AvrMiniCopter - Linux based controller project - Discussions

Hello Everyone,

I want to share a project I have been working on for the last year. It is a quadcopter controller with full Linux support (maintained using buildroot)

This means:

full networking support (Wifi, Bluetooth)
use scripting or any programming language you want
SSH, Busybox, and hundreds of other tools
compile your own additional tools
video4linux/camera (when using capable board - i.e. Odroid-W or RPi)
anything else Linux supports

The controller's features currently are:

Support for quadcopters in X configuration of any size
2 fly modes - Auto-level & Acro
Altitude hold
learner mode (attach 2 controller simultaneously - one for the teacher and one for the learner)
fast (boot time of around 2-3sec)
WWW configurable (i.e. you can adjust anything using your phone in the field)
Camera support for taking pictures and videos
Live and Offline log charting (vibrations, quaternions, altitude, etc)
Out of box bluetooth (PAN) and WIFI connectivity for receiving flight logs, accessing the file system (NFS and SSH), browsing videos and pictures
Endlessly and easily extensible

The setup is relatively simple and includes 2 boards - AVR board (like Arduino Pro Mini) and SPI capable SBC (like Odroid W or RPi) wired together using SPI.

With the software provided the setup is of plug-and-play and you can control your quadcopter using PS3 controller or via network.

See the wiki for more information.

Sources: https://github.com/rpicopter/AvrMiniCopter
Wiki: https://github.com/rpicopter/AvrMiniCopter/wiki
Precompiled images: https://github.com/rpicopter/AvrMiniCopter-images

If you passionate about linux and quadcopters than this is something you should try! :)

Let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,
Gregory

Replies

QuadrotorThai Tevada March 29, 2015 at 9:40am

I see your vedio fly on altitude mode very good. Perface.
QuadrotorThai Tevada March 28, 2015 at 12:59am

I read this.
Q: How do I connect over bluetooth
AvrMiniCopter implements Bluetooth PAN networking.
For security reasons you will need to enter your client device MAC address into /etc/wireless/pin
Reboot and retry.

I want to know how to edit /etc/wireless/pin?
And what wifi usb you use?
- Gregory D > QuadrotorThai Tevada March 28, 2015 at 5:08am
  
  I would suggest to hold of for a week before buying it. I'm still testing it and should have results next week.
  - QuadrotorThai Tevada > Gregory D March 28, 2015 at 5:38am
    
    Ok...Thank you. I will test compile your code.
- Gregory D > QuadrotorThai Tevada March 28, 2015 at 1:32am
  
  Hi,
  
  To edit the /etc/wireless/pin you have 2 options:
  
  - take the SD card and plug it to a different computer to edit this file
  
  - use a serial connection to your RPi: http://elinux.org/RPi_Serial_Connection
  
  I do not have RTL8188CUS to test.
  
  I have used atheros AR9271, realtek RTL8187L and ralink rt5370 which i am currently evaluating.
  - QuadrotorThai Tevada > Gregory D March 28, 2015 at 3:33am
    
    Ok...... Thank you. I will buy it form this site.
    http://www.arduitronics.com/product/169/usb-2-0-wifi-dongle-for-ras...
    - Gregory D > QuadrotorThai Tevada April 1, 2015 at 2:23pm
      
      Hi, I can confirm that ralink rt5370 works fine.
      - QuadrotorThai Tevada > Gregory D April 1, 2015 at 5:01pm
        
        Hi Gregory D
        
        So I will buy ralink rt5370.
QuadrotorThai Tevada March 27, 2015 at 7:01pm

Yes I plug wifi dongle and reboot quadcopter but still can't found Ad-Hoc hotspot appear.

I check with lsusb command it show this RTl8188CUS 802.11n.

I can dmesg.

Thank you.
QuadrotorThai Tevada March 27, 2015 at 5:20pm

How to connect over wifi?
I can't scan found Ad-Hoc hotspot of rpicopter.

I use this usb wifi.
http://www.arduitronics.com/product/231/nano-usb-wifi-dongle-edup

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