Drone firmware

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Drone control firmware

There are two versions of the drone firmware, one for the motor test (mostly performance of a single motor) without the need of the prop-sheld and a full version to be used on the flying drone.

To get the source code - see section "software and files" below.

Motor test firmware

The motor test firmware is in the "motortest" directory.

To compile the source for a Teensy 3.5 or 3.6 the Teensiduino needs to be installed first.

Install Teensiduino, see https://www.pjrc.com/teensy/td_download.html . Start with installing the most recent supported version of Arduino, then overlay this by installing the Teensiduino.

Once installed the directory needs to be prepared for compilation.

Linux

make shortcut links to libraries and compiler. The shourtcut described below assumes you have installed arduino version 1.8.9 (and Teensiduino) in your home directory, change as appropriate:

cd drone_ctrl/motortest
ln -s ~/arduino-1.8.9/hardware/teensy/avr/libraries
ln -s ~/arduino-1.8.9/hardware/teensy/avr/cores/teensy3
ln -s ~/arduino-1.8.9/hardware/tools/
make
make upload

Drone firmware

The drone flight controller (base) firmware is in the "drone_ctrl" directory.

To compile the source for a Teensy 3.5 or 3.6 the Teensiduino needs to be installed first.

Install Teensiduino, see https://www.pjrc.com/teensy/td_download.html . Start with installing the most recent supported version of Arduino, then overlay this by installing the Teensiduino.

Once installed the directory needs to be prepared for compilation.

Linux

make shortcut links to libraries and compiler. The shourtcut described below assumes you have installed arduino version 1.8.9 (and Teensiduino) in your home directory, change as appropriate:

cd drone_ctrl/drone_ctrl
ln -s ~/arduino-1.8.9/hardware/teensy/avr/libraries
ln -s ~/arduino-1.8.9/hardware/teensy/avr/cores/teensy3
ln -s ~/arduino-1.8.9/hardware/tools/
make
make upload