,GPS etc interfacing with Laptop and working , Have not done anything to it recently but...Made a website [http://sites.google.com/site/scarfclub/paparazi-uav SCARF Paparazzi-UAV] of my struggle ...
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:willie.smit@nwu.ac.za Willie Smit] || South Africa NW || Tiny v2.11, LEA-4P GPS, RF Modems XBee Pro ||| April 2010 || We are currently doing test flights. Also doing research on obstacle avoidance.
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
|}

Hecto

2010-05-26T12:41:24Z

Andrei19:

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'''Pascal''' is the father of the Paparazzi project. He was the wizard of the computers, a talented "Alpiniste" and a great human being. On the web:
* '''<code>(fr)</code>''' [http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2010/05/24/841327-Pyrenees-mort-et-prisonnier-des-glaces.html Dead and ice-bound], ''La dépêche'', May 24th, 2010
* '''<code>(en)</code>''' [http://lwn.net/Articles/389120/ The Paparazzi project loses its founder], ''lwn.net'', May 25th, 2010

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Image:PolarBear.jpg|Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 2005
Image:Pascal3.jpg|
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Image:Pascal4.jpg|Eglin AFB, Florida 2006
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</center>

'''Translation of "La Dépêche" article from 2010/05/24'''

'''Pyrenees : dead and ice-bound'''

[[Image:vignemale.jpg|thumbnail|left]]A 43 year old Toulouse resident, Pascal Brisset, fell to his death on Saturday afternoon into a crevasse from the north face of the Vignemale Glacier, in the Hautes-Pyrenees.

A member of the Toulouse French Alpine Club, Pascal Brisset was participating in a glacier safety camp. With his fellow climbers he planned to stay overnight at the refuge "Les Oulettes de Gaube". The accident took place on Saturday afternoon around 15:00. A snow bridge collapsed under Pascal's weight. The climber's harness was not attached at the moment and he fell into the newly revealed crevasse.

The rescue team from Pierrefitte-Nestalas arrived on scene shortly after by helicopter.

The body of the climber was located 30 meters deep. The crevasse was only one meter large at the top and narrowed down to 20 centimeters.

The rescue team worked all Saturday afternoon and came back on Sunday morning trying to free the body. A very difficult task due to the narrow crevasse, and the fact that the body was already ice-bound. The rescue team tried everything including a jackhammer to break the ice gangue. The effort ceased at noon on Sunday due to the high risk of rock falls and a hazardous snow. "we had to quit working" said, yesterday, a member of the rescue team, disappointed.

Pascal Brisset will remain a prisoner of his ice coffin for now. In motion, the Vignemale Glacier should give the body back in a few months or years.

From "La dépêche" 24/05/2010 08:43

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[[Image:PascalTruck2.jpg|frameless|border|right|middle|400px|Agra, India 2008]]
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[[Image:PascalUttam.jpg|frameless|border|right|middle|400px|Pascal and Uttam in Agra, India 2008]]
[[Image:PascalIndia.jpg|frameless|border|right|middle|400px|Taj Mahal 2008]]
[[Image:La08.jpg|frameless|border|right|middle|400px|Pascal and Murat, Los Angeles, 2008]]
[[Image:Pascal6.jpg|frameless|border|right|middle|400px]]
[[Image:Pascal7.jpg|frameless|border|right|middle|400px|Pascal and Murat at Antoine's house]]
[[Image:Pascal8.jpg|frameless|border|right|middle|400px]]
[[Image:Shades.jpg|frameless|border|right|middle|400px|Toulouse 2007]]

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Pascal, your work, your project has changed my life. To fly an autonmous plane was only a dream and it came true. It was a great pleasure to meet you at all the interesting places that this project brought us to, work together and have all the talks and chats. Will miss you and all that a lot
 - Martin (Germany)

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Looks like it's going to be hard not to repeat what Martin said above.... Thank you for the journey you offered me those past 8 years. I'll miss you. I'm not sure how we're going to keep this thing afloat without you, but don't worry, we'll find a way
 - Poine (France)

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Pascal, we thank you for everything you teached us. We will never forget the feeling of our first night flights in Toulouse!
 - The TU Delft MAVlab Team (Netherlands)

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Pascal i will light a candle for you. I really cannot find any words to describe the magnitude of your
contribution not only to the Paparazzi project but also to the spirit of sharing Knowledge for free.
Good Bye my friend.
 - Chris

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Pascal, You were a great friend and role model to us all. Your incredible motivation, ingenuity, and generosity was inspirational and instrumental to the professional success of many of your followers. I, for one, could not have found my perfect job designing UAVs for Aerovironment if I had not met you and absorbed some of your tremendous knowledge. You have significantly shaped the direction of my life and will always remain a part of me.
 - Jeremy (USA)

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Paparazzi without Pascal would be like oil to water. Pascal, you showed patience without end, teaching someone new every day. You opened your home and your life to many of us without any thought of the cost. Without you and this project my life would be very different from where it is today, different and less fulfilling. You gave us all an amazing gift, do not worry we will not let it spoil. Thank you again, we all miss you!
 - Anton (USA)
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Not much to add, I only got the chance to meet you once and you wouldn't even let me buy you a beer!
You truly embodied the idea of open source and as many have said above, the Paparazzi project had a significant role in my future career and education.
Fly Free.
 - Gareth R

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Pascal, you were a kind & humble person and worked very hard on this incredible project.
The glacier may have taken you from us but we will keep this great project going.
 - Mark G

