Choosing a ground station copter documentation ardupilot. Ardupilot can be used with many different ground stations. Radio control receivers are normally used for pilot control. Setup for installing the firmware and ground station software, connecting the. It works with a variety of ground control station gcs software for programming and mission operations and offers a complete uav solution. This power is usually provided externally, such as by the esc or a bec, although some autopilots provide this power from internal regulators. The ardupilot software suite consists of navigation software typically referred to as firmware when it is compiled to binary form for microcontroller hardware targets running on the vehicle either copter, plane, rover, antennatracker, or sub, along with ground station controlling software including mission planner, apm planner, qgroundcontrol, mavproxy, tower and others. Using the ground station software for your x380 drone, flightcntrlconfig, you can see data in real time, adjust flight parameters and more. The entire package is designed to be safe, feature rich, openended for custom applications, and is increasingly easy to use even for the. A big code release tonightthis is the full setup that won the sparkfun autonomous vehicle competition. To setup your ardupilot, px4, or pixhawk autopilot, complete the topics in the.
However, it is possible to control the vehicle via ground station software using a joystick. More information of this firmware server and its content, please take a look at. Along with general improvements to the code, this is the entire package of autopilot, setup utility and ground station code. Reviewing wiring schematic and hook up wires for the ardupilot mega 2. It displays realtime data on the uavs performance and position and can serve as a virtual cockpit, showing many of the same instruments that you would have if you were flying a real plane. For more information on each of these tasks sorted by autopilot within the sections see the topics below. Installing ground station gcs software ardupilot can be used with many different ground stations.
Ardupilot autodetects the following serial rc receiver protocols. If you just want to fly you may instead choose to use a gcs running on a mobile os ios, android. Keep up with the latest ardupilot related blogs on ardupilot. Hobbyist communities already started to improve custom flight controllers and it is now possible to find multiple solutions for open flight control software like px4 and ardupilot.
Time setup install ground station software autopilot system assembly. You must be in one of the other positions stabilize, flybywire, auto or any. Connecting your x380 with ground station software s. Despite its origin as fpv platform its daily task are more uav autonomous like flight preloaded with mission parameter assigned from computerised ground station link. Also called a ground control station gcs, the software can run on pcs or. Sik and 3dr 433mhz 915mhz radio telemetry ground station for pixhawk duration. While exclusive pilot control via ground stations using telemetry is possible, it is not recommended. Choosing a ground station plane documentation ardupilot. The entire package is designed to be easily approachable for the novice, while remaining openended for custom applications, education, and research use.