Book description
Make: Drones will help the widest possible audience understand how drones work by providing several DIY drone projects based on the world's most popular robot controller--the Arduino. The information imparted in this book will show Makers how to build better drones and be better drone pilots, and incidentally it will have applications in almost any robotics project.
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Table of contents
- Preface
- 1. What Makes a Drone Possible
- 2. Popular Drone Control Systems
- 3. Drone Activities
- 4. Improve the Hubsan X4
- 5. Build the X4Wii
- 6. The Visible Drone
- 7. Basic I/O Code
- 8. Multirotor Aerodynamics
- 9. IMU/AHRS
- 10. Mode and Mix
- 11. PIDs
- 12. Circuit Board and Motor Controllers
- 13. Construction and Tuning
- 14. A Bigger Frame
- 15. Install the Power System
- 16. Brushless Motors and Their ESCs
- 17. Install the Flight Controller and Radios
- 18. GPS
- 19. Magnetometer
- 20. Flying the S500
- 21. Optical Flow, Sonar, and Lidar
- 22. Vibration
- 23. Failure Modes and Fault Tolerance
- 24. Interfaces
- 25. The Future
- Index
Product information
- Title: Make: Drones
- Author(s):
- Release date: October 2016
- Publisher(s): Make: Community
- ISBN: 9781680451719
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