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Pascal, thank you for everything. I have learn so much with you. I will do my best to continue your work.
 - Gautier (France)

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Pascal, thank you for everythin! I had the privilege to know you for 7 years. In my eyes you will stay as the one that was always willing to help and to give to others. You shared with me some of your passions, a part of your tremendous knowledge, and your kindness. I will never forget that. Merci Pascal.
 - Pierre-Selim (France)

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Pascal, I feel really lucky that I met you ! You were not only the best advisor that one can ever dream of, a perfect human being, but also a wonderful friend to me. After all years that you have dedicated for the project, I am totally sure that a part of you will ALWAYS fly with Paparazzi UAVs all over the world. There is so much things to say but... Thank you very much for everything Pascal ! I will miss you a lot...
 - Murat (Turkey)

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Pascal, thank you so much for each lucky minute I had learning from your experience and from your way as such a great human being. I stand together with everyone here to keep your great ideas flying and developing. Will you always be with us and our little planes. Again, thank you very very much...
 - Gustavo Violato (Brazil)

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Really sorry to hear that, that is indeed sad news. Pascal has contributed a lot to the project and he will be sorely missed. Condoleances to his family.
 - Adam Spence

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Very bad news. My condolences to the family and those of you who really knew him...
It would be difficult to fill the hole he leaves in the project, as he
took care of a lot of things...
 - Roi Rodriguez

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I'm so sorry to hear about this tragedy. After receiving much help from Pascal and many other wonderful members of this community, a working set of Paparazzi aircraft has facilitated me in the completion of my Ph.D. dissertation defense, and in surveying the damage caused by the disastrous floods here in Nashville, TN. I bring with me significant embedded systems expertise, and experience in integration of PPZ into large scale aircraft, so I will be happy to contribute to whatever I can. My deepest sympathies to his family and to all those that knew him.
 - Adrian Lauf

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My deepest condolence to Pascal`s family and friends.
Although he left us his work and dreams will live on...
 - Marko Thaler

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I wish to offer my most sincere condolences to Pascal's family, friends and colleagues on behalf of myself and other followers of the Paparazzi Project in New Zealand. He will be sorely missed.
 - Stephen L Hulme (New Zealand)

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I am so sorry to hear this sad news. In the US, friend or coworkers often contribute for a flower arrangement for the funeral. Is this being done?
Thanks, Pascal, for all you have done and may your work live on through those you have helped.
 - David Carlson

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This is shocking news. We are heartbroken here, our condolences to Pascals family, and the entire Paparazzi group. Pascal was indeed a special person. I met him, and some of the other ENAC members at MAV 08. To me, it was a dream come true, to meet Pascal and the group. We even went flying in the evening together. Pascal has always been there to help and assist, I don't think we would be doing what we do, or reached the stage we are at if it weren't for Pascals help. I cant come to terms with this loss. From now on, every flight we fly is dedicated to Pascal.
 - Uttam Chandrashekhar (India)

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I am really sorry to hear this. Pascal was a great friend and I know he helped alot of people including me.
We will remember him.
 - Roman Krashanitsa (Ukraine)

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My deepest condolences to Pascal's family and friends. I went online and saw the article about the accident after seeing the Wiki this AM.
I am speechless as well. I feel the world has lost someone special.
 - David Conger (USA)

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I am really shocked by this news. Thank you, Pascal for knowlege you shared with us. Whitout you and this project I could not have found my great job, growed from my hobby. You newer denied assistance, thank you for all.
 - Andrew Saenko (Russia)

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My Deepest condolences to Pascals family, its shocking to hear this. Although, i did not have the fortune to have met him personally, in many ways he has been instrumental in me building and flying a UAV. His dedication and helpfulness to all has inspired me and will always be remembered whenever my little plane flies with paparazzi.
 - Prashanth Thankachan

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This is great loss to all. He was a kind & humble person.
The glacier may have taken him from us but we will keep this great project going.
 - Mark Griffin

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So sorry to hear such a sad news, we have lost such an intelligent person. My deepest and sincerest condolence to Pascal's families and friends. I still remember how kindly he was for answering my questions and helping me to make progress on the Paparazzi project. The only thing I could do is making my best efforts to let our UAV equipped with Paparazzi autopilot win again in this year's competition as the best memorial for him.
 - Long Di

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Hi All,
I am very sad to ear this bad news. I met the paparazzi team once at the EMAV in Garmish Partenkirchen.
Condoleances to his family.
 - Martial Châteauvieux (Germany)

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It is very sad and shocking to hear that. Paparazzi has been a greatest project for me ever. I can not express my sadness with word……. my sincerest condolences for all Pascal’s friends and families.
 - Chen Kuo (Germany)

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This is a terrible news.
My most sincere condolences to Pascal's family and friends. Although, i didn't know him personally, I miss him already as I appreciated his help for my paparazzy set-up.
I explored deeply the code of the ground station, and started doing some OCAML. I can be of some help for the ground station part, but it is clear I won't be performing as fast as Pascal as i am still beginner in OCAML.
 - Guillaume Sanchez (France)

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I am shocked and sad to read of the abruptly death of Pascal.
My deepest and sincerest condolence to Pascal's families and friends.
I will keep him in my mind as kind and helpful person.
 - Prof. Dr.-Ing. Heinrich Warmers (Germany)

