esp-drone VS ESP32

Compare esp-drone vs ESP32 and see what are their differences.

esp-drone

Mini Drone/Quadcopter Firmware for ESP32 and ESP32-S Series SoCs. (by espressif)

ESP32

DroneBridge for ESP32. A transparent short range wifi based telemetry (serial to WiFi) link. Support for MAVLink, MSP, LTM (iNAV) or any other protocol (by DroneBridge)
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esp-drone ESP32
2 4
637 313
9.2% 9.9%
5.4 8.1
5 months ago 3 days ago
C C
GNU General Public License v3.0 only Apache License 2.0
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esp-drone

Posts with mentions or reviews of esp-drone. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

ESP32

Posts with mentions or reviews of ESP32. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.
  • substitute for telemetry
    1 project | /r/ardupilot | 9 Jun 2022
    DroneBridge on the ESP32 is probably the easiest way to get started with WiFi telemetry. It functions just the way a SiK radio (or USB connection) would.
  • How to make a dynamic web-page on the ESP32 ?
    1 project | /r/esp32 | 24 Aug 2021
    I encountered this project: https://github.com/DroneBridge/ESP32 and I saw that the web-page works flawlessly and the information on page change without refreshing the page even on submit.
  • How can I improve an ESP32 web-page ?
    1 project | /r/webdev | 24 Aug 2021
    I encountered this project: https://github.com/DroneBridge/ESP32 and I saw that the web-page works flawlessly and the information on page change without refreshing the page even on submit.
  • ESP-01 (ESP8266) on a pixhawk help
    1 project | /r/diydrones | 8 Feb 2021
    There's DroneBridge but it only runs on Raspberry Pi and the ESP32 which is the ESP8266s bigger brother.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing esp-drone and ESP32 you can also consider the following projects:

ExpressLRS-Hardware - STM32/ESP32/ESP8285-based High-Performance Radio Link for RC applications

ardupilot - ArduPlane, ArduCopter, ArduRover, ArduSub source

DroneBridge - DroneBridge is a system based on the WifiBroadcast approach. A bidirectional digital radio link between two endpoints is established using standard WiFi hardware and a custom protocol. DroneBridge is optimized for use in UAV applications and is a complete system. It is intended be a real alternative to other similar systems, such as DJI Lightbridge or OcuSync.

nodemcu-firmware - Lua based interactive firmware for ESP8266, ESP8285 and ESP32

blackmagic-esp32-s2

PX4-Autopilot - PX4 Autopilot Software

OpenKAI - OpenKAI: A modern framework for unmanned vehicle and robot control

esp-idf-st7789 - ST7789 Driver for esp-idf

YAMSPy - Yet Another Multiwii Serial Protocol Python Interface... for Betaflight, iNAV, etc...

esp-idf-lib - Component library for ESP32-xx and ESP8266

SoftRF - :airplane: Multi-functional, compatible DIY general aviation proximity awareness system