C++ Drone

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Top 14 C++ Drone Projects

  • ardupilot

    ArduPlane, ArduCopter, ArduRover, ArduSub source

    • Project mention: Reading Sensor Data From Flight Controller Mateksys F405-TE - Integrated IMU - No Documentation | /r/stm32f4 | 2023-12-07

  • PX4-Autopilot

    PX4 Autopilot Software

    • Project mention: Kalman Filter Tutorial: Kalman Filter from the Ground Up | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-10-14

    They are widely used in narrow circles :)

    Two of (arguably the best) open source RC aircraft flight controllers (ArduPilot and PX4) are using extended Kalman filters in their state estimators (essentially sensor fusion that provides attitude/position estimate):

    https://github.com/ArduPilot/ardupilot/tree/master/libraries...

    https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/blob/main/src/modules/e...

    I'm not that familiar with cleanflight/betaflight/inav scene to know what the FPV racer flight controllers use.

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  • OpenMVG (open Multiple View Geometry)

    open Multiple View Geometry library. Basis for 3D computer vision and Structure from Motion.

  • ExpressLRS

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

    • Project mention: ExpressLRS-Configurator rant | /r/ExpressLRS | 2023-10-05

    Just put the firmware builds under https://github.com/ExpressLRS/ExpressLRS/releases

  • qgroundcontrol

    Cross-platform ground control station for drones (Android, iOS, Mac OS, Linux, Windows)

    • Project mention: DJI Virtual Flight (iOS) has been broken for five months | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-09-09

    For Disco you're in luck, there are some really decent ardupilot-based projects out there[1]. Plus, unlike the Bebop camera which is inaccessible via the shell (you can only use the Parrot SDK), the Disco camera can be commanded to stream/record with a few simple commands, and even bound to controller inputs.

    A caveat with the controller: it needs to have custom firmware[2] to get it communicating with ardupilot, and to get the firmware onto the controller you need telnet/adb into it via SkyController→usb→ethernet→usb→Laptop adaptor(s).

    For a ground control system (GCS), there's three to choose from: Mission Planner, APM Planner, and QGroundControl[3] (ignore the rest, use this one).

    For configuring the drone, mission planner is pretty good... but you can also just use MavProxy[4] which is a fantastic commandline program that all the GCSes use in some way, and can even be installed in Termux/Android.

    1: https://github.com/uavpal/disco4g/

    2: https://github.com/ArduPilot/dema-rc/

    3: https://github.com/mavlink/qgroundcontrol

    4: https://github.com/ArduPilot/MAVProxy

  • GAAS

    GAAS is an open-source program designed for fully autonomous VTOL(a.k.a flying cars) and drones. GAAS stands for Generalized Autonomy Aviation System.

  • dRehmFlight

    Teensy/Arduino flight controller and stabilization for small-scale VTOL vehicles

    • Project mention: Getting into RC Planes | /r/RCPlanes | 2023-10-15

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  • invensense-imu

    Arduino and CMake library for communicating with the InvenSense MPU-6500, MPU-9250 and MPU-9255 nine-axis IMUs.

  • sbus

    Arduino and CMake library for communicating with SBUS receivers and servos.

  • tello-ros2

    ROS2 node for DJI Tello and Visual SLAM for mapping of indoor environments.

  • ms4525do

    Arduino and CMake library for communicating with MS4525DO pressure transducers.

  • ESP_Pilot

    ESP32 Flight Controller for quadcopters

  • Drone-ESP32

    Designing a drone from scratch on the ESP32 microcontroller in C++.

  • Motormouth

    A mouth controlled joystick which assists quadriplegics to control RC cars

    • Project mention: Replace Joystick with arduino input | /r/arduino | 2023-07-08

    For example, https://github.com/makersmakingchange/Motormouth/blob/master/MotorMouth_Schematic.jpg

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NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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Index

What are some of the best open-source Drone projects in C++? This list will help you:

Project Stars
1 ardupilot 9,830
2 PX4-Autopilot 7,589
3 OpenMVG (open Multiple View Geometry) 5,474
4 ExpressLRS 3,098
5 qgroundcontrol 2,922
6 GAAS 1,840
7 dRehmFlight 887
8 invensense-imu 483
9 sbus 365
10 tello-ros2 111
11 ms4525do 12
12 ESP_Pilot 11
13 Drone-ESP32 5
14 Motormouth 1

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