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When i got my Crazyflie Quadcopter, i didnt have a spare PS3/Xbox or any generic controller lying around to fly it. Neither the OTG cable i had was working with my android device. So i thought of writing an Android app similar to the Bitcraze Android Client but tweaked it a little bit.

Now you can fly Crazyflie with an Android device, even if you dont have a PS3/XBOX controller or an OTG cable.

This has two parts -
Android Client
PC Client

Both the clients are similar to the the original CrazyFlie client/Server.

The Android App creates a NanoHttpd server to stream json data, which PC client reads and transmits it to CrazyFlie. You can even set the maximum/min thrust.

This is still under development, feel free to contribute and improve.

https://github.com/shreks7/crazyflie-android-no-otg
shreks7

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Please do not crosspost.

derf wrote:Please do not crosspost.

Noted

It sounds like an interesting approach to use the Android client without an OTG cable, but what's the advantage compared to using something
like Droidmote which is basically a Client/Server for controlling your PC from your Android device (it acts as a gamepad for your PC)?

For me, not having to drag around the PC is the main advantage of using the Android client.

This is pretty cool since my Nexus 4 doesn't support OTG!
But how do I get the PC client running? Could you help me out?

^^ Nvm, I got it working

Thanks for this project. Really helped me understand how the control libraries work