1. Architecture

Basic Concepts

• What is bus
• What is autopilot
• How to wire
• What is sensors
• What is actuators
• Power control
• Radio
• Coprocessor

Airframe (Vehicle)

Here its presented different types of drone configuration that already tested and can be used. Anyway you can make your own.

1. M-690A (opens new window) T-motor frame

2. F450 (opens new window) frame

3. HANY 7inch fpv (opens new window) frame

4. Skywalker X8 (opens new window) Flying wing frame

5. VTOL (opens new window) frame

Flight Controller or Mainframe

• What kind of autopilots is compatible?
• How to setup it? (enable CAN thats all)

Sensors and Actuators

What kind of sensors do robot need?

• GNSS
• Rangefinder
• Airspeed
• Baro
• IMU
• Compas

Wiring

It is recommended to read standard before applying presented devices on vehicle.

Breafly you should follow next several steps to design onboard bus:

• Enumerate all nodes
• Understand what nodes is mission critical
• Understand where the nodes should be placed
• Draw the bus lines
• Define bus branching points
• Define units connector points
• Define power up point

Setup

• Update firmware using sniffer,
• setup nodes using sniffer,
• setup autopilot
• check on PX4

Tests

• check from sniffer,
• test in sim,
• run on table,
• fly.