Autonomous Drone

This project is an autonomous drone that uses gps cordinates to plot a path and fly to that destination. It has built in gyroscope stabilization allowing it to fly with ease. It also has a gps module used to gather crucial data of the drones current altitude, lattitude, and longituted which is then used to plot and travel its current course.

Getting Started

These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes. See deployment for notes on how to deploy the project on a live system.

Hardware

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Arduino Nano V3:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0713XK923/?coliid=I242HYSBBB6NHF&colid=276WO2F9JN13Y&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

High Quality 10-inch Quadcopter and Multirotors Props:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01CJMJ886/?coliid=IBQF3VZNVFQHU&colid=276WO2F9JN13Y&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

4x 2212 920KV Brushless Motor + 4x 30A ESC:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00XQYTZQ2/?coliid=I3A6DY2IU4KQVQ&colid=276WO2F9JN13Y&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

F450 Drone Frame Kit 4-Axis Airframe 450mm Quadcopter Frame:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0776WLHX7/?coliid=I1YH3AZW187K61&colid=276WO2F9JN13Y&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

NEO-6M GPS Module:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075DD5746/?coliid=I3SDCP6NCJ8XCL&colid=276WO2F9JN13Y&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

MPU-6050 Module:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008BOPN40/?coliid=I24WGRR2SUMA96&colid=276WO2F9JN13Y&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

Installing

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• Arduino
  
• Project
  

Libraries:

• TinyGPS++
  
• MPU-6050
  

Arduino

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This is how to install Arduino on computer.

1. Download the latest version of Arduino at: https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software
2. Run the installer and follow the onscreen instrustions.

TinyGPS++:

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This is how to install the TinyGPS++ library for the project.

1. Go to: https://github.com/mikalhart/TinyGPSPlus/releases
2. Click on the newest version asset download link.
3. Once you have the TinyGPS++ zip library open up Arduino.
4. Then navigate to Sketch > Include Library > Add .Zip Library and select the TinyGPS++ zip library download.

MPU-6050

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This is how to install the MPU-6050 library for the project.

1. Go to: https://github.com/tockn/MPU6050_tockn
2. Click on the "Clone or Download" button and click the "Download Zip" button
3. Once you have the MPU-6050 zip library open up Arduino.
4. Then navigate to Sketch > Include Library > Add .Zip Library and select the MPU-6050 zip library download.

Project

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This is how to install the github project.

Method 1:

1. Click on the "Clone or Download" button and click the "Download Zip" button
2. Extract the zip file
3. Open "Autonomous_Drone" folder
4. Open "Main" folder
5. Open "Main.ino"

Method 2:

1. Open terminal
2. Navigate to desktop: cd Deskstop
3. Enter in git clone https://github.com/rbretmounet/Autonomous_Drone.git
4. Open "Autonomous_Drone" folder
5. Open "Main" folder
6. Open "Main.ino"

Developer Notes

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Must enter in destination gps coordinates manually in the code itself. Potential future update may be too add an app too enter gps coordinates using google maps.