drone_dev_summer_2024

TODO

MAVLink over WiFi UDP <-> QGC (test performance with mavros/mavlink-router)
QGC <-> LoRaWAN gateway over UDP
TTN API -> Node-red dashboard
develop node-red dashboard for testing
test plan mission function on QGC with SITL and HITL
data collection
MAVLink over LoRa serial <-> QGC (on hold, TBD)

Zerotier Setup

On Windows

Sign in to Zerotier. (https://www.zerotier.com/)
Download Zerotier 1.6.6 for Windows 11. (https://download.zerotier.com/RELEASES/1.6.6/dist/ZeroTier%20One.msi)
Sign in to Zerotier Central. (https://my.zerotier.com/)
Create a network and copy the network ID.
Find the Zerotier One icon by clicking the arrow on the status bar on the window's bottom right.
Select "Join a Network".
Paste the network ID in and click "Join"

On Jetson Terminal (Ubuntu)

Run the ubuntuzerotiersetup.sh by changing the 9e1948db6317a4d2 to network ID in the Zerotier website network created.

Connection

Disconnected all wifi and open a command prompt and type "ipconfig" for Windows or "ifconfig" for Ubuntu/Linux.
Run the start-mav-route.sh by changing the IP address to the QGC device IP address without using Wifi.

Glossary

QGC-QGroundControl

Links

PX4 development setup

https://docs.px4.io/main/en/dev_setup/dev_env_windows_wsl.html
https://docs.px4.io/main/en/dev_setup/building_px4.html

MAVLink

https://mavlink.io/en/guide/serialization.html

Custom MAVLink

https://docs.px4.io/main/en/middleware/mavlink.html
https://gist.github.com/vo/84dc2daf9f51d7901d26fd8e1efb47ad
https://mavlink.io/en/getting_started/generate_libraries.html
https://docs.px4.io/main/en/ros/mavros_custom_messages.html

TTN

https://www.thethingsindustries.com/docs/integrations/
https://www.thethingsindustries.com/docs/integrations/cloud-integrations/
https://www.thethingsindustries.com/docs/integrations/cloud-integrations/thingspeak/