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IMAV 2014 Recap
IMAV 2014 was a great experience for the 1 Bit Squared team. If you don't know what it is, its a micro air vehicle competition and conference that was held in Delft, Netherlands this year.   During the three days of the conference, there were many very interesting talks and presentations as well as an incredible showcase of research talent during the competition. We made a selection of some of our favorite presentations that we wanted to highlight here on the blog.   The Keynote speech at IMAV 2014 was... Read more...
IMAV 2014 is now LIVE
  The IMAV 2014 presentations are now live online. For those who are interested, you can view them here.   Day 1   Day 2   Day 3    The 1 Bit Squared team is enjoying our visit to Delft, we will have more updates from the event soon.      Read more...
1 Bit Squared and Hak5 at Toor Camp 2014
On this Hak5 report from Toor Camp 2014, Piotr talks with Darren Kitchen about the Lisa/S Nano Quad Kit. The worlds smallest fully autonomous flight capable nano UAV. Check it out!   Read more...
DefCon 22
Hi everyone! We will be attending this years DefCon 22 in Las Vegas, Nevada. It takes place from August 7th through 10th. We will be at the Hak5 vendor booth, with Lisa/S, Black Magic Probe, Nano Quad kits and more. Please come by and say hi!     Read more...
IMAV 2014
    Hi everyone,   Just a quick update. We will be attending this years International Micro Air Vehicle Conference and Competition in Delft, Netherlands. The event is taking place between August 12th and 15th. If you are planning on attending, please come over and say hello. We will be showcasing some of our hardware if you have not had the chance to see a Lisa/S in action yet, you will have the opportunity at IMAV 2014.   We are also very proud to be one of the main sponsors... Read more...
Drones 101 Series on HAK5 - Episode 7
Piotr Esden-Tempski of 1Bit Squared is working together with Darren Kitchen of HAK5 on a series about Open Source Drones, explaining what Drones/UAV/UAS are, how to build, operate, program, and calibrate them. Here is the seventh episode in the series titled, Drones 101- Hak5 episode 1619. These episodes will air on Tuesdays on the Revision3 HAK5 channel on a semi-regular basis.   In this episode Piotr and Darren go through a Paparazzi UAS airframe bring-up process. Including the calibration of the IMU sensors, telemetry and ground segment architecture and much more. If you want to learn... Read more...
Drones 101 Series on HAK5 - Episode 6
Piotr Esden-Tempski of 1Bit Squared is working together with Darren Kitchen of HAK5 on a series about Open Source Drones, explaining what Drones/UAV/UAS are, how to build, operate, program, and calibrate them. Here is the sixth episode in the series titled, Drones 101- Hak5 episode 1618. These episodes will air on Tuesdays on the Revision3 HAK5 channel on a semi-regular basis.   In this episode Piotr and Darren show how to wire a Paparazzi UAV autopilot into a quadcopter, using the Lisa/M and Bumblebee airframe.   Read more...
Drones 101 Series on HAK5 - Episode 5
Piotr Esden-Tempski of 1Bit Squared is working together with Darren Kitchen of HAK5 on a series about Open Source Drones, explaining what Drones/UAV/UAS are, how to build, operate, program, and calibrate them. Here is the fifth episode in the series titled, Drones 101- Hak5 episode 1617. These episodes will air on Tuesdays on the Revision3 HAK5 channel on a semi-regular basis.   In this episode Piotr and Darren assemble the Bumblebee quadcopter frame. With live construction and step by step commentary. And finally test fitting of the Lisa/M autopilot.    Read more...
Lisa/M & Lisa/MX now available for Pre-Order!
    Hello everyone!   Since we receive regular inquiries about the status of Lisa/M and Lisa/MX, we wanted to let you know that as of now, both boards are available for Pre-Order. With their in-stock arrival in the shop estimated very soon. Please check out the product page for up to date information on its availability!   For those of you that do not know Lisa/M and Lisa/MX, they are the bigger sisters of Lisa/S. Lisa/M features the STM32F1 ARM microcontroller, whereas Lisa/MX features the STM32F4 ARM microcontroller.  ... Read more...
Drones 101 Series on HAK5 - Episode 4
Piotr Esden-Tempski of 1Bit Squared is working together with Darren Kitchen of HAK5 on a series about Open Source Drones, explaining what Drones/UAV/UAS are, how to build, operate, program, and calibrate them. Here is the fourth episode in the series titled, Drones 101- Hak5 episode 1616. These episodes will air on Tuesdays on the Revision3 HAK5 channel on a semi-regular basis.   In this episode Piotr and Darren discuss the initial configuration and set up of the Lisa Open-Source Paparazzi autopilot. They also look at the Paparazzi control center software and ground station. Demonstrating how... Read more...
Lisa/S V1.0 Manual Assembly Time-Lapse
We've been hard at work getting Lisa/S into production. This time-lapse video shows assembly and testing of the 1 Bit Squared, Lisa/S V1.0 Paparazzi Nano UAV autopilot. The work took place over two days interrupted by testing sessions. We are very happy to see that all the hardware on the board is performing according to set goals. As a quick progress update, our release deadline was delayed by a couple of weeks due to a few choice backordered parts, but we are now moving into production with the boards and parts delivered to the assembler. The... Read more...
Drones 101 Series on HAK5 - Episode 3
Piotr Esden-Tempski of 1Bit Squared is working together with Darren Kitchen of HAK5 on a series about Open Source Drones, explaining what Drones/UAV/UAS are, how to build, operate, program, and calibrate them. Here is the third episode in the series titled, Drones 101- Hak5 episode 1615. These episodes will air on Tuesdays on the Revision3 HAK5 channel on a semi-regular basis.   In this episode Piotr and Darren discuss how flight controllers work. Microcontrollers, sensors, input and actuators are explained. You will also see Lisa/S and Lisa/M among other autopilots discussed.   Read more...