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    Support Request Format for Best Results Feature Requests 3D Models
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    Alex KushleyevA

    @Indra-Jaganathan ,

    You were looking at an old version of the voxl2)_io driver. The latest version can be found here : https://github.com/modalai/px4-firmware/blob/voxl-dev/src/drivers/voxl2_io/voxl2_io.cpp

    Voxl2IO::get_version_info() function will query the hardware and software version of the M0065 board before the voxl2_io px4 module will successfully start up and send out control commands.

    The version check will make your testing slightly more complicated because you'd need to implement the extended version reply on your STM. You should also check whether the actual format of the commands that you implemented is correct (not from the old version).

    If you are able to compile the px4 code, you can just disable the version check in the code and the voxl2_io px4 module should let you send out the actuator commands.

    Let me know if you need more assistance.

    Alex

  • Commonly asked questions we get from the community

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    Re: Support - information About Indoor mapping and localization

    Looking at the Starling v2 indoor slam for a peculiar mission. I do not currently have a Starling but wondering

    Needs
    -Drone to navigate interior of the building with minimal or no input
    -create a 3D or 2D map to identify Walls, Doorways, Windows (or be able to extract out of the 3D map)
    -BlueList

    Is this something anyone has done or looked into?

  • Questions by Product

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    Alex KushleyevA

    @Jordyn-Heil , yes we make cables from 35 to 180mm : https://www.modalai.com/products/mcbl-00084

    If you are purchasing new cameras and need a non-standard cable length (I believe standard is 80mm), you may need to contact us by email for a custom order.

    Alex

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    Alex KushleyevA

    @taiwohazeez , may need help from @teddy-zaremba regarding ROS2.

    Alex

  • Please request review from ModalAI before building your drone or custom add-on PCB

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    VinnyV

    Hi @Alex-Kushleyev , @QSL 170-250mm is quite long. I'm not optimistic 250mm can even work, 170 would be risky.
    We can offer our design services, but typically what that results in is a MOQ of a specific new item, such as 300-500pcs depending on the complexity (at normal MRSP which for flexes runs ~$50-80 each) and lead times would be ~14-18 weeks.
    What we would need is a .dxf outline of your intended design and we can review that for feasibility and interest. If it really is 250mm, I'd prefer to no-bid it. 200mm might be the edge here (we do not have sophisticated Sigrity tools to confirm, so going on experience here).
    M0170 is not ideally suited for back-to-back (the connectors are a bit offset from each other so the net result would be weird) but it may prove if 140mm can work + ~10 mm for the connector transition losses.
    In situations like this, I encourage the ME/Industrial Design Team to reconsider placement of sensors and main electronics relative to each other. There are just some constraints the electronics cannot meet easily. Sometimes just simply re-prioritizing the system constraints helps solve the spatial/distance problems. To extend past ~180+mm, I would encourage you use an external design firm that knows how to do mipi repeaters and high speed design. We've had one customer successfully do that, but it takes some skill and we could do it ourselves, but we just do not have the design cycles to support it this calendar year.
    Hope this helps and let us know what your thoughts are, and if pursuing us for a custom design is an option, we can reach out over email.