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Hi there,

I am in the process of making a custom mini drone for a University project and one of the requirements is that it has the FlowDeck V2 attached for some stabilization (possibly autonomous indoor tricks aswell), it also has to run Ardupilot. I'm a newbie to drones and was just wondering, what do I need to have the flowdeck talk to my laptop, i.e. does my flight controller need SPI and I2C as per the FlowDeck schematic or do I need a separate communication with the laptop for the FlowDeck. I would most likely have an off the shelf F4 or similar flight controller. The unit my lecturer gave me is the regular FlowDeck V2, not the breakout version, which I assume would have been the better choice for custom work.

Sorry for the newb question

Thanks

Hi Marhd!

So, I have some questions for you. Are you building a mini drone from scratch or are you using the CrazyFlie as a base? In other words: what would the Flowdeck be attached to? Are you planning on using Crazyradio (https://www.bitcraze.io/products/crazyradio-pa/) to talk to it? If this is the case you do not need anything extra to "talk" to the Flowdeck, you can use the Log- and parameter interface: https://www.bitcraze.io/documentation/r ... log_param/


Or are you building something new and putting our Flowdeck on it? Then you will need something that speaks I2C and SPI in order to get data from the sensors on the deck.

I hope this answers something

jonasdn wrote: ↑Mon Aug 16, 2021 3:53 am Hi Marhd!

So, I have some questions for you. Are you building a mini drone from scratch or are you using the CrazyFlie as a base? In other words: what would the Flowdeck be attached to? Are you planning on using Crazyradio (https://www.bitcraze.io/products/crazyradio-pa/) to talk to it? If this is the case you do not need anything extra to "talk" to the Flowdeck, you can use the Log- and parameter interface: https://www.bitcraze.io/documentation/r ... log_param/


Or are you building something new and putting our Flowdeck on it? Then you will need something that speaks I2C and SPI in order to get data from the sensors on the deck.

I hope this answers something

Hi,

I am building something new. Any advice on getting everything working

Thanks

Hi!

Check the schematic here: https://github.com/bitcraze/hardware/bl ... 2-reva.pdf and then you can look up the different sensors and check their datasheets!