Not bad, though for supposedly open development I'm having a real hard
time finding schematics, source code, BOM, etc.  The parts probably
cost $250 in hobbyist quantities, so they're charging over $100 for
assembly & overhead (profit) which isn't bad.  Still, a motivated
person could save 25% or more by building their own.  The software is
the most difficult part to deal with, so if that's open source then
that's very good, and the overall built price is low as long as the
source is reliable and responsive.

I wonder if I have to register to see the 'open' documents.

-Adam

On 2/1/08, Apptech <apptech@paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> UAV, Robot and Flash Gordon Rocketship builders ...
>
> How much would you expect to pay for:
>
>  INS 6 degrees of freedom - with gps
>  Complete Inertia Measurement System - 6 degrees of freedom,
> with built in GPS. OpenUAV's INS, developed by Astroplanes,
> utilizes the single IC triple axis accelerometer from
> Freescale MMA7260Q, 2 dual axis IDG300 MEMs gyroscope, 20
> channel SiRF III GPS and a dual axis Honeywell magnetometer.
>
> Roll, Pitch, and Yaw gyro sensors, 3 tilt axis, 1hz high
> sensitivity GPS, and two magneto readings (accelerometer
> reading can be used to offset tilt error). Unprecendted
> power in a single small footprint, low cost solution.
>
> Advanced firmware allows individual channels to be turned
> on/off, select different sensitivities on the
> accelerometers, and output type between either binary/ASCII
> formats.
>
> This INS comes fully assembled and tested. All sensors are
> soldered in place, JTAG programmers and free software
> development IDE's are available for download.
>
> ________________
>
> Would you believe:
>
> $365 USD about: INS, 6 DOF & 20 channel GPS
>
>        http://openuav.astroplanes.com/
>
>
> Performance will not be top class. But a lot of performance
> for the money.
>
>
>
>        Russell
>
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