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Navio support in the main APM repository
We are glad to share that most of the patches for Navio has been accepted in the main APM repository.
There is still a lot of work to be done, including rework of the ADC, GPS and performance optimizations, but it’s great that now a working version of APM for Navio can be built using the code in the main APM repository.
Hi Mikhail,
first of all I apologize for the newbie question, if this has already been answered on another thread.
My understanding of APM is used with Arduino and allows you to have the AutoPilot functionality. With that, you can then use DroidPlanner to plan a trail and the drone will fly it by itself.
So I’m a bit lost on how do I match that, with the EMLID+Raspberry PI setup on a drone (which I’m currently looking to build).
Can you explain me or point me to the existing discussion/explanation on this ?
Rui
Hello Rui,
The autopilot functionality is the same as Navio uses APM software, which allows you to plan a mission and let the drone fly it automatically. We are currently working on an ready to use SD image that would allow to simply plug an SD card into Raspberry that will autostart the APM software (currently there are a few manual steps needed for setup) and you can connect to it over radio modem \ WiFi from your smartphone using DroidPlanner or other GCS.
The ready to use SD Image would be great to have for those of us that do not have much experience with the Raspberry Pi. I tried looking at your setup in the blog a couple of months ago and things didn’t seem to match up.
Also, is there any documentation that compares the original board to the new board?
Thanks
Well, the manual setup is not that hard actually – all that is required is to follow the steps. But ready to use image would be better anyway:)
The overview of the new features of Navio+ is available in this blog post – http://blog.emlid.com/navio-new-hat-compliant-navio-video/