---

Like so many others here, flying robots is a dream and your brainchild was what let me see that dreams can be a reality. For that I will be forever grateful and indebted to you. I remember the first time I flew on autopilot; putting a plane in the air and having it fly itself seemed almost magical. But it was the hard work that you took the pains to share with the world that made it possible. Your talents were unmatched and the world is poorer now without you. Your welcoming spirit is something that I will not soon forget. We grieve at your sudden departure and our hearts go out to those who knew you best.
 - Paul

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Pascal, thank you for all your help and inspiration. I'm very glad I met you and will always remember the time working, flying and hiking with you.
 - Felix Ruess (Germany)

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Pascal, so sad and terrible to hear this. As for many others on this page, you changed my life. We will never forget you as you will always fly with us.
 - Christian Lindenberg (Germany)

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From the very few contacts I had with Pascal, I was really unable to miss the gentleness and kindness he shows in every act.
He was helpful, simple, generous and sincere.Even for a stranger asking for a few hints about a mountain hike, he took plenty of time to give me his best tricks and advice. I really feel that, to everybody he met, his absence is going to be a great loss, and lasting sadness. I feel really sad today, and I send all my condoleances to his family.
 - Raïlane (France)

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The rare intelligence, kindness and humility of Pascal Brisset made him a precious man to meet. He has been, and still will be, a tremendous inspiration to some of my close friends who worked with him and whose life was forever changed to the better. Nature has now called him back, to the heart of the moutains he loved with passion. May he rest in peace and may time ease the pain of those who knew and remember him. Fly on Pascal !
 - David Paquet (France)

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Pascal, thanks for everything we shared together. 
Your incredible knowledge and your stupid jokes. 
Your feet on the ground your head towards the sky. 
Five years of great memories all over the world. 
A part of you will fly with us, forever... 
Your friend. 
- Michel (ENAC Team - France)

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Pascal, you were my friend and my CS guru for so many years. I owe you everything. Life will never be the same without you. I miss you so badly.
 - Nicolas Barnier (Toulouse, France)

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You were wisdom and kindness embodied. I'm very glad you believed in me the way you did. Computer science at the ENAC will never be the same without you.
 - Caroline Becker (Toulouse, France)

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You made a lot, and so much still to be done. 
Hopefully you transmit your passion to all of us.
 - Xavier Paris (Toulouse, France)

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I met the talented geek and the nice guy two years ago but I discovered the climber only five days before his death. Too short a time to have
had the pleasure of climbing with him. Thank you for your work, Pascal! Thank you for your kindness! I will miss you.
 - Sébastien Dinot (Toulouse, France)

Sensors/GPS

2009-10-23T10:53:09Z

Andrei19:

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| __TOC__
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==Overview==
[[Image:U-blox_color_warm_60.gif|100px]]

Paparazzi autopilots are designed around the popular [http://www.u-blox.com u-blox] brand of receivers.

*Features:
**Small size
**Excellent performance
**4Hz position update rate

The '''[[Tiny]]''' features an onboard LEA series GPS receiver and patch antenna, while '''[[Classix]]''' and '''[[Previous_Autopilots|AVR-based]]''' boards require an external receiver+antenna such as the [[#Paparazzi_Stand-alone_GPS_Receivers|Paparazzi GPS]] or [[#u-Blox_SAM-LS_GPS_Smart_Antenna|SAM-LS]]. Please note that the receivers must be configured (prior to use with the autopilot) as indicated below. Both modules have proven reliable and robust.

{|align = center
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|[[Image:Lea big.jpg|200px|thumb|center|u-blox LEA GPS Receiver]]
|[[Image:Ublox_SAM-LS.jpg|200px|thumb|center|u-blox SAM-LS GPS receiver (w/built-in Smart Antenna)]]
|}

'''Note:''' The proprietary UBX protocol is used as it offers more information and efficiency than the universal NMEA protocol. The protocol is parsed in <tt>sw/airborne/gps_ubx.c</tt>. Other GPS brands would require a similar parsing file to be written for NMEA or other proprietary protocols.

==GPS Receivers==

===u-Blox LEA Series Receivers===
[[Image:Lea big.jpg|100px|thumb|right|u-blox LEA]]
The '''[TWOG_v1|TWOG]''', '''[[Classix]]''' and '''[[Previous_Autopilots|AVR-based]]''' boards require an external GPS module and antenna. The '''[[Tiny]]''' features an integrated receiver and antenna. Either type is designed for [http://www.u-blox.com/ u-blox] 4 and 5 series GPS receivers and the proprietary UBX binary protocol. An external battery or capacitor is typically used to enable the GPS to retain data while powered off for significantly faster signal re-aquisition. Any of the LEA-4 and LEA-5 series receivers can be used including the less expensive LEA-4A, 4S, 5A and 5S models as the special boot configuration code required for these models is already written.

*4Hz Position update rate
*Supports active or passive antennas
*Supports [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DGPS DGPS], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAAS WAAS], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EGNOS EGNOS], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSAS MSAS]
*Low position [http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki_images/Gps_rx_noise.pdf noise] figure
[[Image:TINY_1.3_MCU_BOTTOM.JPG|thumb|center|250px|LEA-4P installed on the Tiny]]
 

===Paparazzi Stand-alone GPS Receivers===
[[Image:Ppzgps13_800.jpg|100px|thumb|right|Paparazzi GPS13]]
Paparazzi CVS provides a design for an external GPS board (required for TWOG and Classix Autopilots).
Programming it is similar to the Tiny2.11 GPS configuration. If you build your own you will want to upload the latest u-blox firmware before you configure. See "Getting Hardware" for sources of assembled boards.

