DIY Drones Firmware builds

These firmware builds are automatically generated by the DIY Drones autotest system.

License

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.

For details see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html

Safety

Operating a powered vehicle of any kind can be a lot of fun. However, nothing will ruin your day at the park more quickly than an accident or running afoul of the law. Since we want you to have a great experience, please make sure that you do all of the following:

Firmwares

PlaneAPM Plane - for fixed wing aircraft

CopterAPM Copter - for multicopters and traditional helicopters

RoverAPM Rover - for land vehicles and boats

PX4IOPX4IO - for the PX4IO board

MissionPlannerMissionPlanner - Mission Planner tool

RadioSiK - 3DR Radio Firmware

ToolsTools - Build and development tools

Types of firmware available

To choose a firmware to download you need to choose: The meanings of the versions are For each vehicle type a firmware image is available for each type of autopilot board supported by that vehicle type

Load your firmware using APM Mission Planner

Loading firmware to a PX4IO board

If you have a PX4IO board attached to your PX4FMU then you will need to separately load the latest firmware to that board. To load the PX4IO firmware you need to download the px4io.bin file from the above link, then put it in the root directory of the microSD card you have in your PX4FMU board.

You then need to hold the arming switch while applying power to your PX4FMU board. The PX4IO board detects that the arming switch is held when it powers on, and will enter bootloader mode, which is indicated by a rapidly flashing red light on your PX4IO board.

The APM firmware for your PX4FMU board will check in the root directory of your microSD card every time it boots, and if it finds a new px4io.bin file it will attempt to load it to your PX4IO board. A log of the firmware load attempt is placed in the APM directory of your microSD card to aid with debugging.

Load your firmware using QUpgrade

QUpgrade is a standalone firmware upgrade tool. It can be used to download and flash the appropriate firmware for your PX4 autopilot. Instructions and downloads for Windows, Mac Os, and Linux are available here:

Download QUpgrade

Loading APM1 or APM2 firmware on Linux or MacOS

If you don't use Mission Planner on Linux then you can load firmware using the avrdude command. A typical command for uploading a file called ArduPlane.hex to an APM2 or APM1-2560 is:
avrdude -patmega2560 -cstk500v2 -P /dev/ttyACM0 -b115200 -D -Uflash:w:ArduPlane.hex:i
You will need to replace the /dev/ttyACM0 path with the path to your APM device. You may wish to use the device paths in /dev/serial/by-id so the path doesn't change. If you have an APM1-1280 then the command would be:
avrdude -patmega1280 -cstk500v1 -P /dev/ttyUSB1 -b115200 -D -Uflash:w:ArduPlane.hex:i

Loading PX4FMU firmware on Linux or MacOS

To load a PX4FMU firmware on a Linux or MacOS machine you will need to use the px_uploader.py python script. You can run it like this:
python px_uploader.py --port /dev/ttyACM0 px4fmu.px4
After starting the script, press the reset button on your PX4FMU to make it enter bootloader mode.

Building the firmware youself

To build the firmware youself please see the ArduPilot development site.