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Looking for Linux-based Drone/UAV

Posted by long cheng on August 2, 2016 at 5:56pm

I am looking for any open source Linux and C program-based Drone/UAV for my experiment. I need to run some basic linux tools (i.e., strace) both on the drone and ground controller. 

According to this webpage "The ground controller, as well as the onboard computer connected to the drone's Pixhawk 2 autopilot, integrates a 1GHz Cortex-A9 computer running Linux."
I wonder whether the 3DR Solo Quadcopter meets my requirement (open source Linux and C program-based, and I can install and run some basic linux tools such as strace). If not, do you have some suggestion about other Drones?

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  • Wahono August 5, 2016 at 9:42am

    What James said is correct. You may also look at erle Brain 2 (erlerobotics.com).

  • long cheng August 3, 2016 at 11:01am

    Thanks a lot for the help!

    James said:

    the solo has a pixhawk2 (stm32f4) as the flight controller, with an imx6 companion computer connected over a uart. If you the autopilot itself to be running on Linux, solo isn't what you need.
    Take a look at bbbmini or navio2.
  • Alex Wright August 3, 2016 at 6:12am

    you beat me to it. my recommendations as well james

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