The Paparazzi design in http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/paparazzi/paparazzi3/hw/sensors/gps_13.brd is based on a u-blox LEA-4P however an LEA-5H seems to work just fine as well. The board is very small and light as it has only the components required. It is powered from the 5v line on the "downloads" connector of a TWOG. Also note it is a 4-layer PCB that means better noise resistance. The board has pins for USB connection but requires a different cable and a solder jumper to be move from the ground (default) to 3.3v input to enable the USB port on the module.


[http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki_images/Gps_13_BOM.xls V1 BOM.xls] 
[http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki_images/TinygpsBOM.txt Eagle Parts List Output.txt] 
See [[Get_Hardware|Get Hardware]] page for suppliers.

==== Wiring Diagram ====
[[Image:TWOG to GPS.jpg|thumb|left]]
 

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===3rd Party u-blox reference design boards:===

[[Image:LEA5HExternalModulePinout.jpg|100px|thumb|right|LEA-5H Full Board Pinout]]
The only other GPS board in use seems to be u-blox reference designs or similar to it. They have either LEA-4P or LEA-5H (typically) and several interfaces. Often a larger antenna as well.


If this needs fixing don't be shy, fix away.

 

===NAVILOCK NL-507ETTL===
[[Image:Navilock NL-507ETTL.jpg|thumb|left|NAVILOCK NL-507TTL]]
The NAVILOCK NL-507TTL u-blox TTL Modul 60416 features an LEA-4 series receiver and 25mm patch antenna on a 30mm x 30mm board.
* Datasheet: [http://www.navilock.de/download/Dokumente_SLASH_Sonstiges/60415_-_Datenblatt_u-blox_GPS_Module/481 http://www.navilock.de/download/Dokumente_SLASH_Sonstiges/60415_-_Datenblatt_u-blox_GPS_Module/481]
* Purchase: Available for 28€ at [http://www.amazon.de/Navilock-NL-507TTL-u-blox-TTL-Modul/dp/B0011E6VQG www.amazon.de]
 

===SPK GS406===
[[Image:GS406.jpg|thumb|left|SPK GS406 with LEA-5]]
[http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=8889 Sparkfun] sells a nice small module featuring the newer 5-series receiver and the highly rated Sarantel antenna for about $90. The design is based around the active version of the Sarantel instead of the more appropriate passive model and there's some potentially tricky soldering involved to get around the ribbon cable but the price is great for this hardware.

[http://store.diydrones.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=BR-0008-01 DIYDrones] has build a adapter board for this GPS module. It looks like a great solution to use this GPS module with Paparazzi.

[http://ppzuav.com/osc/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=13_8&products_id=95 PPZUAV ] Also has the newer Active Sarantel Antenna model ready to connect to the TWOG (and programmed for Paparazzi).
 

===u-Blox C04-5H Reference Design===
[[Image:abavimage.jpg|100px|thumb|left|u-blox C04-5H]]
u-Blox sells a complete module with antenna for around $200 and will also provide complete schematics, BOM, and PCB files for free if you wish to make your own. Two versions are offered, one with an 18mm patch antenna and the other with the Sarantel P2 helical antenna.
See [http://www.u-blox.com/products/c04_5h.html http://www.u-blox.com/products/c04_5h.html] for more info.
 

====Connecting external receivers to Classix, 1.2.1, Lite, and RoboStix boards====

The u-blox receivers require 3.3v power and all current models have 5V tolerant data lines. The best way to connect to the SAM-LS is to remove the bottom case and solder the 4 wires directly to the TIM-LL module (GND (pin 1) ,VCC (pin 2),TX (Pin 5),RX (pin 4)) check the TIM-LL datasheet for pinout diagrams.[http://www.u-blox.com/products/Data_Sheets/TIM-LL_Data_Sheet(GPS.G3-MS3-04035).pdf] The Classix and Lite boards feature a 3.3V regulator to power the GPS.
To open the casing on a SAM-LS, remove the bottom of the casing by pulling gently, then work around popping off the solder joints (they are fairly weak) by pressing a small screwdriver against each tab in turn until it pops off. You should then be able to access the GPS chip directly.

===Sourcing from u-blox===

u-blox keeps tight control over the distribution of their products. They must be obtained DIRECTLY from their own reseller offices. These offices may not be available in your area, for example Canada does not have a reseller. Sample quantities can be obtained from uBlox but overnight or 2 day shipping is required which drives the cost up considerably. While it is a large hassle obtaining these devices, it is undoubtedly worth it.

Talking with ublox sale for two years, Confirmed, that Order is possiable Directly from ublox, by knowing what project it was for & how was it to be use. After long reply waiting time, the answer was: - YES, but at least 2K-3K in volume, otherwise they're not interested. Like to share the order ? It is 500pcs/Roll.

===Other potential source of u-blox GPS===

There seems to be a few alternative source of u-blox GPS out there. They are considerably cheaper then the samples u-blox offers (at least in america). We didn't buy from these sources yet. Do not take this as a recommandation, we do not know the level of service they offer, etc.

If you do order from any of them, please update this page with your feedback.

