Oleg Kalachev
7d74f3d5cd
Minor docs fixes
2026-01-27 07:21:21 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
9fd35ba361
Simplify lpf filter code
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Begin with zero instead of the initializing value, as the latter doesn't make much sense in practice, but complicates the code much.
2026-01-24 09:43:46 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
ca50f75576
Various minor fixes
2026-01-24 09:34:16 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
e47a31f981
Fix mavlink parameter set acknowledgement value
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If the parameter is integer the acknowledgement should contain the rounded value.
2026-01-24 09:32:49 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
7ad3022798
Add parameter for configuring gyro bias lpf
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+ reset the filter on `reset` command
2026-01-24 09:31:32 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
5b654e4d8e
Update ESP32-Core to 3.3.6
2026-01-23 02:41:43 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
cf10ec6161
Update MAVLink-Arduino to 2.0.16
2026-01-23 01:11:35 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
6d01cd2e79
Make failsafe configurable using parameters
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SF_RC_LOSS_TIME - time without rc to activate failsafe.
SD_DESCEND_TIME - total time to decrease the throttle to zero.
Make controlTime nan on the start to simplify the logic.
2026-01-22 23:57:52 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
0abb18c616
Make parameter names case-insensitive
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+ minor fix
2026-01-22 23:11:47 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
30326a5662
Add parameters for configuring the mavlink subsystem
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MAV_SYS_ID - mavlink system id.
MAV_RATE_SLOW - rate of slow telemetry (e. g. heartbeats).
MAV_RATE_FAST - rate of fast telemetry (e. g. attitude, imu data).
2026-01-22 23:04:45 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
dd3575174b
Add wifi configuration using parameters and cli
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Add console commands to setup wifi.
Add a parameter for choosing between STA and AP mode.
Add parameters for udp ports.
Remove WIFI_ENABLED macro.
2026-01-22 22:58:43 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
c0f3301da4
Support integer parameters in addition to floats
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The variable pointer is stored as a union field.
If `.integer` field is true, then integer pointer should be used.
Interfaces to parameters (cli and mavlink) keep working using floats.
Setting a non-finite value to int parameter will cause an error.
`.value` field is renamed to `.cache`.
2026-01-22 22:54:05 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
9a9bd07251
Add correct attitude estimation video to the usage article
2026-01-15 23:46:23 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
28f5855a57
Re-arrange control.ino declarations to make a bit more sensible
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So the control command is above the PID controllers.
2026-01-13 17:43:53 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
7e24ee30f7
Documentation and book updates
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Improve the main list of features.
Use lowercase imu variable for consistency with the firmware code.
Minor fixes.
2026-01-13 17:26:40 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
2a8faf5759
Fix logo svg slightly
2026-01-08 19:45:08 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
f4e58a652a
Add project logo
2026-01-08 17:58:59 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
6c46328da1
Minor doc fixes
2026-01-04 15:01:53 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
c8e5e08b03
Move all global variable declarations to the appropriate subsystems
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As it makes the subsystems code easier to understand.
Declare the most used variables in main sketch file as forward declarations.
Make all control input zero by default (except controlMode).
Minor changes.
2026-01-03 13:28:18 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
a5e3dfcf69
Some updates to the docs
2026-01-03 12:18:47 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
d6e8be0c05
Add parameters for easier IMU orientation definition
2025-12-26 21:14:15 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
68d16855df
Add motors rotation diagram to usage article
2025-12-25 07:22:09 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
0547ea548b
Add parameters for acc weight and rates lpf alpha
2025-12-24 05:43:55 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
c02dba6812
Rename gyroCalibrationFilter to gyroBiasFilter
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Which seems a better name
2025-12-24 05:36:43 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
f1dc4a0400
Updates to user builds article
2025-12-17 02:21:51 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
158827ac55
Add new user builds, add school 548 course overview
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+ minor doc fixes.
2025-12-13 21:09:33 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
36ca30c3e4
Minor docs fix
2025-11-27 18:34:32 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
48711b55e1
Add tip about CNT_TILT_MAX parameter to the simulator article
2025-11-26 17:34:08 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
4d583185a9
Rename manual mode to raw mode
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Make it callable from the console.
Increase the coefficient.
Corresponding change in pyflix.
pyflix@0.11 .
2025-11-25 04:44:16 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
d757ffa853
Move yaw dead zone handling from mavlink to control subsystem
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So yaw dead zone works the same for rc and mavlink.
2025-11-22 05:11:46 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
5352386486
Minor updates to pyflix library, pyflix@0.10
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Fixes to documentation.
Improve logger format.
2025-11-22 05:07:46 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
9b5872740f
Add wifi cli command
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To show wi-fi info.
