Drone Programming

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Setting up the build and simulation environment

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Quickstart

Lecture 3: Quickstart (Windows)

Lecture 4: Setting up the build environment

Lecture 5: Setting up the simulation software

Lecture 6: Starting the simulation software individually

Lecture 7: Creating simulation environment starter shell script

Chapter 2: MAVProxy command line ground control station

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Installing instructions

Lecture 3: Quickstart

Lecture 4: Startup options

Lecture 5: Telemetry forwarding

Lecture 6: Creating MAVProxy shell scripts for automated proxy and forwarding services

Lecture 7: Arming and disarming the vehicle

Lecture 8: Mission editing

Lecture 9: Geofencing

Lecture 10: Rally point operations

Lecture 11: Changing the flight mode of the vehicle

Lecture 12: "command_int" command

Lecture 13: System commands

Lecture 14: Log management

Lecture 15: Graphing live data from the vehicle

Lecture 16: Horizon module

Lecture 17: Link management

Lecture 18: "long" command

Lecture 19: Map module

Lecture 20: "position" command

Lecture 21: Polygon fences

Lecture 22: Set servo

Lecture 23: Set relay

Lecture 24: Sensor reporting

Lecture 25: Text-to-speech module

Lecture 26: Time sync

Lecture 27: Terrain data handling

Chapter 3: Software development with Python using Dronekit library

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Installing instructions

Lecture 3: Connecting to the vehicle

Lecture 4: Getting the vehicle states

Lecture 5: Setting the vehicle states

Lecture 6: Creating vehicle state observers

Lecture 7: Getting and setting vehicle parameters

Lecture 8: Taking off and landing the vehicle

Lecture 9: Flying the vehicle to a location

Lecture 10: Dealing with the autonomous missions

Lecture 11: Calibrating the vehicle

Chapter 4: Software development with Python using PyMAVLink library

Lecture 1: MAVLink messaging protocol basics

Lecture 2: Introduction

Lecture 3: Installing instructions

Lecture 4: Connecting to the vehicle

Lecture 5: Receiving messages from vehicle

Lecture 6: Sending messages to vehicle

Lecture 7: Sending message stream requests to vehicle

Lecture 8: Getting and setting vehicle parameters

Lecture 9: Sending message requests to vehicle

Lecture 10: Arming and disarming the vehicle

Lecture 11: Changing the flight mode of the vehicle

Lecture 12: Taking off and landing the vehicle

Lecture 13: Flying the vehicle to a location

Lecture 14: Change current mission in auto flight mode

Lecture 15: Set servo

Lecture 16: Set relay

Lecture 17: Request and receive auto mode flight plan from vehicle

Lecture 18: Create and send auto mode flight plan to vehicle

Lecture 19: Sending partial mission item list to vehicle

Lecture 20: Clear mission item list on vehicle

Lecture 21: Request and receive fence from vehicle

Lecture 22: Create and send fence to vehicle

Lecture 23: Enable and disable fence

Lecture 24: Request and receive rally points from vehicle

Lecture 25: Create and send rally points to vehicle

Lecture 26: RC Overrides

Lecture 27: Request default message streams

Lecture 28: Home distance

Lecture 29: Set flight speed

Lecture 30: Set yaw

Lecture 31: Pause/resume an autonomous flight

Lecture 32: Reading RC inputs and servo outputs

Lecture 33: Terrain checking

Lecture 34: Getting and setting the home location of the vehicle

Lecture 35: Send message from companion computer to GCS

Lecture 36: Logging data to on-board data flash logs

Lecture 37: Interprocess communication with MAVLink

Chapter 5: On-board software development with LUA programing language

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Sample script

Lecture 3: Arming and disarming the vehicle

Lecture 4: Reading attitude of the vehicle

Lecture 5: Reading location of the vehicle

Lecture 6: Getting and setting vehicle flight mode

Lecture 7: Take off and land the vehicle

Lecture 8: Flying to a location

Lecture 9: Location object examples

Lecture 10: Multi location mission

Lecture 11: Getting and setting vehicle parameters

Lecture 12: Create and use a parameter

Lecture 13: File read and write operations