Here's a few link worth exploring:
*http://www.rfdesign.co.za/pages/5645456/Products/GPS-Products/Antaris-4-Modules.asp
*http://www.comet.srl.ro/shop/info.html?ID=6195 ( Link error )
*http://www.expedienttech.com/product.htm ( Singapore )

==GPS configuration using U-Center==

[[Image:U-center_screencap.jpg|thumb|u-center configuration software]]
[http://www.u-blox.com/products/u_center.html U-Center] is a very comprehensive freeware program intended for the configuration and evaluation of u-blox receivers.
* [http://www.u-blox.com/en/evaluation-tools-a-software/u-center/u-center.html Download u-center]

* Note: You must [[Compiling#USB_flashing|install the UART tunnel]] to enable direct access to the built-in GPS on the [[Tiny|Tiny]].
* Note: You can run u-center on Linux by installing "wine" ([http://www.winehq.org/site/download-deb Installation of Wine]) and setting up com1 as /dev/ttyUSB0 See Info on wine for "dosdevices" setup. Just download the u-setup.exe and run it with wine, follow prompts. This has been tested with Ubuntu7.10 and Ubuntu 8.04 so far.
* Note: You will need a driver for your FTDI cable if you run u-center on Windows, which can be found [http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/D2XX.htm here].
The u-blox and Tiny UARTs both operate at 3.3V TTL levels and are 5V TTL tolerant. You must use a level shifter such as the common MAX232 to connect these devices to a standard PC serial port. The easiest and most recommended method is to connect to a USB port instead of serial with the $20 [http://www.ftdichip.com/Products/EvaluationKits/TTL-232R.htm FTDI USB-TTL converter cable] available from Digikey, Mouser, or direct from FTDI. Other similar converters are available from [http://www.pololu.com/products/pololu/0391/ pololu] / [http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=199 sparkfun]. A stand-alone GPS such as the SAM-LS will require clean 3.3V/50mA power and a common ground with the TTL converter.

* U-blox occasionally releases firmware updates. Log on to the u-blox website using ''paparazzi'' for username & password to view or download the latest firmware images. There have 'never' been any updates released for the Antaris-4 series used in the Tiny.

Start U-center and choose your com port from the pull down list under the connect button near the top left corner of the window. Choose your baudrate from the pull down box to the right of the connect button or select the auto-baud button to the right of that. U-blox default is 9600 baud. This must be changed to 19200 or higher to accomodate the 4Hz update rate.
 [[Image:U-center_buttons.jpg|connect, baud, and autobaud buttons]]
 

===Uploading the Configuration File===
Download the appropriate configuration file below and use u-center to load in onto your receiver. Under the ''Tools'' menu, choose ''GPS configuration''. Be sure the box 'Store configuration into BBR/Flash' is checked and hit the button ''File>>GPS''. A few errors and retries are normal, but a significant number of errors may indicate a poor connection and the software will notify you if it is unable to send all the data successfully.
* [[Media:Tiny_LEA-4P-v6.zip|LEA-4P]]
* [[Media:Tim-LL-V5.zip|TIM-LL]]
* [http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki_images/Tiny_LEA-5H-v5.zip LEA-5H (For Use w/ Firmware V5 ONLY!)]

===Manual Configuration===
If you prefer to setup your receiver manually or have a model not listed above, here are instructions to configure your receiver in u-center.
Open the message window (menu View->messages view) to start the configuration process by changing the following settings:

====LEA-4P====

1. Right Click on the '''NMEA''' Icon and choose '''disable child'''
2. Choose UBX->CFG->NAV2(Navigation 2) - set it to use '''Airborne 4G''' (tells the Kalman filter to expect significant changes in direction)
3. UBX->CFG->PRT - set '''USART1''' to '''38400bps''' (must match the value in your [[Airframe_Configuration#Hardware_definitions_-_Makefile|Airframe file]])
4. Change the baudrate of U-Center to 38400bps if the connection is lost at this point
5. UBX->CFG->RXM(Receiver Manager) - change '''GPS Mode''' to '''3 - Auto''' (Enabling faster bootup only if signal levels are very good)
6. UBX->CFG->RATE(Rates) - change the '''Measurement Period''' to '''250ms''' (4 Hz position updates)
7. UBX->CFG->SBAS : '''Disable''' (SBAS appears to cause occasional severe altitude calcuation errors)
8. UBX->NAV (not UBX->CFG->NAV): double click on '''POSUTM, SOL, STATUS, SVINFO, VELNED.''' They should change from grey to black
9. UBX->CFG->CFG : '''save current config''', click '''"send"''' in the lower left corner to permanently save these settings to the receiver

====LEA-5H====

1. Right Click on the '''NMEA''' Text on top of the tree and choose '''disable child messages'''
2. Choose UBX->CFG->NAV5(Navigation 5) - set it to use '''Airborne 8 <4G'''. This tells the Kalman filter to expect significant changes in direction.
Note that this setting is only good for faster moving airplanes. For a fixed position hovering heli, 'pedestrian' setting is better
3. UBX->CFG->PRT - set '''USART1''' to '''38400bps''' (must match the value in your [[Airframe_Configuration#Hardware_definitions_-_Makefile|Airframe file]])
4. Change the baudrate of U-Center to 38400bps if the connection is lost at this point
5. UBX->CFG->RATE(Rates) - change the '''Measurement Period''' to '''250ms''' This gives a 4 Hz position update since 4 x 250ms is one second.
6. UBX->CFG->SBAS : '''Disable''' (SBAS appears to cause occasional severe altitude calcuation errors)
7. UBX->NAV (not UBX->CFG->NAV): double click on '''POSLLH, SOL, STATUS, SVINFO, VELNED.''' They should change from grey to black
(add the flag -DGPS_USE_LATLONG in your [[Airframe_Configuration#Hardware_definitions_-_Makefile|Airframe file]]) also make sure you set tiny_2_1_1.h if you have the latest boards Tiny/TinyWOG)
8. UBX->CFG->CFG : '''save current config''', click '''"send"''' in the lower left corner to permanently save these settings to the receiver

