Raspberry Pi Beta Drone Combo

Hello so I am very new to drones. I am working on my first one, but I am trying to do something with a Raspberry Pi. I work IT and I program code. So I am going to attempt to make a drone with the nucleus the Pi and then have sensors running from It. I have a couple questions

I am wondering How I will work the RC controller to the drone... Any suggestions would be amazing.

I am curious how I will run the different sensors to the Pi, I know its possible.

I am sure I will have lots of other questions right now I am going to install a basic linux version and install python dependencies. I have read a couple articles on building Robotics with python programming(Python is a versatile language) I am also debating on using VBA scripts to run automated scripts but that will be after my python uses. So I know this is pretty intense for a basic user. But I am like that. Any suggestions would be incredible,

vvvvv Raspberry pi info vvvvv

http://www.raspberrypi.org/products/model-b-plus/

P.S. I am so excited I found you guys community, I have been looking for a decent forum on drones and I have actually found one. So Hooray for you guys

Dr. Mantis Toboggins

I have a similar idea and hope one day to do something similar. THe problem with PWM, PPM and so on are they are time based pulses, which arent ideal with a non real time os like linux on the pi. Im thinking the easiest way around this is to use an Arduino to read the PWM, and then have the Pi use i2c to read the channels from the Arduino.

Regarding the sensors the primary problem is most or many sensors are 5v while the PI pins are all 3.3v. To get around this you will need a logic shifter( i hope i recall the name) that does the bit in the middle. Im trying to collect i2c sensors which can easily be daisy chained thru a logic shifter to the pi.

I havent started connecting anything together, but i believe im on the right path :)

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Dr. Mantis Toboggan, M.D. September 18, 2014 at 3:51pm

Thanks guys I really appreciate your responses. and you've given me alot of information to go over. Johann Thank you so much. This is a lotta info for me to look into. I really appreciate it guys and look forward to continuing this process
Johann van de Venter September 17, 2014 at 7:00pm

http://solenerotech1.wordpress.com/

Here is a link to one of the details blogs to a RPI quadcopter build.

Check out the RPI blogs and forums. There are sections dedicated to just this topic.
Andreas Gazis September 17, 2014 at 4:19am

Dunno abt R-Pi but if you consider Ardupilot, PX4, Pixhawk, VRBrain, Flymaple, Beaglebone, check this out:

http://dev.ardupilot.com/
mP1 September 16, 2014 at 6:18pm

I have a similar idea and hope one day to do something similar. THe problem with PWM, PPM and so on are they are time based pulses, which arent ideal with a non real time os like linux on the pi. Im thinking the easiest way around this is to use an Arduino to read the PWM, and then have the Pi use i2c to read the channels from the Arduino.

Regarding the sensors the primary problem is most or many sensors are 5v while the PI pins are all 3.3v. To get around this you will need a logic shifter( i hope i recall the name) that does the bit in the middle. Im trying to collect i2c sensors which can easily be daisy chained thru a logic shifter to the pi.

I havent started connecting anything together, but i believe im on the right path :)

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