Hi all Open-Source enthusiast,
Paparazzi UAV, the real Open-Source autopilot driven by a community of users without an economically driven goal. Today we are adding an extra autopilot board to there long list of supported autopilots.
The Pixhawk autopilot board will be integrated in our next software release! The video shows the first flight with Paparazzi UAV on a Pixhawk, more videos will follow.
Why choose Paparazzi UAV?
If you are looking for an advanced, modular open-source autopilot which has features others can only dream of, you choose Paparazzi UAV.
You can make the comparison between Windows and Linux. For example APM is the Windows unfriendly plug and pay software, While Paparazzi UAV is the Linux of autopilot systems, where everything you can imagine is possible.
We make it possible for you to choose the best software for your needs, on the hardware platforms that are right for your project.
Wishing you successful flights,
The Paparazzi dev team
Comments
@Felix,
Would love to get more posting here from you and others in the group. It seems the only PPZ news we get here comes from a few users who seem to have some point to prove.
@Tony my apologies, I meant plug and play in regards to autopilot only. Not for making the aircraft. I have a strong preference for "compiling" my own airframe haha.
@ Felix,
Since someone did go thought the effort to port Paparazzi for Pixhawk can you give us some points of why we should choose one over the other in your professional opinion without any lame analogies (windows/linux). I would love to hear a technical reason. Based on your experience. You are the top dev contributer after all. ITs nice to hear. Thanks for your great work sir !! Very much appreciate it.
@ Stephen
Your first post does not sound anything like your second...
you pretty much said you want it all ready. It simply contradicts with the philosophy of this community.. thats all
Not replying to you Felix^ but thanks!
I am a mechanical engineer. Perhaps you have forgotten, but DIY also means constructing one's own vehicle. In fact not too long ago it consisted solely of guys like me, when the signal went straight form the radio receiver to the servos. I use Ardupilot because it allows me to neglect the programming side of DIY which I am uninterested in. You say it is ironic, but a large number of people on here or RCgroups for example are not interested in programming but are definitely interested in building. But I have a huge respect for those who do drive our autopilots forward by adding features, and especially those who make it user friendly enough for the likes of me. Shouldn't that street (respect) go both ways?
As a member of the Paparazzi Dev team, I can say that the views expressed in this post are not shared by all (probably not even many) Paparazzi devs/contributors and community members. It's certainly not how I view APM (since it was explicitly mentioned) or other open source autopilot projects!
And the Windows/Linux comparison just doesn't make sense to me here...
Any open hardware like the Pixhawk is great for everyone in the community and I'm simply happy that a Student at TU Delft made the effort to add support for this in PaparazziUAV!
Understood.. I do work in IT, and expect to 'work' to accomplish anything with a computer.
And, I'm old, so am used to having to work to do anything with a computer... The idea that any computer would just function w/out effort is still foreign to me, but I suppose I can see where someone might just want a computer that works for them, without much effort. (I must be in a bad mood this morning, because I've made a few negative comments..)
OTOH, do try linux on hardware that is supported.. It's AMAZING. I honestly think it's easier than windows.. I spend 8 hours a day fixing windows issues for people, and once linux is set up, it just keeps working.
And the package managers are really great. No surfing countless websites to find what you want.. Simply type it in to the package manager, install it, and you're done. It will be constantly updated, along with the rest of your OS. Much better than anything the couple of big commercial OS's offer.
We all have different educations and skill sets. For me, TIG welding is easily, I picked it up naturally and without any instructions, and am very good at it.
I couldn't be productive with Linux and prefer Windows.
But I wouldn't criticize you as being "simple" because you can't stack dimes. ;)
Sorry for the OT, but I too see a lot of people bashing Linux lately for being too complex.. and I'm sorry but it's not, and hasn't been difficult for the past ~10 years, and those posts only make the person posting seem a bit 'simple'. Sometimes you have to think, just a little bit, in order to accomplish something. That's really not a bad thing.
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