4 VOLTAGE +3.3V (blk) 5 GND GND (blk) 6 GND GND (blk) Table 3.2.2.9 Pixhawk POWER – (Used with permission from Pixhawk) Pin Signal Volt 1 VCC +3.3V (red) 2 !IO_LED_SAFETY GND (blk) 3 SAFETY GND (blk) Table 3.2.2.10 Pixhawk SWITCH – (Used with permission from Pixhawk) To program the Pixhawk flight controller, the APM:Copter firmware and Mission Planner software from ArduPilot will be used. The options from ArduPilot were chosen as is an abundance of information available and the software is open source. As the software is, it supports different command modes and contains different features, with the most noteworthy being: Return to Launchpoint Utilizes the GPS module on board to return the – quadcopter to its original launch location. Land Automatic landing sequence. – Follow Me Follows the user around by utilizing the telemetry unit – mounted to the quadcopter, and computer or tablet equipped with GPS. The computer receives its GPS coordinates and transmits them to the drone. Failsafe Allows for a failsafe to be implemented in the event of a lost – control signal or low battery conditions. Camera control with live video link capability. Data logging to an onboard SD card for debugging. The different flight are similar to what we want to accomplish with our quadcopter’s missions, but we want to execute it in a different manner. Since the source code will contain these different modes of flight, we will be able to modify
4 (blk) VOLTAGE +3.3V 5 (blk) GND GND 6 (blk) GND GND Table 3.2.2.9 – Pixhawk POWER (Used with permission from Pixhawk) Pin Signal Volt 1 (red) VCC +3.3V 2 (blk) !IO_LED_SAFETY GND 3 (blk) SAFETY GND Table 3.2.2.10 – Pixhawk SWITCH (Used with permission from Pixhawk) To program the Pixhawk flight controller, the APM:Copter firmware and Mission Planner software from ArduPilot will be used. The options from ArduPilot were chosen as is an abundance of information available and the software is open source. As the software is, it supports different command modes and contains different features, with the most noteworthy being: Return to Launchpoint – Utilizes the GPS module on board to return the quadcopter to its original launch location. Land – Automatic landing sequence. Follow Me – Follows the user around by utilizing the telemetry unit mounted to the quadcopter, and computer or tablet equipped with GPS. The computer receives its GPS coordinates and transmits them to the drone. Failsafe – Allows for a failsafe to be implemented in the event of a lost control signal or low battery conditions. Camera control with live video link capability. Data logging to an onboard SD card for debugging. The different flight are similar to what we want to accomplish with our quadcopter’s missions, but we want to execute it in a different manner. Since the source code will contain these different modes of flight, we will be able to modify
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