The Duckiedrone Operation Manual

Warning

🚧 This manual documents the ente software version of the Duckiedrone DD24-B and is still a work in progress. 🚧

The current stable release is the daffy Duckiedrone operation manual.

Welcome to the Duckiedrone DD24-B operation manual. The Duckiedrone is a do-it-yourself (DIY) Raspberry Pi-based autonomous quadcopter.

The Duckiedrone DD24-B is the third hardware iteration of the Duckiedrone. For information about its predecessors, see the DD18 and DD21 Duckiedrone manuals.

This manual provides instructions for assembling, testing, initializing, calibrating, operating, and programming a Duckiedrone DD24-B. It also describes learning experiences that use the Duckiedrone.

Note

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Preliminaries

• Safety
• Prerequisites
  • Initial setup
  • Additional Materials
  • Soldering basics
  • How to Use Multimeters

Hardware build DD24-B

• What’s in the box (DD24-B)
• Duckiedrone DD24-B assembly instructions

Duckiedrone setup and configuration

• Software Initialization
• First boot
• First connection
• Initializing the ESCs
• Setting up the Flight Controller
  • Initializing the Flight Controller
  • Configuring the Flight Controller
• Sensor Calibration
• Motor configuration
• Troubleshooting

Duckiedrone handling

• How to update the software
• Preparing the software stack
• Flying your Duckiedrone
• PID control on the Duckiedrone
• Common issues
• Network management

Learning Experiences

• Introduction to Learning Experiences
• Supported Learning Experiences
  • LX: Sensors - Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU)
  • LX: PID - Altitude Control
• General Procedure for Running Learning Experiences

Software Architecture

• ROS 2 (Robot Operating System)
• Software Architecture
• Duckiedrone Containers
• Reference frames