Drone Programming

Software Development for Ardupilot Powered Unmanned Systems

Created by: Mustafa Gökçe
Electrical And Electronics Engineer

What Will I Learn?

• Understand and gain experience the capabilities and features of the ArduPilot autopilot software system
• Develop custom mission software that communicates with autopilot
• Ability to setup and run ArduPilot autopilot simulation environment
• Ability to read telemetry data and give commands to autopilot by communicating with ArduPilot using Python programming language
• Creating Python scripts with Dronekit library that communicates with ArduPilot
• Ability to develop custom Python scripts with PyMAVLink and understanding the MAVLink protocol
• Learn how to use the MAVProxy Command Line Ground Control Station and what it does
• Autopilot onboard software development using LUA programming language

Requirements

• Having an average knowledge with unmanned autonomous systems
• Entry level or above Python programming language skills
• Some basic experiences with the Linux operating system
• Hands-on experience with unmanned vehicles running ArduPilot

Target audience

• Software developers and engineers work on unmanned autonomous systems
• Companies those work on unmanned autonomous system (UAS), unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and drone industries
• Enthusiasts and hobbyists with an idea to expand the capabilities of remote controlled vehicles
• Students or teams that compete in competitions related to unmanned autonomous systems (UAS), unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and drones
• Drone and UAV hobbyists wants to monitor and control ArduPilot powered unmanned vehicles