GettingTheGCSRunningonAGumstixBoard
Intro
Please take note that the page is in work at the moment and that I am doing my best to have it updated as soon as possible.
Would it not be great to have your small UAS in your backpack, throw it in the air and monitor and even adjust the flight via a small device in your pocket? If you think this would be awesome, read on, since that is what this page is all about. It is the first attempt and will not be about iPad, Android Phones, Amazon Kindles or the likes as a ground station. For this we have other wiki pages. No, we will use a thrusted solution; A Gumstix with Linux on it.
Outcome
Have the Paparazzi GCS monitoring and adjusting a UA via an small Gumstix based device.
Hardware
What do you need to get this working:
- A gumstix board
- Camera
Software
Needed softwares to run this application:
- Paparazzi software
- Kivy library
- Ubuntu kernel on your Gumstix
- Driver for the camera in order to be used with the Gumstix
How to start
Well, we have some tutorials on this wiki about how to install Paparazzi. If you need any help to install Kivy, please look at their website, you will find there a good tutorial about how to get started.
Installing
Testing
Next
The next step will be to make onboard video work in the GCS.