The Duckiedrone Operation Manual

Welcome to the Operation Manual for your shiny new Duckiedrone.

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In this manual, you will learn how to build your Duckiedrone, test it, and have an introduction to its inner workings. Are your duckies ready to fly?

Preliminaries

• Safety
• Prerequisites
• How to Use Multimeters
• Included materials
• Other Required Materials
• Software initialization
• Initializing the Flight Controller

Hardware build DD21

• Raspberry Pi & Power Board
  • Overview
  • Instructions
• TOF Sensor
  • Overview
  • Instructions
  • Checkpoint
• Motors and ESCs
  • Overview
  • Instructions
  • Checkpoint
• Flight Controller & Cleanflight
  • Overview
  • Instructions
  • Checkpoint
• Camera, propellers & Mounting HW
  • Overview
  • Instructions
  • Checkpoint

Drone handling

• First boot
• First connection
• Troubleshooting
• Datasheets

Using the drone

• Environment setup
• Flying Your Drone
• Flight Controller PID Tuning
• Common issues

Learning Experiences

• Introduction to Learning Experiences
• Supported Learning Experiences

Software Architecture

• Introduction
• ROS
• Nodes