* Cycle the power and verify that the new configuration was saved
* To reset the receiver to the factory defaults go to ''UBX->CFG->CFG'', select 'Revert to default configuration', and click ''Send'' at the bottom left corner. To permanently save these values choose 'Save current configuration' and click ''Send''.
* To backup the configuration to a file on your PC: under the tools menu, choose GPS configuration, then click GPS>>file. This file can be re-loaded in a similar manner to configure additional identical receivers. Be sure the box 'Store configuration into BBR/Flash' is checked when reloading a configuration file to make the changes permanent.
* To update the firmware on a LEA-5H get u-center >= 5.03, revert the GPS receiver to the default configuration, get an appropriate image from u-blox (fitting your receivers serial number), find the flash identification flash.txt file in the u-center install directory and be prepared to wait a long time.

#NOTE: If you have a Tiny with LEA-5H module you must use u-center and manually setup the parameters as shown above (at least switch to 38400 baud manually before transferring the configuration file).
#NOTE: POSUTM is not available on LEA-5H. Instead, use POSLLH. Additionally, add the flag -DGPS_USE_LATLONG in the makefile section of the airframe xml file.

===Reset to Default Settings===
The GPS module can be reset to its original default settings by pulling BOOT_INT high(3.3V) during a power cycle ([http://www.u-blox.com/customersupport/gps.g4/ANTARIS4_Modules_SIM(GPS.G4-MS4-05007).pdf Antaris Manual, p. 122]). It may be required after a wrong firmware upgrade or a bad configuration change.

===DGPS (Differential GPS)===
Differential GPS is any method of improving GPS accuracy by comparing the GPS-indicated position of a nearby location to the known value and transmitting any error to the mobile unit. DGPS was originally created as a means of bypassing the deliberately introduced inaccuracies in civilian GPS signals. The original method used low frequency ground radios to relay correction data to the mobile unit and is still used today at airports, shipping ports, and even individual farms. Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS) is a modern form of DGPS where the ground stations relay correction data to a GEO-Stationary satellite, which then relays it to the mobile unit on standard GPS frequencies eliminating the need for a separate radio reciever. SBAS is currently available in 3 regions, [http://www.esa.int/esaNA/ESAF530VMOC_egnos_1.html WAAS, EGNOS, and MSAS regions] though only WAAS and EGNOS are officially operational. U-blox receivers support all common varieties of DGPS [http://www.u-blox.com/customersupport/gps.g3/ENGOS_Issues(GPS.G3-CS-04009).pdf read the u-blox SBAS application note].
* It is important to note that DGPS methods only improve the ''accuracy'' of the position calculation, not the ''precision''. Since Paparazzi navigation is typically performed relative to the power-on location, any static error that could be corrected with DGPS is irrelevant.

====WAAS issues====
WAAS has been officially operational and "suitable for safety-of-life applications" since 2003. The default setting of all u-blox receivers ignores WAAS correction data and only uses the WAAS satellites for regular navigation like any other satellite. U-blox recommends further limiting this setting to exclude any stray EGNOS/MSAS satellites in North America, and completely disabling all SBAS functions for use outside North America. In 2006 one formerly reliable Paparazzi aircraft began having great GPS problems and displaying very erratic altitude calculations, disabling WAAS immediately resolved the issue and this phenomenon was recreated several times for verification. Turns out a new WAAS satellite was being added to the system and the others were being moved that week for better distribution. Our advice is to completely disable WAAS.

====EGNOS issues====
EGNOS officially became operational on 1 October 2009. ESA claims that it can determine position to within 2 metres compared with about 20 metres for GPS alone. Note that the service is currently provided only in western Europe. For further information see [http://www.esa.int/esaNA/egnos.html ESA EGNOS website].

According to the [http://ec.europa.eu/transport/egnos/programme/doc/2009_egnos_sdd_os_v1.pdf EC] the EGNOS transmission will keep the "Do not use" type0/2 flag until it is certified for safety of life operations in (hopfefully) mid 2010. So you will have to enable the "Allow test mode use (Msg 0)" switch in the u-center under UBX-CFG-SBAS together with the correction to try EGNOS.

The [http://www.u-blox.com/en/faq.html u-blox FAQ] states the following:
* "Do you see issues with EGNOS?"
*:"Yes. The data transmitted by EGNOS in the past were usually good and valuable although sometimes unreliable, e.g. when system tests were performed. u-blox does not guarantee performance and status of EGNOS system. For the latest update about functionality of EGNOS please check the website: [http://www.gsa.europa.eu European GNSS Supervisory Authority]"

===Troubleshooting===

Problem: I keep getting this error with my nice shiny Tiny v2.1 with a LEA-5H:
Invalid_argument("Latlong.of_utm")

Solution: Add the flag -DGPS_USE_LATLONG to your airframe file.

===Further Reading===

The u-blox [http://www.u-blox.com/customersupport/antaris4_doc.html System Integration Manual] covers a lot of GPS theory as well as product specific topics.

