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==== Default Pixhawk Firmware === | ==== Default Pixhawk Firmware === | ||
For instructions on setting up the required tool chain and building the standard Pixhawk firmware, | For instructions on setting up the required tool chain and building the standard Pixhawk firmware, | ||
follow the tutorial at [http://dev.px4.io/starting-installing.html] | follow the tutorial at [http://dev.px4.io/starting-installing.html|dev.px4.io/start-installing.html] | ||
Revision as of 14:01, 22 January 2016
System Overview
The tracker consists of:
- A quarotor equipped with a Pixhawk, the Drone
- A linux computer connected to a
- HD webcam, and
- 3DR telemetry radio.
- Software running on the linux computer for tracking the drone, and sending the position over the telemetry link
- Modified Pixhawk firmware with sensors added to the ekf2 module
Installation Instructions
Pixhawk
= Default Pixhawk Firmware
For instructions on setting up the required tool chain and building the standard Pixhawk firmware, follow the tutorial at [1]
Important notes
Changes in files not concerning the EKF
The following files have been changed, to enable Mikrokopter BL-CTRL motor drivers and ultrasonic rangefinder:
cmake/configs/nuttx_px4fmu-v2_default.cmake
in the process the ekf2
module was added to the build list along with the useful tool listener
.
To free up some space, some unused modules were commented out of the build list.