MultiWii 2.4 and uBlox NEO M8N

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Leo
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MultiWii 2.4 and uBlox NEO M8N

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I'm posting this for those who are still flying MultiWii (anyone???) and have wondered if the latest uBlox GPS receivers work.
Answer: They do :-)

I'm using this model: https://www.banggood.com/Ublox-NEO-M8N-Flight-Controller-GPS-with-Protective-Shell-for-PIX-PX4-Pixhawk-p-1005394.html

I hooked it up to my Crius AIO 2.x board like this:

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As a precautionary measure for the MAG I placed a sheet of mu-metal inside the GPS mount before snapping the GPS in place:

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With this setup I now get ca. 17-19 satellites, before 9-10:

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Important: The GPS module comes set default at 38400 baud. You will have to set the same value in your MultiWii conf file or else it will not work.

Leo

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Re: MultiWii 2.4 and uBlox NEO M8N

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wonder how do you set the codes to run on the NEO8?

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Re: MultiWii 2.4 and uBlox NEO M8N

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It worked out of the box. I only had to make sure that the baud rate in MW is set to the GPS module.

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Re: MultiWii 2.4 and uBlox NEO M8N

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Oh good news, 17-19 sats is so amazing. I'm currently using Rctimer u-Blox CN-06 GPS Receiver V3.1, it works fine but can't reach that number of satellites of yours.

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Re: MultiWii 2.4 and uBlox NEO M8N

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ya just setup my M8N last night it work like a charm it s even more accurate than my phone's GPS funny the baud got en from apm is 9600

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