I heard about Arduino. The people and websites who described it got me so excited that I went out and bought an Uno. I had some fun with it and a breadboard and few other things. I got to the point that I wanted to make something more complicated than just LEDs that flash or really, really low res games or other displays. Of all the things I can make on the next level, I decided on a quadcopter.
I searched and found a book entitled Make: Drones//Teach an Arduino to Fly by David McGriffy. David is a fine author and speaks from the point of view of an engineer more than a pilot, so I started reading and enjoying his book immediately. The tutorial starts with a homemade quad built with an Arduino Nano, an MPU 6050 sensor and MultiWii. I bought the Nano and the MPU 6050 and downloaded MultiWii. I found out in very short order that MultiWii doesn't work on my computer and probably never will. I posted a listing of the error I kept getting when trying to run the config app but never got a response at all.
I looked around for other quads, possibly one that could use this hardware with different software. So far I haven't seen anyone mention the Nano or the controller anywhere. I'm starting to think maybe those components are obsolete and I may just have to chalk it up to experience.
Can someone suggest where I might go from here? I don't object to starting over with the hardware if that's the only way. I don't completely object to buying a complete kit that contains all the components and just needs to be put together and flown. This last choice seems like an awfully small step, but if that's what I must do, then I will.
For the record, I think I'm more interested in engineering and building than I am in flying. FPV and racing sound like fun sometime in the far-off future. For now, I want to see something I put together actually lift off the ground and stay more or less steady for a few moments.
I searched and found a book entitled Make: Drones//Teach an Arduino to Fly by David McGriffy. David is a fine author and speaks from the point of view of an engineer more than a pilot, so I started reading and enjoying his book immediately. The tutorial starts with a homemade quad built with an Arduino Nano, an MPU 6050 sensor and MultiWii. I bought the Nano and the MPU 6050 and downloaded MultiWii. I found out in very short order that MultiWii doesn't work on my computer and probably never will. I posted a listing of the error I kept getting when trying to run the config app but never got a response at all.
I looked around for other quads, possibly one that could use this hardware with different software. So far I haven't seen anyone mention the Nano or the controller anywhere. I'm starting to think maybe those components are obsolete and I may just have to chalk it up to experience.
Can someone suggest where I might go from here? I don't object to starting over with the hardware if that's the only way. I don't completely object to buying a complete kit that contains all the components and just needs to be put together and flown. This last choice seems like an awfully small step, but if that's what I must do, then I will.
For the record, I think I'm more interested in engineering and building than I am in flying. FPV and racing sound like fun sometime in the far-off future. For now, I want to see something I put together actually lift off the ground and stay more or less steady for a few moments.
