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Product CLS-10435 | about a year ago

What if I want to make a dual (ground and air) entry? We had talked after last year’s (totally awesome!) AVC about two vehicles, one on the ground and a follower in the air. I’ve got some of the components working on the bench, but haven’t tested any of it yet. If that would be allowed it, I could start field testing next month…

News - Happy Free Day | about a year ago

Maybe for next year’s free day, the SparkFun IT team could post server stats on a different web site (for those of us at work who can’t get to IRC). I can definately tell that the site is under load, but I am able to get in, so congrats!
Best of luck to all who enter here :).
– Adam

Product CLS-09016 | about 2 years ago

When does the clock start for your lap time? For the UAV (air class) in particular, I’m thinking when it crosses the start/finish line (like a lap in a car race) but I didn’t want to design around that without checking first.
Also, is there any height restriction on the course for a vehicle in the air, as long as it is outside the four walls of the SparkFun building?

Product WRL-09132 | about 2 years ago

Head’s up when using this with the XBee 900MHz Pro modules: The diode in front of Din appears to cause too much voltage drop.
I can’t explain exactly why, but when using this board as shipped, I would received only null (0x00) for every byte transmitted and I couldn’t access the module at all with XCTU (the digi configuration software). I know the setup was good because both worked just fine with 2.4GHz (series 2.5) modules. After someone else suggested shorting out the diode, I soldered it up and now everything appears to be working fine.