how to program flight controler for Quadcopter
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Explanation:
Lets build an Arduino based flight controller that can do wireless PID tuning, Orientation lock and altitude hold and position lock with the help of A GPS. Ok So this DIY flight controller is an educational Arduino based module. It's simple to make, easy to program and is a great project for experienced hobbyist like me. The program is open source and easy to configure.
This Flight controller will have features like those of NAZA and APM the only difference here is the PID wherein you will need to be patient in getting your drone tuned. To make tuning easier I included a Bluetooth module to ease the tuning step with out the use of your computer.
NOTES ABOUT THE BUILD
You Will learn how to fabricate PCB's! Always check your connection.
Why make one?
Because, It is cheaper and you will understand how the flight controller works. And using your extra sensors you can make good use of it.
DIY vs Branded
The answer is Branded or at least the clone, because DIY will to a bulkier flight controller, compared to a 16$-32$ flight controller which is smaller and easier to use just like the Naze 32
Total cost?
I guess I'll cost this by the amount I've spent this week for this project only
1x pre-synthesized PCB 6x6cm almost 1.8$ here in the Philippines
3x 1mm Drill bit $1
1x Gizduino Mini $8.58 Or "Arduino Nanov3"
2x Pinheaders 1$
TOTAL 12.38$
Answer:
Explanation:
You already have answers related to building your own quadcopter flight controller, so I’m going to go the way I think your question is going and tell you how to DIY while using COTS ( Common Off The Shelf ) flight controller components.
If you know about RC stuff, you’ll be familiar with Brushless Motors and ESCs. If you’re not, you plug the motor into the ESC ( electronic Speed Controller ) and you give it power and a signal from the radio receiver - usually PWM.
In the case of a drone, you get at least 4 brushless motors, 4 ESCs and then you need a flight controller.
The most common flight controllers cost about $20 and run Betaflight or Cleanflight. You don’t really “program” them so much as you configure them. You can either connect to them via a serial port, or through software such as the configurator. These provide the outputs for your four ESCs.
Within this software, you can adjust how the flight controller works. You adapt it to the quadcopter you’re building. It will provide all four outputs to the ESCs and has gyroscopes, acceleration sensors and often barometers and magnetic sensors too.
That’s about it. It’s fairly simple if you do it that way, although it’s not technically programming since there’s no language involved. It’s just called configuring.
Easiest way? Buy a cheap quadcopter for a couple of hundred dollars, maybe one with a GPS even and then take it apart and learn how it works. Don’t worry, you’ll crash it quickly enough if you’re learning to fly it, and when you do, you can rebuild it and configure it up from scratch if you like.