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Publisher	Packt Publishing
ISBN 10	1786469162
Book Format	Paperback
Book Description	Design and build land, air, and sea drones using Ardupilot with Pixhawk 2.1Key FeaturesExplore the best practices used by the top industry professionals that will not only help you build drones in time, but also build effective solutions to cater to.Navigate through the complexities of Ardupilot to put together a complete functional UAV and assemble your droneLearn through practical examples that help you build robust UAV flight and ground control componentsBook DescriptionThe Ardupilot platform is an application ecosystem that encompasses various OS projects for drone programming, flight control, and advanced functionalities.The Ardupilot platform supports many Comms and APIs, such as DroneKit, ROS, and MAVLink. It unites OS drone projects to provide a common codebase. With the help of this book, you will have the satisfaction of building a drone from scratch and exploring its many recreational uses (aerial photography, playing, aerial surveillance, and so on). This book helps individuals and communities build powerful UAVs for both personal and commercial purposes. You will learn to unleash the Ardupilot technology for building, monitoring, and controlling your drones.This is a step-by-step guide covering practical examples and instructions for assembling a drone, building ground control unit using microcontrollers, QgroundControl, and MissionPlanner.You can further build robotic applications on your drone utilizing critical software libraries and tools from the ROS framework. With the help of DroneKit and MAVLink (for reliable communication), you can customize applications via cloud and mobile to interact with your UAV.What You Will LearnKitbash ""dumb"" objects into smart onesProgram Pixhawk for your dronesFabricate your own parts out of different materialsIntegrate Pixhawk into different types of dronesBuild and understand the significant difference between land, sea, and air dronesAdapt old Pixhawk sensors to the new Pixhawk 2.1 plugsBecome familiar with procedures for testing your new dronesWho This Book Is ForThe primary audience for this book is anyone (enthusiasts and hobbyists) who dream of building their own drones. It will also help those who are trying to build UAVs for commercial purposes. Some prior experience with microcontrollers and electronics would be useful.
Publication Date	29 December 2017

ISBN 13	9781786469168
Author	Ty Audronis
Language	English
About the Author	Ty Audronis has been called a ""technology-age renaissance man."" He's a professional drone pilot, post-production specialist in the entertainment and media industries, a highly experienced interactive game developer, and an accomplished digital artist. He's worked for companies ranging from frog Design to California Academy of Sciences in roles where he's worn many hats. Ty's been programming software and games since 1981 (when he was 8 years old) professionally. He majored in "Computer Generated Animation and Visual Effects" in college (where he won "Best Animation" for the entire CSU system - a Rosebud Award). His music and sound design have been the soundtrack on several major productions; he has also served as a visual effects supervisor on feature films and was the supervising editor and animator for award-winning science visualizations. He has been building drones since the days when sensors and components had to be torn out of cell phones and game controllers. Ty is also a mentor, having taught many interns his skills, and speaks regularly at venues including Interdrone. He also serves on the advisory board for the Society of Aerial Cinematographers and for Genarts (now Boris) Sapphire.
Number of Pages	272 pages

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