Drone Project

Updated Read me with simulation instructions:

• Added detailed instructions on how to set up and run the drone simulation

Set up a working drone simulator connected to ArduPilot for testing and showcasing.

• Initially tried using Gabezo Harmonic but decided not to as it was not working very well
• Switched to NVIDIA Omniverse IssacSim + Pegasus simulator for Ardupilot
• Had to change versions 4 different times as Pegasus was not compatible with many
• Downgraded NVIDIA driver for compatibility
• Imported drone frame as baseline
• Tested with Iris drone

Worked on updating the BOM.CSV and doing calculations

• Found 9 in propellers
• Created weight sheet and recorded weights of all parts
• Added calculations for TWR ratio
• Found 4x motors to use
• Used eCalc and Everydrone to calculate minimum thrust needed, battery discharge, and flight time.

Worked on code, simulations, and cleaning up the repo.

• Cleaned up repo, added prior schematics, and create code and src folder
• Create Mavlink_Control.py to connect to drone and allow control
• Created main.py
• Created vision.py to be able to read and detect objects
• Created vision_test.py to locally test vision without hardware
• Installed Mission Planner and connected to Mavlink.py
• Ran a working simulation on Mission Planner

Refined Wiring based on existing parts:

• Found pre-owned parts and redid wiring based off them
• Added Cube Carrier Board
• Cubepilot Power brick
• Better telemetry with SIK radio
• RunCam Phoenix 2 camera for FPV
• AKK FX2 Ultimate For camera transmitting
• FlySky_10_Channel normal radio transmitter and reciver
• MMCX and Dipole Antennaes

Worked on fixing up wiring and creating cad:

• Fixed up wiring
• Added larger battery
• Changed out rasberry pi camera
• Found viable frame option
• Begun finding premade cad files
  - Rasberry Pi
  - Camera
  - Frame
  - Controller

Working on the wiring diagram for the drone:

• Added the existing owned flight controller
• Radio for both FPV and autonomus
• 4-in-1 ESC + Motors
• Battery, regulator, and step-down for Raspberry PI
• Raspberry Pi with placeholder camera for object detection and FPV
• GPS+Compass
• Button and antenna