The Duckiedrone Operation Manual

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

The DD24 is the third Duckietown drone hardware iteration. For more information about its predecessors, check out the Duckiedrone (DD18) and (DD21) manuals.

This manual provides instructions on how to assemble, how to calibrate, how to operate, and what to teach (and learn) with a Duckiedrone.

Note

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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
• What’s in the Box
• Additional Materials for Building the Duckiedrone
• Software Initialization

Drone handling

• First boot
• First connection
• Initializing the Flight Controller
• Configure motor spinning direction
• Troubleshooting
• Datasheets

Using the drone

• Flight Controller PID Tuning
• Common issues

Learning Experiences

• Introduction to Learning Experiences
• Supported Learning Experiences

Software Architecture

• ROS
• Software Architecture
• Reference frames