2025-11-22 04:46:54 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
31dbdaf241
Group control parameters
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Also add IMU group to accelerometer calibration parameters.
2025-11-19 01:50:46 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
f4b56262b1
Remove unneeded SERIAL_BAUDRATE define
2025-11-14 20:23:15 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
49039f752d
Refactor Wi-Fi log download
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Use MAVLink LOG_REQUEST_DATA and LOG_DATA for download log instead of console.
Make Wi-Fi download default way of downloading the log.
Make `log` command only print the header and `log dump` dump the log.
2025-11-14 20:21:05 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
348721acc9
Updates in documentation
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Fixes, updates, new illustrations.
2025-11-10 20:16:14 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
774144c430
Many updates to documentation
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Updates to main readme.
Add much more info to usage article.
Move simulator building to simulation's readme.
Improve assembly article.
Many fixes.
Updates in diagrams.
2025-11-06 13:55:52 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
0e6651ab82
Add Rate class for running the code at fixed rate
2025-11-06 13:41:33 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
1a017ccb97
Keep only one floating point version of map function
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Two variants are redundant
2025-11-02 00:02:28 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
7170b20d1d
Simplify command for command handling
2025-10-21 19:41:10 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
dc9aed113b
Minor code fixes
2025-10-21 19:41:05 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
08b6123eb7
Fixes to troubleshooting
2025-10-21 19:40:54 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
1a8b63ee04
Send only mavlink heartbeats until connected
2025-10-21 19:39:17 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
8c49a40516
Skip attitude/rate control if thrustTarget is ineffective
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To prevent i term windup.
2025-10-20 23:01:17 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
ca595edce5
Refactor PID control to simplify the code and modifications
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Each PID uses its internal dt, so may be various contexts with different rate.
PID has max dt, so no need to reset explicitly.
2025-10-20 22:54:18 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
e50a9d5fea
Revert t variable type to float instead of double
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For the sake of simplicity and consistency.
2025-10-19 20:46:38 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
ebac78dc0f
Minor change
2025-10-19 20:46:26 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
186cf88d84
Add generic Delay filter
2025-10-19 20:46:11 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
253aae2220
Lowercase imu and rc variables
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To make it more obvious these are variables, not classes.
2025-10-19 20:45:56 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
6f0964fac4
Rename failsafe.ino to safety.ino
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To aggregate all the safety related functionality.
2025-10-19 20:44:54 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
1d034f268d
Add ESP32-S3 build to Actions
2025-10-19 20:44:46 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
1ca7d32862
Update VSCode settings
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Disable error squiggles as they often work incorrectly.
Decrease number of include libraries to index.
2025-10-14 11:43:55 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
ab941e34fa
Fix Gazebo installation
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Installation script is deprecated, install using package on Ubuntu 20.04
2025-10-13 18:56:14 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
7bee3d1751
Improve rc failsafe logic
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Don't trigger failsafe if there's no RC at all
Use AUTO mode for descending, instead of STAB
Increase RC loss timeout and descend time
2025-10-12 21:27:08 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
06ec5f3160
Disarm the drone on simulator plugin reset
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In order to reset yaw target.
2025-10-07 15:45:48 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
c4533e3ac8
Reset yaw target when drone disarmed
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Prevent unexpected behavior when the drone tries to restore its old yaw on takeoff.
2025-10-07 15:43:28 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
e673b50f52
Include FlixPeriph header instead of MPU9250
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This simplifies choosing IMU model
2025-10-07 08:43:12 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
5151bb9133
Ensure showing correct raw data in imu command
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Some IMUs will reset acc and gyro buffer on whoAmI() call
2025-10-07 08:43:06 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
c08c8ad91c
pyflix@0.9
2025-10-03 06:49:44 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
e44f32fca7
pyflix: don't quit on any sendto error
2025-10-03 06:47:56 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
ca03bdb260
pyflix: partially fix wireless downloading logs
2025-10-03 06:46:56 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
b3dffe99fb
pyflix: add passing event name to off method
2025-10-03 06:46:29 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
6e6a71fa69
Remove unneeded advice from troubleshooting
2025-10-03 06:45:16 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
838fe11f6b
Simplify mode index check in set_mode
2025-09-26 05:03:36 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
8b36509932
pyflix@0.8
2025-09-25 16:55:06 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
0268c8ebcf
Some fixes and updates in pyflix
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Fix set_controls
Add set_armed method
2025-09-25 16:53:49 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
09bf09e520
Update schematics diagram
2025-09-25 06:16:02 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
4c89b10767
Fix fields order in psq command
2025-09-20 22:35:36 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
a79df52959
Don't trigger rc failsafe in AUTO mode or if disamed
2025-09-20 20:36:36 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
e88888baeb
Fix rc calibration steps enumeration again
2025-09-11 11:47:28 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
de69b228ff
Fix rc calibration steps enumeration
2025-09-02 11:03:44 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
f9739dcd7e
Don't arm by mavlink command if throttle is not low
2025-08-29 03:47:51 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
708c8f04dc
Minor docs fix
2025-08-28 05:17:46 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
2128201440
Fix simulation build
2025-08-28 01:13:38 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
8e3c86f5ee
pyflix@0.7
2025-08-28 00:52:27 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
40fc4b96b5
Implement AUTO mode for automatic flights
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Support SET_ATTITUDE_TARGET, SET_ACTUATOR_CONTROL_TARGET in mavlink.
