I am a computer programmer, and I also know some electronics. I love micro-controllers, I did some projects with PIC32 (and other smaller PICs).
I bought an AR Drone 2.0, and fell in love with it (kind of), but because it is so small, there is not much more I can do with it... except add LEDs or small things like that.
I want to get a ready made quadcopter with GPS, I have my eyes on the F450, and also I want to get a FatShark PredatorV2 RTF FPV.
But before I get all that, I have some questions:
1) Does information like battery percentage of the quad display through the FPV? other info like altitude, GPS, etc would also be very useful to get through the FPV.
2) I want to add sensors to it, like distance sensors pointing in all directions (up/down/front/back/left/right), and I want to add a microcontroller in between the receiver, and the NAZA module, and override the commands I am giving if it "sees" something close to the drone... or using that info, I can make it avoid obstacles if I want to fly it autonomously using GPS.
So the question is... can I "insert" another control (made by me) in between the receiver, and the NAZA module, and give it commands how to fly?
3) (with question #2 in mind) Is the receiver on the drone analog or digital? is it possible to send data (binary data) from the remote control to the drone?
4) Is it possible to send data the other way, from drone to remote control? for example if the sensors see something in front of it, to have an alarm(beep) in the remote control?
I might have a few more questions later
I bought an AR Drone 2.0, and fell in love with it (kind of), but because it is so small, there is not much more I can do with it... except add LEDs or small things like that.
I want to get a ready made quadcopter with GPS, I have my eyes on the F450, and also I want to get a FatShark PredatorV2 RTF FPV.
But before I get all that, I have some questions:
1) Does information like battery percentage of the quad display through the FPV? other info like altitude, GPS, etc would also be very useful to get through the FPV.
2) I want to add sensors to it, like distance sensors pointing in all directions (up/down/front/back/left/right), and I want to add a microcontroller in between the receiver, and the NAZA module, and override the commands I am giving if it "sees" something close to the drone... or using that info, I can make it avoid obstacles if I want to fly it autonomously using GPS.
So the question is... can I "insert" another control (made by me) in between the receiver, and the NAZA module, and give it commands how to fly?
3) (with question #2 in mind) Is the receiver on the drone analog or digital? is it possible to send data (binary data) from the remote control to the drone?
4) Is it possible to send data the other way, from drone to remote control? for example if the sensors see something in front of it, to have an alarm(beep) in the remote control?
I might have a few more questions later