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Paparazzi UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) is an open-source drone hardware and software project encompassing autopilot systems and ground station software for multicopters/multirotors, fixed-wing, helicopters and hybrid aircraft that was founded in 2003. Paparazzi UAV was designed with autonomous flight as the primary focus and manual flying as the secondary. From the beginning it was designed with portability in mind and the ability to control multiple aircraft within the same system. Paparazzi features a dynamic flight plan system that is defined by mission states and using way points as “variables”. This makes it easy to create very complex fully automated missions without the operators intervention. For more project information, see here.

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General System Overview General overview of the Paparazzi system Getting Started An overview of getting started with Paparazzi FAQ Frequently Asked Questions Downloads Software source code, hardware schematics, etc. User List and Gallery List of users. Photos, Videos, etc. Media, Papers and Links News stories, Scientific publications, Reports, User projects, etc. Contact Us Gitter Chat, Mailinglist Hardware Autopilots Paparazzi supported aircraft control hardware Sensors GPS, IMU, Current, Airspeed, etc. Modems Digital radios for aircraft telemetry and more Dedicated GSC Hardware Hardware used for dedicated ground station computers Payloads Payload Boards Other Hardware Debug Probes / JTAG, USB-UART, Video systems, Antenna Tracker, Connectors and Wiring, ESC, etc. Get Hardware How to get Paparazzi hardware Software Installation Installing and configuring Paparazzi Paparazzi Center Configuring and running Paparazzi Airframe Configuration General firmware setup Fixed-wing Configuration Rotorcraft Configuration Subsystems Modules Add new airborne code in a flexible way Ground Station Ground station use and configuration Simulation Rotorcraft simulator Autonomous Navigation Flight Plans Creating and editing a flight plan Advanced Navigation Routines Descriptions of advanced user created navigation routines Mission Control your aircraft with a mission-oriented interface Flashing Update the autopilot firmware Tuning Flight testing and tuning procedures Logs Log analysis and replay Software Tools Various software tools and additions to Paparazzi Miscellaneous Airframes Example airframes, construction techniques and more Wiki Editing Links to some useful pages on style and syntax Eagle Tips Help using Eagle to view/edit hardware Developer Guide More in depth documentation Contributing How to contribute Student Projects Some past and current Paparazzi based student projects Tutorials Videos, Wiki pages

Latest Stable Release: v5.10_stable Travis CI Download as tarball or checkout the v5.10 branch from git. Releases can be found at https://github.com/paparazzi/paparazzi/releases Paparazzi UAV Blog 1Bitsy & Black Magic Probe Kickstarter As many of you know a programmer and debugger is a tremendously useful tool for many Paparazzi UAV based autopilots like the Lisa/MX and Lisa/S. Our friends at 1BitSquared are running a Kickstarter to make a new revision of their Black Magic Probe JTAG SWD debugger and programmer with the addition of the 1Bitsy. 1Bitsy … Continue reading 1Bitsy & Black Magic Probe Kickstarter → Danika Esden-Tempski 2016-11-29 23:55:28 IMAV2016 The International Micro-Air Vehicle Conference and Competition was held last week in Beijing, China, organized by the Beijing Institute of Technology and the National University of Singapore. As usual, the level of the teams involved in the competition is higher year after year and we had a great show. The team from the MAVLAB of … Continue reading IMAV2016 → Gautier Hattenberger 2016-10-24 21:43:49 DELFTACOPTER – Hybrid Drone on a Mission DELFTACOPTER, an electric, long range, transitioning autonomous delta-wing helicopter, is on a mission. What mission? In this case, it’s the 2016 Outback Medical Express challenge and the MAVLab Team at TUDelft has high hopes for their hybrid aircraft. This year’s Outback Medical Express mission requires a UAV to pick up and bring back a blood … Continue reading DELFTACOPTER – Hybrid Drone on a Mission → Rich Burton 2016-09-20 19:26:38 Paparazzi UAV at DefCon 24 We will be at DefCon 24. A yearly hacker conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. If you are there make sure to say hi. To get in touch just send a mention or private message to @paparazziuav on twitter or a contact us in our Gitter Discuss channel. 1BitSquared will be there selling their hardware. If you are … Continue reading Paparazzi UAV at DefCon 24 → Piotr Esden-Tempski 2016-08-03 22:39:16 Drones vs. Retro-gaming: fly with a Game Boy Classic Some time ago, I found my old Game Boy at my parents’ house. So the first thing that came to my mind was: can I fly a drone with this ? (and also where is my Mario Bros cartridge). So I spend some time searching the web to see if I could find some idea … Continue reading Drones vs. Retro-gaming: fly with a Game Boy Classic → Gautier Hattenberger 2016-08-01 22:23:44 Flights at the ISARRA2016 conference Last May, the ISARRA conference (International Society for Atmospheric Research using Remotely Piloted Aircraft) was held in Toulouse, France (https://www.meteo.fr/cic/meetings/2016/isarra/). The week before the conference, a few teams of researchers gathered to share experiences and fly their drones at the Atmospheric Research Center of Lannemezan near the Pyrenees. Among them was some of the oldest … Continue reading Flights at the ISARRA2016 conference → Gautier Hattenberger 2016-07-24 21:58:21 Flying Robot Commander + PPRZLINK = Improved MultiMAV Management For those of us that use Paparazzi to fly multiple MAVs, the current GCS does a great job of managing and presenting just the right amount of information for safe flight. That being said, there’s always room for new tools. It’s my pleasure to introduce the Flying Robot Commander, a PPRZLINK enabled web application for … Continue reading Flying Robot Commander + PPRZLINK = Improved MultiMAV Management → Rich Burton 2016-04-11 06:21:31 Introduction to the G0 GPS Dear Paparazzians, I made a new video describing the details of the G0 Paparazzi UAV GPS receiver module. In the video I go through and describe the several design decisions we made to ensure high Signal to Noise Ratio, good multi path GPS signal rejection and overall reliability of the GPS for use in airborne robotics applications. I … Continue reading Introduction to the G0 GPS → Piotr Esden-Tempski 2016-03-21 22:30:05 Introduction to the Elle0 Autopilot Dear Paparazzians, I made a new video describing the details of the Elle0 Paparazzi UAV autopilot. Elle0 is now available for purchase in the 1BitSquared store together with the G0 companion GPS receiver. In the video I go through and describe every IO pin as well as some of the design differences to the Lisa/MX Autopilot. Additionally, I … Continue reading Introduction to the Elle0 Autopilot → Piotr Esden-Tempski 2016-03-03 00:33:17 Paparazzi UAV on Pixhawk teaser Hi all Open-Source enthusiasts, Today we are happy to announce we’ll be adding an extra autopilot board to there long list of supported autopilots. The Pixhawk autopilot board will be integrated in our next software release! The video shows the first flight with Paparazzi UAV on a Pixhawk, more videos will follow. Why choose Paparazzi … Continue reading Paparazzi UAV on Pixhawk teaser → Bart Remes 2016-03-01 22:20:49 Video Collection