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The author has been a professor in electrical engineering for more than 20 years. He teaches in technical high school to classes of senior technicians. Passionate about digital electronics and computer programming, which he practices as a hobby, he took the challenge to build a drone from scratch. This book is the synthesis of his project.
“Making a flying drone by yourself is quite exciting. For their first realization, beginners usually follow the general explanations given in books or on websites dealing with this subject.
However, most often in these sources of information, the approach explained to build the material part results in an assembly of elements, in the manner of a “kit”. And the implementation of the software part, the intelligence of the system, is limited to configuring the specialized electronic board acquired with the other elements.
I suggest you to go into much more detail. You will learn how to really build your quadcopter drone, from the chassis to the computer programming in C++ of the flight controller that you will have built yourself, including the wiring of the electronic components.
This book develops, in a simple and synthetic way, the detailed steps to make your drone from scratch, giving you for each part, the necessary information to understand what you achieve.
The knowledge acquired will enable you to customize and improve the project according to your desires, and to undertake new ones”.
Olivier CHAU-HUU
Main topics covered :
– structure of a quadricopter and flight dynamics
– stabilization principle by PID control
– choice of electrical and electronic components
– frame construction and wiring
– programming of the flight controller in Arduino language
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Content overview :
The few commented images below give an overview of the book’s content.
All the steps of the construction and programming of the drone are detailed and accompanied by the necessary theoretical and practical knowledge.
Note : the contents of the inside of the book are printed in black and white.
General principles of operation of a quadcopter drone
Structure of a quadcopter
In this book, you will understand the structure of a quadcopter and the constraints related to it: engine layout, direction of rotation, choice of propellers, etc…
The axes of rotation
A convention must be adopted concerning the movements along the 3 axes in space as well as the possible rotations around these 3 axes.
System synoptic
The synoptic of the internal functioning of the quadcopter drone allows to apprehend the connections of the various elements of the system.
Theoretical knowledge necessary to understand the construction and programming of the drone
Diagram of a controlled system
The “block” diagram of a system is a representation often used in automation. It allows to explain in a synthetic way the PID control used in the stabilization of the UAV.
Quality of the responses of a controlled system
Depending on the settings of the PID coefficients, we can adapt and improve the behavior of the drone in flight.
Representation of the angles of rotation of the drone
The understanding of the calculation of the angles of rotation of the drone allows to elaborate the expressions which will be used in the Arduino program.
Building steps of the Arduino quadricopter drone
Construction of the drone chassis
The construction of the chassis does not require any special tools or materials. There is no need for a 3D printer, laser cutting, carbon fiber rods, etc… Everything can be bought in a DIY store and made at home.
Electrical and electronic wiring
The book explains the characteristics of all the components used and details step by step the wiring steps with many illustrative pictures.
Drone assembled
The drone assembled, it remains to program it and to carry out tests before the first test in flight.
Programming details and finalization of the Arduino quadropter drone
Operation of an accelerometer
Understanding the internal workings of the digital accelerometer allows us to establish the equations for calculating the inclination of the drone, which is essential information to ensure its stabilization.
Programming details of the Arduino board
All programming parts are fully explained in detail. The program listings are given at the end of the book and the source files are also freely downloadable.
Arduino quadcopter drone in flight
Once the drone is programmed and tested, it is now time to enjoy the pleasure of flying. All the design and realization parts having been explained in depth, you will be able, with this knowledge, to improve your drone or consider new personal projects based on the Arduino board.
ASIN : B08Y4FJ954
Publisher : Independently published (March 5, 2021)
Language : English
Paperback : 442 pages
ISBN-13 : 979-8709331082
Item Weight : 1.64 pounds
Dimensions : 6 x 1 x 9 inches
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