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PC to RC interface finished - 3/15/2003 5:22:52 AM   
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Status: offline 		I soldered a pc to rc interface this evening. I can now control up to 8 servos from the pc.The interface connects to the buddyport of my Hitec radio. The basic program has only slidebars for servocontrolling. It is programmed in Basic I think. Does anyone know of any routines (in Matlab maybe) for joystick outputs to the paralellport? I would love to be able to have a flight/camera control from the laptop using joystick and whatever else that would be practical. A first step to a RPV system.
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PC to RC interface finished - 3/23/2003 12:16:40 PM   
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Status: offline 		Very cool!

Willing to share?

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PC to RC interface finished - 3/23/2003 3:13:15 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well,the interface itself is a kit that can be bought from Ken Hewitt: http://www.welwyn.demon.co.uk
It costs £8 (he uses PayPal). The kit concists of a pcb and a preprogrammed PIC. On top of that you need some extra components,all listed in the part list.Costed me about $2(you also need a parallel port cable that you can cut in two pieces).
Then its just soldering. The interface runs on 4.8v and the software is very basic. 8 slide bars,one for each channel.
I am in the middle of making a Matlab program where I can use a joystick,the mousepad or simply let a program control the plane (last option should be done togehter with GPS input I think). Anyway,I am not friend with my parallel port yet. I have only succeded in controlling one servo (channel one). If anyone knows about how to program for parallelport com I would like to get inputs here!

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PC to RC interface finished - 3/24/2003 3:04:36 AM   
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Status: offline 		this sounds great, i would love to hear more about it
wish u all the best
plz mail me if possible

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