ACTUATOR_OUTPUT_STATUS is changed ACTUATOR_CONTROL_TARGET to match used message for setting motor outputs.
Add support for changing mode from mavlink.
Support automatic flights in pyflix.
2025-08-28 00:49:24 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
10fafbc4a0
Send udp packets in unicast after connection is established
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This makes qgc connection faster.
Add WIFI_UDP_REMOTE_ADDR macro for default remote address for both the firmware and simulation.
2025-08-27 05:01:07 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
d47d7b8bd4
Support arm/disarm mavlink commands
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Refactor commands handling to remove repeating ack message packing.
2025-08-27 04:45:25 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
a7fdc2a88f
Minor change in cli help message
2025-08-27 04:43:24 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
c1788e2c75
Refactor arming logic
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Arm and disarm with gestures only: left stick right/down for arming, left/down for disarming.
Remove arming switch as it complicates arming gestures logic.
Remove MAV_CTRL_SCALE parameter as it complicates arming gestures logic, advise to decrease TILT_MAX when controlling with a smartphone.
Put some minimal thrust to motors to indicate armed state.
Rename build article to usage article, add flight instructions.
2025-08-27 03:19:26 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
beb655fdcb
Add illustration for qgc proxy for pyflix
2025-08-27 03:13:28 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
bf0cdac111
Major update of the articles
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Reflect control subsystem refactoring.
Update dataflow diagram.
Add control subsystem diagram.
Minor updates.
2025-08-27 00:09:42 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
b21e81a68b
Add cli commands for switching mode
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Make mode variable int instead of enum, which is more convinient.
2025-08-26 21:55:27 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
8418723ccc
Refactor control subsystem
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Add interpretControls function to convert pilot commands and mode into control targets and make control functions independent from the mode.
Add ratesExtra target for rates feed-forward; remove yawMode.
Rename controlRate to controlRates to reflect rates variable name.
Remove USER mode.
2025-08-26 01:00:56 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
a1539157b8
Show raw values in imu command
2025-08-22 17:20:33 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
80922dc68a
Some updates to readme and build article
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Add info on using USB gamepad
Replace KINGKONG transmitter with BetaFPV LiteRadio
Add RoboCamp video
2025-08-20 22:06:17 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
fcd2738763
Add link to stls from robocamp
2025-08-19 15:20:24 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
fa07ed3a4e
Minor docs change
2025-08-15 00:51:08 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
dee4d97ab3
Add getRoll, getPitch, setRoll, setPitch methods
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Add methods to Quaternion for consistency with getYaw and setYaw
2025-08-09 18:10:11 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
ea35db37da
Minor code simplification
2025-08-09 17:53:06 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
cd953f24ad
Add RoboCamp to built drones article
2025-08-07 14:29:39 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
3f80712641
Some updates to articles
2025-08-06 23:52:35 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
18bacb64f3
Make rc loss timeout longer
2025-07-31 12:35:28 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
7e8bd3e834
Minor updates
2025-07-28 22:07:33 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
bb0643e8c6
Add missing set_velocity method stub to pyflix
2025-07-28 22:06:30 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
32f417efae
Updates in pyflix
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Rename mav_to to system_id to match firmware naming.
Readme updates.
2025-07-24 09:15:44 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
018a6d4fce
Add repository field to python library
2025-07-22 17:21:51 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev and GitHub
1f47aa6d62
Add Python library ( #20 )
2025-07-22 14:17:08 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
779fa13e80
Increase connection timeout for arduino-cli as it prevents some users from downloading the core
2025-07-21 11:12:47 +03:00
Oleg Kalachev
5eccb3f0c4
Fix rates, acc and gyro coordinate frame in mavlink
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All of them should be in frd.
Get rid of fluToFrd function - there is no big need for it.
2025-07-19 05:32:49 +03:00