Advanced Robotic Vehicles Programming: An Ardupilot and Pixhawk Approach - Softcover

Mendoza-Mendoza, Julio Alberto; Gonzalez-Villela, Victor Javier; Sepulveda-Cervantes, Gabriel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1484255321 ISBN 13: 9781484255322

Verlag: Apress, 2020

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Part 1: Introduction

Chapter 1: Hardware and Software Description

• Definition of Autopilot

• Autopilot classification by its programming method GUI vs SDK

• Types of SDK

• Pixhawk Autopilot (hardware)

• Clones vs Originals

• Commercial autopilot vs owndesign

• Ardupilot Libraries (software)

• Compatibilities and other similar projects

• Confusion between hardware and software?

Chapter 2: Ardupilot Working Environment

• File types and  Ardupilot libraries

• Use of specific data types

• Description and flow of the programs to be used

• Loading custom codes to the pixhawk using mission planner

• Making new projects using the added eclipse interface

• Identification of errors 

• Is it possible to use the Arduino directly with the APM libraries?

Chapter 3: Recap and Definitions

• Description of the auxiliary components

• Computational efficiency vs mathematical equality

• Working with variables, functions, modules and objects?

• Getter and setter concept

• Concept of orientation and position

• Difference between installation and coding

• Usual parts of an Ardupilot code

• Usual models of programming on Ardupilot codes

References and suggested websites of Part 1

Part 2: Sequential Mode

Chapter 4: Basic Input and Output Operations

• About the header

• About the setup

• Writing to terminal

• Terminal reading

• Reading radios

• Reading of orientation and position internal sensors

• Reading of external position sensors (GPS)

• Reading analog external sensors

• Signal filtering

• Reading and writing of external digital equipment

• Battery reading

• Use of visual alerts through the onboard LED

Chapter 5: Advanced Operations: Serial Communications, Data Storage, Motion Units and Basis of Time Management

• Wired and wireless serial communication

• Interface with development cards

• Writing to brushless motors

• Code optimization

• Writing to brushed motors

• Use of stepper motors

• Use of servomotors for auxiliary applications

• Summary of the control of various compatible motors

• Storage and use of flight data

• Using the MissionPlanner GUI to plot flight data

• Use of time

Chapter 6:  Application to Quadcopter Drone Control with a Smooth Flight Mode: 

• Modeling and Basic Control of a Multirotor with Application Code

References and suggested websites of Part 2

Part 3: Real Time Mode

Chapter 7: Real Time Working Environment

• Notions of modular programming

• Description of the scheduler

• Usual parts of an ardupilot code in parallel mode

• Measurement of the time of execution of a task

Chapter 8: Compendium of the Previous Chapters in Real Time Mode with Application Code

References and suggested websites of Part 3

Appendices

• Libraries installation

• Comparison of commands with other SDKs

• Thrust vectoring

• Omnidirectionality

• Methods of extended power 

• Extended header code

• Extended setup code

• Summary of the design of a quadcopter

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Apress
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1484255321
• ISBN 13: 9781484255322
• Einband: Paperback
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