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Paparazzi Installation
- install dependencies
- clone paparazzi repository
- compile paparazzi
- make sure simulation works
Paparazzi Basics
What does paparazzi framework consist of
- Ground software
- Airborne firmware
Describing and playing with the Ground segment software
- Paparazzi center
- Compiling and starting a session
- Agents
- Ground network (IVY BUS)
- Messages
- Real time Plotter
- Drag and drop messages
- Modifying session parameters
- Saving a session
- Restarting a session
- Creating preset session layouts
- Magic variables in session commands
Ground Station software
- Paparazzi GCS
- Parts of the Paparazzi GCS
- PapGets
- Configuration
- GPS
- PFD
- Aircraft status fields
Compiling flashing and configuring the autopilot firmware:
- Compiling a firmware
- Flashing a firmware
- Testing a firmware (telemetry)
- RC control
Adapting defaults to your aircraft
- Understanding an airframe file
- Creating your own airframe file
- Switching from Spektrum to PPM
- Configuring a PPM setup
Modifying flight plans
- ...
Autopilot Bringup Elle0
Before you start playing with hardware, make sure you have installed the software and you know how it works. For that follow the Paparazzi Installation and Paparazzi Basics tutorials.
- Unpack your autopilot
- Make sure everything is in the package
- Make up cables if you don't have them yet
- Test that the board is powering up
- Test flashing your own firmware
- Test you can receive telemetry by connecting the autopilot directly to your laptop
- Test that the radios can communicate with each other
- Test that you can receive telemetry using the radios connected to the autopilot
- Test that the autopilot IMU is working
- Connect RC control to your autopilot
- Test that the RC signals are arriving and are the right assignement
- connect test servos and see if the commands are controling the servos
- Start building your aircraft after all the above was done on your bench