Top 13 Mavlink Open-Source Projects

• ardupilot

  72 9,941 10.0 C++

  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

  26 7,672 9.9 C++

  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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• qgroundcontrol

  3 2,959 9.8 C++

  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

• OpenHD

  14 1,804 9.8 C++

  OpenHD

  

• sparrow-wifi

  7 1,119 2.9 Python

  Next-Gen GUI-based WiFi and Bluetooth Analyzer for Linux

Project mention: I'm not sure about the capabilities. | /r/hackrf | 2023-07-05

Repurposing WIFI and DVB-T receiver devices as SDR receivers works "OK", but trying to use a SDR for WIFI is terrible. There have been some attempts to analyze WIFI with the HackRF, but the narrow bandwidth/sample rate make it pretty useless. https://github.com/ghostop14/sparrow-wifi

• wfb-ng

  12 856 7.5 Python

  WFB-NG - the next generation of long-range packet radio link based on raw WiFi radio

Project mention: Show HN: WFB-ng – long range high speed link for drones and robotics | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-03-04

• mavros

  1 828 8.0 C++

  MAVLink to ROS gateway with proxy for Ground Control Station

  

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• SoftRF

  2 716 9.4 C

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

• DroneBridge

  5 685 0.0 C

  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.

  

• ESP32

  4 323 7.9 C

  DroneBridge for ESP32. A transparent short range wifi based telemetry (serial to WiFi) link. Support for MAVLink, MSP, LTM (iNAV) or any other protocol

  

• rust-mavlink

  1 116 7.3 Rust

  MAVLink library for Rust.

  

Project mention: Error on flashing embedded code to stm32f103 | /r/rust | 2023-07-10

i'm using serial USART1 to read data from autopilot, and write some other, if i write only it works very nice but when i try to read using mavlink2 something like this: https://github.com/mavlink/rust-mavlink/blob/master/examples/embedded/src/main.rs it gives me an error when i try to flash my code:

• gomavlib

  1 100 8.4 Go

  Mavlink library (2.0 and 1.0) for the Go programming language

  

• uavcast

  1 36 10.0 JavaScript

  uavcast is an application for remote vehicles / uav`s that provides an easy method for streaming mavlink (telemetry) data and video over a LTE/4G or WiFi network

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