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this allows for an offset in ESC numbering for much more efficient CAN bandwidth usage. For example, on a coaxial OctoQuad quadplane the ESCs are typically setup as outputs 5 to 12. An ideal setup is to split these over 2 CAN buses, with one CAN bus for the top layer and the one bus for the bottom layer (allowing for VTOL flight with one bus failed). Without this offset parameter you would be sending RawCommand messages like this: bus1: [ 0, 0, 0, 0, ESC1, ESC2, ESC3, ESC4 ] bus2: [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ESC1, ESC2, ESC3, ESC4 ] this is very wasteful of bus bandwidth, with bus1 using 3x the bandwidth it should and bus2 using 4x the bandwidth it should (the above will take 3 can frames for bus1, and 4 can frames for bus 2) With this patch you can set: CAN_D1_UC_ESC_OF = 4 CAN_D2_UC_ESC_OF = 8 and you will get this on the bus: bus1: [ ESC1, ESC2, ESC3, ESC4 ] bus2: [ ESC1, ESC2, ESC3, ESC4 ] that takes just 1 can frame per send on each bus |
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ArduPilot Project
ArduPilot is the most advanced, full-featured, and reliable open source autopilot software available. It has been under development since 2010 by a diverse team of professional engineers, computer scientists, and community contributors. Our autopilot software is capable of controlling almost any vehicle system imaginable, from conventional airplanes, quad planes, multi-rotors, and helicopters to rovers, boats, balance bots, and even submarines. It is continually being expanded to provide support for new emerging vehicle types.
The ArduPilot project is made up of:
User Support & Discussion Forums
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Support Forum: https://discuss.ardupilot.org/
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Community Site: https://ardupilot.org
Developer Information
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Github repository: https://github.com/ArduPilot/ardupilot
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Main developer wiki: https://ardupilot.org/dev/
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Developer discussion: https://discuss.ardupilot.org
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Developer chat: https://discord.com/channels/ardupilot
Top Contributors
- Flight code contributors
- Wiki contributors
- Most active support forum users
- Partners who contribute financially
How To Get Involved
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The ArduPilot project is open source and we encourage participation and code contributions: guidelines for contributors to the ardupilot codebase
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We have an active group of Beta Testers to help us improve our code: release procedures
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Desired Enhancements and Bugs can be posted to the issues list.
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Help other users with log analysis in the support forums
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Improve the wiki and chat with other wiki editors on Discord #documentation
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Contact the developers on one of the communication channels
License
The ArduPilot project is licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 3.
Maintainers
ArduPilot is comprised of several parts, vehicles and boards. The list below contains the people that regularly contribute to the project and are responsible for reviewing patches on their specific area.
- Andrew Tridgell:
- Vehicle: Plane, AntennaTracker
- Board: Pixhawk, Pixhawk2, PixRacer
- Francisco Ferreira:
- Bug Master
- Grant Morphett:
- Vehicle: Rover
- Jacob Walser:
- Vehicle: Sub
- Lucas De Marchi:
- Subsystem: Linux
- Michael du Breuil:
- Subsystem: Batteries
- Subsystem: GPS
- Subsystem: Scripting
- Peter Barker:
- Subsystem: DataFlash, Tools
- Randy Mackay:
- Vehicle: Copter, Rover, AntennaTracker
- Siddharth Purohit:
- Subsystem: CAN, Compass
- Board: Cube*
- Tom Pittenger:
- Vehicle: Plane
- Bill Geyer:
- Vehicle: TradHeli
- Emile Castelnuovo:
- Board: VRBrain
- Georgii Staroselskii:
- Board: NavIO
- Gustavo José de Sousa:
- Subsystem: Build system
- Julien Beraud:
- Board: Bebop & Bebop 2
- Leonard Hall:
- Subsystem: Copter attitude control and navigation
- Matt Lawrence:
- Vehicle: 3DR Solo & Solo based vehicles
- Matthias Badaire:
- Subsystem: FRSky
- Mirko Denecke:
- Board: BBBmini, BeagleBone Blue, PocketPilot
- Paul Riseborough:
- Subsystem: AP_NavEKF2
- Subsystem: AP_NavEKF3
- Víctor Mayoral Vilches:
- Board: PXF, Erle-Brain 2, PXFmini
- Amilcar Lucas:
- Subsystem: Marvelmind
- Samuel Tabor:
- Subsystem: Soaring/Gliding
- Henry Wurzburg:
- Subsystem: OSD
- Site: Wiki
- Peter Hall:
- Vehicle: Tailsitters
- Vehicle: Sailboat
- Subsystem: Scripting
- Andy Piper:
- Subsystem: Crossfire
- Subsystem: ESC
- Subsystem: OSD
- Subsystem: SmartAudio
- Alessandro Apostoli :
- Subsystem: Telemetry
- Subsystem: OSD
- Rishabh Singh :
- Subsystem: Avoidance/Proximity
- David Bussenschutt :
- Subsystem: ESP32,AP_HAL_ESP32
- Charles Villard :
- Subsystem: ESP32,AP_HAL_ESP32