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Custom Flight Controller

Posted by Shehab Ellithy on November 22, 2015 at 7:28pm

I am a beginner, i want to add an RFID to my drone. After a long search, i did not find a kit having the drone with a flight controller that can communicate with an RFID.

So i thought about getting a drone kit without a flight controller, the kit that i thought about was DJI flame wheel F450, and then adding an Arduino board to be a flight controller, because I know that Arduino can read an RFID chip.

But before I put my plan into action, i wanted to check if an Arduino Uno board can control any ESC, and more specifically the ESC that come with the DJI flame wheel F450 kit.

Summary: I want to know if an Arduino board can control a DJI flame wheel F450 drone.

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  • Shehab Ellithy December 1, 2015 at 7:44pm

    I just want to confirm my shopping list so i don't miss anything:

    1)Arduino

    2)M6e

    3)Ardupilot

    4)DJI f450

    if i missed something please tell me

  • Shehab Ellithy November 26, 2015 at 9:31pm

    I dont want to create a new flight controller, i want to use an Arduino board.

    What I want to do is when the reader reads a certain tag, it signals to the arduino then the arduino will stop moving forward and just floats on top of the tag

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      • Shehab Ellithy November 29, 2015 at 8:05pm

        I was thinking of using a M6e micro reader so I can get more range(around 1-3 meters)

        I am sorry but I am a little confused about what you are saying. The problem is I am still a beginner.

        As I know, APM is Ardupilot, and Mavlink is a type of information decoding that APM can read/use.

        The only thing i do not know is 1)how to connect Arduino to APM and send the decoded info.

        One last thing, if could explain 2)how to connect a M6e to Arduino, or even if it possible.

        Sorry for all the trouble

        • Shehab Ellithy > Shehab Ellithy November 29, 2015 at 9:25pm
          Also another question.
          Is is better/easier to connect an RFID reader to arduino then send the info coming from the reader to the APM then let the APM controll it

          Or to let Arduino handel all of this stuff
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            • Shehab Ellithy November 30, 2015 at 2:11pm
              Thank you for your help. What I will do is I'm going to try to connect the M6e to the Arduino so it can decode it and then send it to the APM. I'm fine doing homework,but I just don't want to buy something that I won't use, epically the stuff are little expensive
  • Shehab Ellithy November 24, 2015 at 6:59pm

    if someone is sure whether or not an Arduino board can control ANY ESC?

    also, want to check if a RFID sensor added to an Arducopter board?

  • Shehab Ellithy November 22, 2015 at 8:09pm

    Thank you Chris Anderson, but if you could illustrate more on how to actually use the code. I am sorry, still a beginner and I want to get the hang of some stuff

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    Chris Anderson November 22, 2015 at 7:55pm

    No need to create your own flight controller! ArduCopter already works with RFID. Just Google it. Here are some examples:

    http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/more-on-the-rfid-iris-farm-moni...

    http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/adding-uhf-rfid-sensors-to-iris...

    https://github.com/ParkerK/RFID-Copter/tree/master/ArduCopter

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