== Antenna options for the Tiny and Paparazzi GPS units ==

The '''[[Tiny|Tiny 1.1]]''' features a 28mm square ground plane intended to be centered below the [[#Sangshin_13mm_Patch|Sangshin 13mm patch antenna]]. Much better performance has been seen with the 18mm antennas and an augmented ground plane. The ground plane is a critical part of the antenna affecting not only the gain and polarization characteristics but also the center frequency of the system. Users are advised to expand the ground plane to approximately 36mm square, centered on the ceramic portion of the antenna (not the pin). This can be done with copper foil soldered to the vias of the existing ground plane.
[[image:gps_antenna_comparison.jpg|thumb|500px|left|SAM-LS 25mm / Emtac 20mm / Emtac 18mm / Sangshin 18mm / Sangshin 13mm / Sarantel P2]]
 

=== Sangshin 18mm Patch ===
[[image:Sangshin_18mm.jpg|thumb|Sangshin 18mm x 4mm 1580Mhz]]
The Sangshin KSA-ST1580MS18 antenna has proven to offer the best performance of the currently available options. These are available from any Sanshin distributor such as [http://www.rfmw.com rfmw] ([http://www.rfmw.com/PortalProductDetail.aspx?ProdId=232436&fmt=1 here]) and cost approximately $6.50/ea. in small quantities.

 

=== EMTAC 18mm Patch ===
[[image:Emtac_18mm.jpg|thumb|Emtac 18mm x 4mm 1580Mhz]]
Offering identical performance to the Sangshin in a less attractive package is the Emtac 18mm antenna. The part number for the standard 1580MHz 18x18x4mm is ANA1580T18D40 and is not listed on their website. Other frequencies are available on a special order basis and the 1584Mhz has proven to outperform all other frequencies when used with a 36mm ground plane and no radome. The use of a radome (any material covering the antenna) or a larger ground plane should theoretically favor even higher frequencies.

'''Availability'''

* [http://www.transplantgps.com/modules.html TransplantGPS] in MN, USA. The 1580Mhz models are usually available at a cost of $3.55ea but there may be a minimum order requirement of ~$50 USD.

=== Sangshin 13mm Patch ===

[[image:Sangshin_13mm_onboard.jpg|thumb|Sangshin 13mm x 4mm 1580Mhz]]
Part of interest: '''[http://www.sangshinec.com/eng/patch_spec.htm KSA-ST1580MS13]'''

The Tiny 0.99 (not 0.9) and 1.1 were designed around this antenna but users are advised to install 18mm units for better performance.

Size: 13 x 13 mm 
Center Frequency: 1580 MHz 
Bandwidth: 5 MHz 
@Fo: -15 dB 
GAIN (dBi): 0 dBi 
Ground Plane: 50 x 50 mm 

'''Available From'''

[http://www.systroninc.com/ Systronic INC.] - Alberta, Canada
 

=== Emtac 20mm Patch ===

[[image:Salvaged_20mm_onboard.jpg|thumb|Emtac 20mm x 4mm]]
The Tiny 0.9 was designed around this 1583Mhz antenna and performed extremely well. Emtac has replaced this with an 18mm model that they claim offers even better performance.

* Obsolete
 

=== Spectrum Control Patch ===

[[image:PDC_Tiny21_S1.jpg|thumb|Spectrum Control 25mm]]
25mm patch testing on Tiny v2.1. Manufacturer Part Number [http://www.specemc.com/docs/antenna_catalog.pdf PA251575008SALF]. These are available from Mouser for about $3: [http://www.mouser.com/Search/ProductDetail.aspx?qs=sGAEpiMZZMukjKvgqb7HxzmcutVCLrkxFUj/3HCdKwE%3d 657-PA251575008SALF]

 

=== Sarantel GeoHelix-P2 ===

[[image:Geohelix-p2.jpg|thumb|Sarantel Geohelix P-2 1575Mhz]]

This antenna is popular among UAV designers due to it's natural rejection of other radio frequencies such as those originating from the modem or video system as well as it's improved rejection of signals reflected from the ground. U-blox recommends this antenna and features it in their [http://www.u-blox.com/news/sarantel.html reference design]. Frequency and polarization are not dependent upon ground plane geometry so this antenna is sold only in the true GPS frequency of 1575Mhz.
The geometry makes this antenna very inconvenient to mount, especially in an airplane. Some very non-scientific testing has been done with one of these antennas connected to a Tiny with a short length of 50 Ohm coax above a 120mm square of ungrounded aluminum foil and performance was adequate. The helical design should theoretically outperform a patch in the air, but not on the ground, so any organized comparison will be difficult. Possibly the most important aspect of this antenna is it's natural RFI filtering, which should be evaluated further.

* [http://www.sarantel.com/products/geohelix-p2 GeoHelix-P2] Passive GPS Antenna [[http://www.sarantel.com/downloads/specifications/geohelix-p2.pdf datasheet]]

'''Availability'''

* Sarantel @ cost of approx $18 USD each (active versions available for ~$40)

Users

2009-02-10T20:25:51Z

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Please add yourself to this list if you wish to share who you are and what you are doing with Paparazzi

