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@RyanH ,

Sometimes there is small pieces of random magnetic debris that gets stuck in the motor.

First, you could try using compressed air to clear out the motor.

Additionally, It could help to spin the motor up and down using voxl-esc command line tools a few times to clear it out (without prop is best, just for safety). Spinning the motor without prop a bunch of times could get the debris dislodged and actually broken up by the moving motor parts, so that the debris is no longer large enough to cause a problem. Reversing motor spin using voxl-esc test tools can help dislodge the debris (you can commend negative power/rpm).

You can find useful info regarding motor testing here : https://docs.modalai.com/voxl-escs/faq/

Alex

@Alex-Kushleyev , thanks! We'll give it a try and let you know how it goes.

Hello @RyanH ,

The GPS interference work is still ongoing. Currently, the solution that works is elevating the GPS using a mast with some shielding right under the mast, as described in the thread you referenced.

We recently added a feature to voxl-portal to allow you to see the individual satellite signal strengths in order to help with debugging the signal quality. The GPS page can be located under the Debug section of voxl-portal, you should get the recent nightly build of voxl-portal in order to try it.

voxl-portal-gps-satellite-signal.jpg

Elevating the GPS receiver by about 4 inches with shielding has shown to completely eliminate the interference, but you will also need an extended cable that plugs between the GPS receiver and VOXL2.

If you need more details about the workaround, I can prepare better documentation and I'll see if we can have replacement cables or extensions available to make the electrical connection easier.

Alex