I am a newbie when it comes to drone. Just graduated, got a job and now trying to make my hobbies a reality. I’m wanting to build a drone. Since I am new to this, all I am trying to do right now is to get the drone lift off and fly around, later on, I want to add things like sonar sensor and camera and make it do some fancy stuff. I want to control it through Wifi and RC signal. Do yall have any suggestion for parts I should buy? I will program everything myself. What kind of microcontroller should I use? will a Tiva-C works? what kind of frame, motor, rechargeable battery, propeller… should I use? I will start out with something small and later on, after I perfected the small version I will build something bigger.
When it come to flight controller, you have many choices. However if you want to code it yourself it will be more limited.
I would suggest to go with something that is already supported by community in case you want to test and look at how others are coding it.
Thank you, Dia.
So far I do have some parts laying around such as an Arduino Uno and Arduino nano. I’m thinking of building a cheap micro-drone with those for education purposes first. I am currently looking for a frame and a brushed motor (bc they are cheap ).
I am looking at this combo from Amazon:
scroll down and look at the Frequently Bought Together amazon.com/gp/product/B01MU … UUJF&psc=1
it seems to fit what I am wanting to do. I also need a rechargeable battery, this is where I’m stuck. Which battery should I be choosing that can power the Arduino and all 4 motors?
Since I am using a brushed motor, I will probably need a motor driver to boost the current, I am looking at this, I’ll need 2 of these since each of these is Dual Motor and I have 4 motors: pololu.com/product/2130
I might also need a voltage regulator depend on which battery is best for my build. pololu.com/product/2130
What do you guys think? I’m a complete newbie, any inputs will be highly appreciated.
If you want to go this route, i would suggest using MultiWii as it’s Arduino compatible.
There is a “def.h” and a “config.h” where you can select the type of hardware/sensors you have to make things easier.
Hereis a nice blog, there are many others available
Most mini quadcopter like that will run on a 3.7V LiPo battery.
If you want to explore another route without reinventing the wheel, the Crazyflie is a good option.
I looked at the MultiWii, it’s a flight controller. I have a question, what’s the difference between a flight controller and a microcontroller like arduino? Is the flight controller like a microcontroller but has all the sensors on it?
In fact MultiWii is only an Arduino code project and it support multiple sensors and hardware.
Once combine together the Microcontroller/Arduino and Sensors will become a Flight Controller.
You can use an Arduino and combine it with a MPU6050 (gyro & accelerometer) to create the flight controller MultiWii compatible.
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