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| New User || 1 || 2 ||| 3 || 4
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| [mailto:mundhra@gmail.com M Mundhra] || India || Tiny 1.3 ||| 2007 || Gain tuning on a flying wing configuration airframe
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:ngkiangloong_at_hopetechnik.com Jianlun]|| Singapore || TWOG V1 ||| 2008 || trying to get TWOG onto an EasyStar. very much a newbie!
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! Name !! Location !! Hardware !! Joined !! Current activities / project status
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:silas_at_silas.hu SilaS] || Budapest || Tiny 1.3 ||| 2007 || Applied tiny to GWS Estarter, finished long travels in AUTO2. Now transfert it to a Twinstar and working on pairing tiny with FPV.
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:st.jr_at_gmx.at TomS] || Graz || Tiny 2.11 ||| 2008 || Starting to complete the wiring for the tiny and then trying to apply it to my TwinStar II.
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:markggriffin_at_gmail.com MarkG] || Geneva, Switzerland || Modified Tiny 2.11, EeePC as GCS, Multiplex FunJet ||| 2008 || Many successful flights.
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:x-microdrones@2007.polytechnique.org X-MicroDrones] || Paris, France || Tiny 2.11, Quad-Tilt-Rotor VTOL ||| 2008 || Wiring completed, first flights soon... We're trying to adapt Paparazzi to a Quad-Tilt-Rotor VTOL able to perform both airplane-like and helicopter-like flights. Working on inertial measurement units implementation.
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [[User:MarcusWolschon|Marcus Wolschon]] || Freiburg, Germany || Gumstix, Paraplane ||| 2008 || Porting Paparazzi to Linux-Userland with UDP-communication using mesh-networking.
UDP-Downlink working, GPS via GPSD working, Pararazzi in Linux working, Hardware still RC-only due to sensor-soldering-issues
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:spam1_at_marzer.com CedricM] || Geneva, Switzerland || Tiny 2.11, Multiplex FunJet with video camera ||| 2008 || Many successful flights working on an osd module and weather probes.
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:hendrix_at_vivodinet.gr Chris Efstathiou] || Piraeus Hellas || tiny 2.11 on a Mpx EasyGlider, TWOG 1.3 on a Boomerang turbine jet ||| 2008 || The Easyglider is fully operational, still working on the jet which had his first flight with the TWOG at 25/1/2009
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| FelixR || Edinburgh, Scotland || Booz2 quadrotor ||| 2008 || remote controlled flight, working on Kalman Filter
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:azoreanuav_at_gmail.com Rui Costa] || Portugal, Azores || Outrunner Twinstar II with Tiny 2.11, Aerocomm datalink, 1W video tx ||| 2008 || Only ground test and software configuration.
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [mailto:et@onyxnet.co.uk Alan K] || Middlesbrough, England || Tiny 2.11 & MaxStream ||| 2008 || Just starting.
|- style="background:bisque; color:black"
| [[User:G R|Gareth R]] || Sheffield, UK || Tiny 2.11, video, bunch of helicopters, pair of homebuilt Zagi's ||| 2008 || Telemetry flights finished, starting to tune.
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| [mailto:sanarlab@yandex.ru Andrew Saenko] || Russia, St-Petersburg || Tiny 1.13, Tiny 2.11, 2.5 kg motorised glider, 800 g plane ||| 2007 || Automatic flight, adding own code.
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| New User || 1 || 2 ||| 3 || 4
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|+ North America
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! Name !! Location !! Hardware !! Joined !! Current activities / project status
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| [mailto:pauldanielcox_at_gmail_dot_com Paul Cox]
|Vancouver, WA [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=98663&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=64.664844,101.953125&ie=UTF8&ll=45.606112,-122.643471&spn=0.222411,0.398254&z=12 98663]
| Tiny v2.11 || Nov. 2008 || Getting geared up for a maiden flight soon hopefully. Skype: pauldanielcox Gtalk: [use email]
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| [mailto:quill_at_u.washington.edu John Burt] || Portland, Oregon || Tiny v2.11 + LEA-4H (PPZUAV), Multiplex Cularis/Easystar, 9Xtend modem, T7CAP TX, ground station: EEE PC701 and/or Nokia N810 ||| Jan 2009 || Tuning IR sensors, building removable sensor mount. Preparing for flight tests w/ Easystar.
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| [mailto:bmw330i@me.com David Conger] || San Diego (Ramona), California || Tiny1.3 (PPZUAV) ||| Sept 2007 || Flying Wing MAV with onboard video. Test platform for the new 900mhz XBPro 900 RF modems.
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| USU AggieAir Remote Sensing || Logan, UT || TWOG (PPZUAV) ||| January 2009 || Building 72" Flying Wings which will be used for remote sensing. Routine autonomous flight.
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| [http://www.engr.usu.edu/wiki/index.php/OSAM USU OSAM-UAV] || Logan, UT || TWOG (PPZUAV) ||| June 2007 || 2x72" 5x48" 1x60" Flying Wings. Research backyard for AggieAir Remote Sensing. Routine autonomous flight.
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| New User || 1 || 2 ||| 3 || 4
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|+ Central America
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! Name !! Location !! Hardware !! Joined !! Current activities / project status
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| [mailto:joschau@comcast.net Joekadet] || David Panama' || Tiny v2.11/LEA-4P (PPZUAV) No RF Modems yet. Multiplex Mentor ||| 2008 || Working on Airframe build. Paparazzi AP is wired and working awaiting integration into airframe. First flight hopefully end of February.
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| New User || 1 || 2 ||| 3 || 4
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|+ Australia
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! Name !! Location !! Hardware !! Joined !! Current activities / project status
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| [mailto:todd_soaring@yahoo.com.au Todd Sandercock] || Adelaide, SA || Tiny v2.11, Multiplex Twinjet, 9Xtend modems ||| Jan 2008 || Completed successful flight testing. Now designing new airframe.
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| New User || 1 || 2 ||| 3 || 4
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