Dennis Baldwin

PX4 ROS2 Circular Trajectory Node Generated by ChatGPT Prompt

Video | 1 years ago

Can ChatGPT generate a ROS2 node for PX4 Simulation? Sort of! This video details the workflow I've been using when trying to get a jumpstart on PX4 development. This is based off the DEXI ROS2 packages for the DroneBlocks DEXI drone. You can learn more abou...

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Short | 1 years ago

PX4 Simulation and April Tag Experimentation

Video | 1 years ago

I wanted to share some recent work I've been doing with PX4 SITL and April Tags. A special thanks to ARK Electronics and their awesome tracktor beam project. The original repo is here: https://github.com/ARK-Electronics/tracktor-beam and my fork with the Ap...

Visual Programming of Offboard Mode with PX4 v1.15

Guide | 1 years ago

I wanted to share some work we've been doing to make DEXI and PX4 programming easier with a visual approach using Node-RED. You can learn more about DEXI here: https://droneblocks.io/program/dexi-5-px4-stem-drone-kit/ To follow along with this tutorial you ...

DEXI Drone ARK Flow and IR Break Beam Bench/Flight Test

Video | 2 years ago

I wanted to share this test from the garage today. To learn more about DEXI you can check it out here: https://droneblocks.io/program/dexi-5-px4-stem-drone-kit/

Crazyflie Custom Firmware Push Demo

Guide | 2 years ago

If you want to follow along with the tutorial in this video please follow the Crazyflie firmware instructions here: https://github.com/bitcraze/crazyflie-firmware/blob/master/docs/building-and-flashing/build.md Hopefully you'll be impressed with Crazyflie's...

Crazyflie Drone Programming and Simulation with DroneBlocks

Video | 2 years ago

I wanted to share an app we've been working on to make programming your Crazyflie dead simple. It's called DroneBlocks and allows you to test your Blockly program with a simulated Crazyflie and then run the same program on the real drone. All connectivity a...

PX4 with Matek H743 Slim Bootloader, Firmware, and UAVCAN with ARK FLow

Video | 2 years ago

I thought getting the Matek H743 running with PX4 and UAVCAN would be easier, but it wasn't. I stumbled across many pain points and part of it could be my lack of knowledge. So I figured I would share what I learned during this process and I'm hoping to get...

Flashing PX4 Bootloader on Non-Standard Pixhawk Autopilots (Holybro Kakute H7)

Guide | 2 years ago

This was quite a struggle to figure out and I wanted to share the steps to get PX4 running on a Holybro Kakute H7 flight controller. Links can be found here: https://docs.px4.io/main/en/flight_controller/kakuteh7.html https://docs.px4.io/main/en/advanced_co...

PX4 GPS Denied Position Hold Options

Video | 2 years ago

Sharing a bit of my research and testing over the past several months as it relates to GPS denied position hold with PX4. Feel free to join the Discord here: https://discord.gg/u5Eu529kpP ZED Mini VIO: https://store.stereolabs.com/products/zed-mini https://...

PX4 with BeagleBone Indoor Position Flight with MAVSDK Drone Show

Video | 3 years ago

This video showcases an indoor position hold flight in a GPS denied environment using PX4, BeagleBone Blue, and MAVSDK Drone Show: https://github.com/alireza787b/mavsdk_drone_show All of my testing to date has been with the PX4 sim and I wanted to try MAVSD...

ChatGPT Flies a Tello Drone with Python in the DroneBlocks Simulator

Video | 3 years ago

I hate to admit that ChatGPT and its code generation capabilities are unbelievably impressive. It's going to change the way I think about problem solving with software. This video covers a basic example of sharing a Tello API with ChatGPT and hooking it up ...