You're reading from Drone Development from Concept to Flight Design, assemble, and discover the applications of unmanned aerial vehicles

Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781837633005

Length 316 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Tools

Ardupilot

Concepts

Design

Author (1):

Sumit Sharma

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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Fundamentals of Flight Engineering

2. Chapter 1: Getting Started with UAV and Drone Engineering FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Understanding Flight Terminologies and the Physics of Motion

4. Chapter 3: Learning and Applying Basic Command and Control Interfaces

5. Chapter 4: Knowing UAV Systems, Sub-Systems, and Components

6. Part 2: System Conceptualization and Avionics Development

7. Chapter 5: The Application of Sensors and IMUs in Drones

8. Chapter 6: Introduction to Drone Firmware and Flight Stacks

9. Chapter 7: Introduction to Ground Control Station Software

10. Chapter 8: Understanding Flight Modes and Mission Planning

11. Part 3: Configuration, Calibrations, Flying, and Log Analysis

12. Chapter 9: Drone Assembly, Configuration, and Tuning

13. Chapter 10: Flight Log Analysis and PIDs

14. Chapter 11: Application-Based Drone Development

15. Chapter 12: Developing a Custom Survey Drone

16. References

17. Index

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Introduction to drone flight stacks

A flight stack is a collection of software components that control the flight of a drone. So, we can say that an open source flight stack is one where the source code of the software components is made available to the public to use, view, modify, and distribute among users, to enhance public collaboration and joint development. On the other hand, a proprietary drone flight stack is one that is developed by a particular company or entity that owns it and its source code is not publicly accessible to view, modify, and distribute.

Next, we will look at the main differences between an open source and closed source flight stack for better understanding.

Open source drone flight stack

Source code: The source code in an open source drone flight stack is made freely available to the public, which allows anyone to view, modify, and distribute the code.

Collaboration: A wide range of community developers contribute to open source projects that...