February 2018
Intermediate to advanced
212 pages
4h 59m
English
Content preview from Building Smart Drones with ESP8266 and Arduino
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Making a Follow Me drone using ArduPilot
It is super easy to build a Follow Me drone using ArduPilot. You just need to change some settings and buy a USB dongle, which is a GPS receiver. There are a few types of USB dongles that go with ArduPilot, but the official one to use is the GlobalSat ND-100S USB GPS dongle, or you can use a USB dongle or a GPS-embedded Bluetooth module such as the GlobalSat BT-368i Bluetooth GPS receiver. The following picture shows both types of modules:
You will also need telemetry for setting up the modules with the ArduPilot software. Setting up the modules is easy:
- Firstly, take your drone to a suitable place ...