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Introduction to Andropilot

Andropilot is an open source android based ground control system (GCS).  

Before posting questions in this group, please check the excellent wiki manual maintained Peter Meister.  If you find missing bits in the manual, please ask here and then update the wiki based on what you learn.  Together we will keep this manual complete and up-to-date.

For most users the required hardware is:

  • An Android phone or tablet (preferably tablet) with USB 'host mode' support.  Most newer devices have this but you should check (and then update) our compatibility list.
  • Operating system 4.0 or later (all supported versions of android should be equivalent now, except for direct connection of APMs.  Direct APM connection will be slow for androids before version 4.2)
  • A USB host mode adapter.  Probably something like this.
  • A supported autopilot (please update this wiki page as you test new devices)
  • A telemetry link (the 3dr 915/400MHz radios are recommended - they seem to work better than the xbee radios for this application)

Feature list:

  • Super clean user interface
  • Rock solid
  • GamePad support - you can use this for basic vehicle control, with no need for a RC transmitter/receiver.
  • Built in touchscreen joystick overlay with haptic feedback.
  • Direct control & monitoring of ArduPlane/Copter with no PC required. Just a $5 USB adapter cable and your Android tablet or phone (Android 3.1 or later). No rooting or hardware mods required.
  • Bluetooth to serial adapter support - useful for phones that don't support USB host mode.
  • Warnings about high levels of solar radiation (GPS outage inducing)
  • Map view
  • Parameter editing (with parameter documentation)
  • Waypoint editing (including setting waypoint type/parameters etc...)
  • Shares your flights via www.droneshare.com (G+, Facebook, Google Earth).
  • Follow-me mode to have the vehicle follow you
  • Lead-it mode to steer/move vehicle by turning your body and tilting the tablet
  • Vehicle mode display & control (AUTO, STABILIZE, etc...)
  • Speech output (for mode, altitude and battery alerts)
  • Capture tlog files to sdcard
  • Direct connect to USB on the APM
  • RC channel 'raw' view
  • 3DR telemetry module support
  • Warnings for low battery, low rssi, or low GPS sat count
  • Fully android 'native' (Scala backend talks directly to the USB device and renders the frontend)
  • UDP link (either as a client or a server)
  • TCP link (as a client)
  • Special support for the Archos GamePad
  • Monitor your vehicle through an optional Pebble smart watch.

Current release You can download from the Google play store.  

(See the discussions below for particular releases - releases are just too frequent to keep updating this header text)

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  • titeuf007 August 14, 2013 at 3:21am

    does it have a manual to know how to use andropilot?

  • titeuf007 August 14, 2013 at 3:13am

    thanks kevin

  • titeuf007 August 13, 2013 at 11:56am

    does it possible to have a gps tracker on andropilot?

    if we crash our multi it will be easier to find it

  • titeuf007 July 8, 2013 at 4:47pm

    it will be great if we could tune pid..

    it s real painful to use a computer to do the job

  • Giovanni Esposito July 8, 2013 at 4:22am

    Hi Kevin, I have found a bug in Andropilot: when it receives the flightplan from the APM, it deletes the DO_DIGICAM_CONTROL commands. So, when I have to make a missiont that use the auto triggering function I can't use Andropilot.

    Please, can you fix this?

    Thanks!

  • Earl June 14, 2013 at 12:00pm

    I have a suggestion.

    How about a function that is "Take me to my plane,quad"

    It would use the last GPS position of the APM and then using androids GPS, point you in the right direction till you are there!

    Earl

  • Oyvind Amundsen May 11, 2013 at 2:34pm

    The latest 1.4.15

  • Oyvind Amundsen May 11, 2013 at 1:27pm

    Hi, I have mounted a Samsung Galaxy SIII on my radio:
    http://www.virtualrobotix.com/profiles/blogs/how-i-turned-my-futaba...

    If I start DroidPlanner the HUD displays ok
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    But in AndrPilot, the HUD is small and the text is missplaced

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    On my Nexus 7 tablet all shows fine.

    Is there something I can do to get the HUD better?

    The phone have allmost the same resolution (1280x720) as the Nexus 7 (1280x800).
    Is it possible to get the same view on the phone as on the tablet?

    Thank you for making this great app.

     

  • T3
    healthyfatboy May 11, 2013 at 9:47am

    Kevin, do you still want me to give the Look at Me feature a try?

  • Developer
    Kabir May 11, 2013 at 8:52am

    I'm getting "Error parsing package" on an HTC Flyer running Honeycomb (Android 3.2)

    Downloaded the APK from github as Play said my device was not compatible.

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GPS time from Andropilot

I have been using andropilot for a while now and like it as it seems to work for us, well done!For the current job that I am doing, I need to synchronise my MAPIR camera clock with the APM GPS clock before each mission, is there a way to see what the GPS time is from Andropilot? I can't seem to find that information anywhere?Secondly, why am I seeing tlog jpg images in the logs folder? Is that something new?

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