2021-07-13, 05:12 PM
Hello,
I have finished and tested a tinypilot based AH800 refitted autopilot. The Rpi is fixed inside the sailboat and the motor controller is fitted inside the tillerpilot casing, the two being connected by a 4.5m long cable with a twisted pair of wires (I am only using a level shifter and the serial communication seems to be working fine).
For now I am using the web control app but it would be great to reuse the buttons of the AH800 (+1/+10/-1/-10/auto), in addition with an LED feedback. I was thinking of using the Arduino gpio and sending the commands over the serial communication. I would then need to also update the pypilot code for dealing with these commands.
I am not sure how complicated it would be to implement it, so I am really interested in any feedback.
Cheers
I have finished and tested a tinypilot based AH800 refitted autopilot. The Rpi is fixed inside the sailboat and the motor controller is fitted inside the tillerpilot casing, the two being connected by a 4.5m long cable with a twisted pair of wires (I am only using a level shifter and the serial communication seems to be working fine).
For now I am using the web control app but it would be great to reuse the buttons of the AH800 (+1/+10/-1/-10/auto), in addition with an LED feedback. I was thinking of using the Arduino gpio and sending the commands over the serial communication. I would then need to also update the pypilot code for dealing with these commands.
I am not sure how complicated it would be to implement it, so I am really interested in any feedback.
Cheers