Julian Oes
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The implementation before this change had two timeouts, a hard-coded timeout of 0.5 seconds as well as a by param configurable timeout with certain failsafe actions set. This change aims to fix two problems: 1. The hard-coded offboard timeout can be triggered easily with sped up lockstep simulation. Since i t is hard-coded it can't be adapted to the speed factor. 2. The offboard signal can time out but no action will be taken just yet. This means we end up in an in-between stage where no warning or failsafe action has happened yet, even though certain flags are set to a timeout state. This patch aims to fix this by unifying the two timeouts to the existing configurable param. The convoluted double timeout logic is replaced by a simple hysteresis. For anyone that has previously not changed the default timeout param (0), the param will now be changed to 0.5 seconds which reflects the previously hardcoded time. For anyone with a specific timeout configured, the behaviour should remain the same. Also, going forward, timeouts lower than 0.5 seconds should be possible.
PX4 Drone Autopilot
This repository holds the PX4 flight control solution for drones, with the main applications located in the src/modules directory. It also contains the PX4 Drone Middleware Platform, which provides drivers and middleware to run drones.
- Official Website: http://px4.io (License: BSD 3-clause, LICENSE)
- Supported airframes (portfolio):
- Multicopters
- Fixed wing
- VTOL
- many more experimental types (Rovers, Blimps, Boats, Submarines, etc)
- Releases: Downloads
PX4 Users
The PX4 User Guide explains how to assemble supported vehicles and fly drones with PX4. See the forum and chat if you need help!
PX4 Developers
This Developer Guide is for software developers who want to modify the flight stack and middleware (e.g. to add new flight modes), hardware integrators who want to support new flight controller boards and peripherals, and anyone who wants to get PX4 working on a new (unsupported) airframe/vehicle.
Developers should read the Guide for Contributions. See the forum and chat if you need help!
Weekly Dev Call
The PX4 Dev Team syncs up on a weekly dev call.
Note
The dev call is open to all interested developers (not just the core dev team). This is a great opportunity to meet the team and contribute to the ongoing development of the platform. It includes a QA session for newcomers. All regular calls are listed in the Dronecode calendar.
Maintenance Team
- Project: Founder - Lorenz Meier, Architecture: Daniel Agar
- Communication Architecture
- UI in QGroundControl
- Multicopter Flight Control
- Multicopter Software Architecture
- VTOL Flight Control
- Fixed Wing Flight Control
- OS / NuttX David Sidrane
- Driver Architecture Daniel Agar
- Commander Architecture Julian Oes
- UAVCAN Daniel Agar
- State Estimation - Paul Riseborough
- Vision based navigation
- Obstacle Avoidance - Martina Rivizzigno
- RTPS/ROS2 Interface - Nuno Marques
See also About Us (px4.io) and the contributors list (Github).
Supported Hardware
This repository contains code supporting these boards:
- Snapdragon Flight
- Intel Aero
- Raspberry PI with Navio 2
- FMUv2
- FMUv3
- FMUv4
- FMUv5 (ARM Cortex M7)
- Airmind MindPX V2.8
- Airmind MindRacer V1.2
- Bitcraze Crazyflie 2.0
- Omnibus F4 SD
- BeagleBone Blue
- Holybro Durandal
- Holybro Kakute F7
Additional information about supported hardware can be found in PX4 user Guide > Autopilot Hardware.
Project Roadmap
A high level project roadmap is available here.