MAVLink Tutorial for Absolute Dummies (Part –I)

Posted by Shyam Balasubramanian on November 15, 2013 at 1:36pm

Hi All,

I was recently fiddling around the code for a while and decided to create a tutorial out of it so that others may find it useful. If I would have known this knowledge long back, I am sure I would have saved a lot of time since then! I find lot of beginners getting swayed and lack of knowhow on MavLink with respect to APM/PX4. Information on internet is scattered and not much of use!! 

This will be "Step by Step" entertaining, PART - I of the series I plan to write.on:

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What it Covers:

  1. MavLink, starting from scratch. What the hell is it and understand how it works with APM/ PX4
  2. Learn how developers think -> Arducopter communication with Mission Planner and vice-versa.
  3. Get a feel of 'How Stuffs works'.

Too much hype:) Well, this information has been collated from my experience and from internet. I know there is information on the new Wiki, it tells you what, I plan to tell you 'how'! :)

Please let me know if you found it interesting. If there is enough response, I will make another tutorial where I would add more 'Step by step' knowhow!!

Options:

- More on MavLink

- Learning Arducopter source code, Step by Step

- Making swarm (multiple) copters work with your 3DR Telemetry radio! I am working on it.

See attachment for [MAVLink Tutorial for Absolute Dummies (Part –I)]

Edit: Request you to post your queries over the forum directly, as it is not possible for me to address all queries I get by email!

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Best regards,

Shyam

MAVLINK_FOR_DUMMIESPart1_v.1.1.pdf

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  • 3D Robotics
    Chris Anderson January 28, 2014 at 7:27am

    Great guide! I've linked to it at the official dev site here. 

  • Max LEe January 28, 2014 at 7:08am

    I'd like to say many thanks for this guide. It is helping me out greatly.

    mavlink documentation is sparse as you said, I am trying to integrate a CLI interface in LabVIEW similar to mavproxy for my university project.

    I have messaged you. thanks.

  • NikTheGreek November 16, 2013 at 3:31am

    Thank you Shyam once again for this useful Tutorial .
    I cant wait to see  Part 2.

    I was trying some days now to find a simple tutorial ( for dummies ) on how to read MavLink through my Raspberry Pi with no success.
    It is in your intention to cover this in the next Parts?
    If No .. could you please guide a noob like me to understand in simple steps how to install and read those msgs in my Pi ?

    Thank you in advance.

  • TheMightyThor November 15, 2013 at 3:17pm

    i would also like to know more about SWARM  screen

  • Hank Deucker November 15, 2013 at 3:11pm

    Thank you, about bloody time. I have put dust covers over my Ardu and am using my KK2 instead. The uploading of information from computer to the flight controller is too complex, not all of us out here are computer nerds. I got 32 flights from the Ardu and then it refused to arm so now I am stuffed! How about a Mission Planner lite so that we can just fly instead of playing around with endless parameters that we don't understand.

    Thanks for making a start Shyam

  • Robert Hawkes (Bob) November 15, 2013 at 2:05pm

    Thank you for this it will be very helpful to me and keep up the good work and pass on all that you can as I need help with the 2.5 best regards ,

    Bob

  • TheMightyThor November 15, 2013 at 1:50pm

    Love the idea, thanks for doing it, its absolutely something i am interested in learning

  • Copter Richie November 15, 2013 at 1:41pm

    Timing is perfect. :)

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