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APM 2.6 OR PX4? A look into the near-future choice.

Posted by Shyam Balasubramanian on July 9, 2013 at 1:47am

Hi All,

This is about a few questions that now or later people will ask. About me, I am interested in APM series like most. I think it has done a great job so far. I myself already own a few and have worked in projects with it over the past years.

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As many on forums I have seen, here are a couple of important yet curiosity killer questions:

1. Would APM 3.X series be released in the near future? (Probably with Arduino Due (ARM based)). If so what could be expected of its extended possibilities?

2. Would 3DR lean more towards PX4 Autopilot source development for Arducopter and/Or would equally provide continued development for the beloved APM series (and not just support).

I am asking these questions as someone (who sounded technically correct) put on the forum. Quote, one sentence:

"Either way, there's not much point in pushing development of the mega2560 based boards any further - they're a dead end. PX4 is far better in every single way."

Was a bit disappointing at first. Thinking further, PX4 does seem better for improved applications with UAV Arducopter (like APM2.6 plus extra), however if APM develops further with ARM, would be keen in that. I don't know if those were his personal opinion or someone from developer community put that (source). 

In any way, I think the answers to these question would be helpful "in ways more than one". Look forward to your inputs.

Thanks.

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  • Drone-University.com January 10, 2014 at 8:41am

    For this specific reason,  I have asked Chris Anderson for his vision upon the APM / PX4 since I intended to purchase one system and stick to it for further plane copies.

    Question was left happily unanswered...

  • Quadguy July 11, 2013 at 9:08pm

    Well its true that APM has reached its limit and PX4 is the platform with many possibilities, but kind of testing APM has gone through has made its code reliable, stable and mature - which I would say most important aspect while using the platform for aerial application. So as a user I would prefer to use APM but as a developer PX4 will be the choice. Still long way to go for PX4 to achieve maturity and reliability which APM has achieved. 

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    Richard Boyhan July 11, 2013 at 3:19pm
    IMHO. I have to say that the APM as a hardware platform is at its limit. The dev team has squeezed about all they can out of the hardware. At some point they are going to release new code that will only run on the PX4. When will this happen is hard to say. But not to far in the future is my guess.
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