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| |style="color:#000"|[http://www.nongnu.org/paparazzi Paparazzi] is a free and open-source hardware and software project intended to create an exceptionally powerful and versatile autopilot system by allowing and encouraging input from the community. The project includes not only the airborne hardware and software, from voltage regulators and GPS receivers to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalman_filtering Kalman filtering] code, but also a powerful and ever-expanding array of ground hardware and software including modems, antennas, and a highly evolved user-friendly ground control software interface. | | |style="color:#000"|[http://www.nongnu.org/paparazzi Paparazzi] is a free and open-source hardware and software project intended to create an exceptionally powerful and versatile autopilot system by allowing and encouraging input from the community. The project includes not only the airborne hardware and software, from voltage regulators and GPS receivers to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalman_filtering Kalman filtering] code, but also a powerful and ever-expanding array of ground hardware and software including modems, antennas, and a highly evolved user-friendly ground control software interface. |
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| |All hardware and software is open-source and freely available to anyone under the [http://www.gnu.org GNU] licencing agreement. Efforts are currently underway to organize production and retail sales of the autopilot and popular accessories, making the system much easier and more affordable for all. | | |All hardware and software is open-source and freely available to anyone under the [http://www.gnu.org GNU] licencing agreement. [[Get_Hardware| Several vendors]] are currently producing and selling Paparazzi autopilots and popular accessories, making the system easy and affordable to all. |
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| |The key feature of the paparazzi autopilot is its unique combination of infrared thermopiles and inertial measurement for attitude sensing, providing a robust and accurate attitude estimate that requires no ground calibration and can recover from any launch attitude. | | |The key feature of the paparazzi autopilot is its unique combination of infrared thermopiles and inertial measurement for attitude sensing, providing a robust and accurate attitude estimate that requires no ground calibration and can recover from any launch attitude. |
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| The [http://www.engr.usu.edu/wiki/index.php/OSAM OSAM] Paparazzi team took 2nd place in the Sixth Annual Student Unmanned Aerial Systems Competition! The event is sponsored by AUVSI (Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International) and was held at Webster Field, St. Inigoes, Maryland. It should also be noted that this was paparazzi's and the OSAM paparazzi teams first time at the competition.[http://www.navair.navy.mil/pma263/seafarers/default.htm Link to competition] | | The [http://www.engr.usu.edu/wiki/index.php/OSAM OSAM] Paparazzi team took 2nd place in the Sixth Annual Student Unmanned Aerial Systems Competition! The event is sponsored by AUVSI (Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International) and was held at Webster Field, St. Inigoes, Maryland. It should also be noted that this was Paparazzi's and the OSAM Paparazzi team's first time at the competition.<br> |
| | [http://www.navair.navy.mil/pma263/seafarers/default.htm Link to competition] |
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| [http://hjnews.townnews.com/articles/2008/07/12/news/news01.txt News Story] | | [http://hjnews.townnews.com/articles/2008/07/12/news/news01.txt News Story] |
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| | style="color:#000"| [[Image:Twog_v1-00_top_side_3.jpg|thumb|left|'''T'''iny '''W'''ith'''O'''ut '''G'''ps]] | | | style="color:#000"| [[Image:Twog_v1-00_top_side_3.jpg|thumb|left|'''T'''iny '''W'''ith'''O'''ut '''G'''ps]] |
| The new baby autopilot is born.<br> | | The new baby autopilot is born.<br> |
| Its name is TWOG, it weigh 8 grams and is 40.2 x 30.5mm long. It is in good health and really look alike his mother Tiny v2, except for the GPS receiver.<br>
| | His name is TWOG, he weighs 8 grams and is 40.2 x 30.5mm long. He' in good health and looks a lot like his mother Tiny v2, except for the GPS receiver.<br> |
| The proud parents invite you to visit its [[Twog_v1|pictures and technical information album]]... | | The proud parents invite you to visit the [[Twog_v1|pictures and technical information album]]... |
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| The assembled [[Tiny_v2|Tiny 2.11]] and some infrared sensor boards are now available for sale from [http://www.onefastdaddy.com/ onefastdaddy.com].
| | A number of vendors are now offering assembled and unassembled autopilots, sensors and accessories. The software is written, the hardware is built, what are you waiting for? Getting started has never been easier! More details on the [[Get_Hardware|Get Hardware]] page. |
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| Looking for a small, light and cheap ground station ? Paparazzi runs on the [[http://eeepc.asus.com ASUS eeePC]] out of the box (after installing the Debian Paparazzi packages). Tested on the pre-installed Xandros distribution, on a standard Ubuntu and on the preconfigured [[http://wiki.eeeuser.com/ubuntu:eeexubuntu:home eeeXubuntu]]. | | Looking for a small, light and cheap ground station ? Paparazzi runs on the [http://eeepc.asus.com ASUS eeePC] out of the box (after installing the Debian Paparazzi packages). Tested on the pre-installed Xandros distribution, on a standard Ubuntu and on the preconfigured [http://wiki.eeeuser.com/ubuntu:eeexubuntu:home eeeXubuntu]. |
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| | style="color:#000"| [[Image:StormTV.jpg|thumb|left|Paparazzi's Storm on TV ,Turkey]] [http://www.showtvnet.com/haber/playerd.asp?ptype=haber&product=/270108/ucak.wmv Storm on TV], One of the Paparazzi Aircraft is on the biggest Television of Turkey. (We are sorry that all in Turkish...) | | | style="color:#000"| [[Image:StormTV.jpg|thumb|left|Paparazzi's Storm on TV in Turkey]] [http://www.showtvnet.com/haber/playerd.asp?ptype=haber&product=/270108/ucak.wmv Storm on TV], A Paparazzi aircraft is featured on the biggest Television station in Turkey. (Sorry, the audio is only in Turkish...) |
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| | style="color:#000"| [[Image:Paul_MacCready.jpg|thumb|left|Paul MacCready<br>1925-2007]][http://www.avinc.com/dr.maccready.asp Dr. Paul MacCready], legendary aeronautical engineer and founder of [http://www.avinc.com Aerovironment], died in his sleep at the age of 81. Many of us met him met him in 2005 at [[Gallery#MAV05|MAV05]] in Germany but all of us are familiar with his incredible body of work ranging from the [http://www.donaldmonroe.com/gossamer_condor_photography first human powered aircraft], to the [http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/collection/object_362.html GM Sunraycer] electric car, and the world altitude record holding [http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/helios_launch_010814.html Helios]. MacCready was a world champion sailplane pilot, holds a Cal Tech Ph.D. in aeronautics, has been granted 7 honorary degrees, and has contributed a total of 4 aircraft and one car to the permanent collection of the [http://invention.smithsonian.org/resources/online_articles_detail.aspx?id=349 Smithsonian Institution]. He founded Aerovironment in 1971, the world's largest supplier of hand-launched UAVs. | | |<h3>[[News Archives]]</h3> |
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| [[Image:ant_tracker.jpg|thumb|left|[http://www.recherche.enac.fr/~poine/video/ant_tracker.mpeg Download the video]]]Jeremie Vacher, a student at ENAC, has developed a tracker for antennas. It is functionnal but still needs a little bit of polishing. Anybody interrested ? | | [[Image:One_Small_Step.jpg|thumb|left|[[News Archives]]]] [[News Archives|Browse the archives]] for a look back at the earlier days of Paparazzi. |
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