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Upload code to Pixhawk using Arduino

Posted by Goh DongLiang on June 27, 2014 at 5:25am

Hi,

I am new to Pixhawk. I just bought a pixhawk and want to upload my arducopter code (I added my own flight mode) to pixhawk using arduino. However, I found out that the selection of hal board in the arduino does not have pixhawk as one of the option. Does anyone know how to upload arducopter code to pixhawk?

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  • 3D Robotics
    Chris Anderson June 27, 2014 at 7:05am

    If you use the Arduino IDE to make a hex file, Mission Planner can upload it for you. 

    • Admin
      Thomas J Coyle III > Chris Anderson June 27, 2014 at 6:13pm

      @Chris,

      I do not believe that either the PX4 or the Pixhawk navigation processors are in the modified Arduino IDE HAL  dropdown board selector. At least the last time I looked they were not there.

      Regards,

      TCIII ArduRover2 Developer

      • Goh DongLiang > Thomas J Coyle III June 27, 2014 at 6:20pm

        So what should I do in order to select the suitable HAL?

        • Andrew Fernie > Goh DongLiang June 27, 2014 at 7:11pm

          Instructions for building for Pixhawk can be found here.  You can use Eclipse as an IDE - instructions are here. 

          Andrew

          • Fun Wey > Andrew Fernie October 18, 2014 at 8:10am

            Hi;

             

            Also for Y6 config - should I just change the line '//#define FRAME_CONFIG QUAD_FRAME' in the APM_config.h file to :

            #define FRAME_CONFIG Y6_FRAME

            ?

             

            Or do I also need to do something else before compiling?

          • Fun Wey > Andrew Fernie October 18, 2014 at 8:07am

            Hi;

             

            I have better luck with using the "make px4", 

            OK after I built the 'ArduCopter-v2.px4' with make, how do I upload this file to the Pixhawk?  via APMplanner? QGroundControl?  Where to place this file for them to upload?

             

            Rgds

             

             

            • Developer
              Bill Bonney > Fun Wey October 18, 2014 at 1:19pm

              In APM Planner 2.0 enable 'Advanced Mode' front he File menu item. Then in the Install Firmware view under Intial Setup you can click the 'custom' button to upload your fw image.

          • Mike Mac > Andrew Fernie June 28, 2014 at 7:25am

            I tried but it says I need Java Runtime Environment. How do I get this installed in windows 7?

          • Goh DongLiang > Andrew Fernie June 28, 2014 at 1:39am

            Thanks a lot. It works!

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