Azaion Autopilot

A preliminary example of autonomous drone flight. This example is based on the MAVSDK framework and PX4 flight controller software. Running the example requires compiling MAVSDK and PX4 on a Linux image system using cmake. Example has been tested in Ubuntu 20.04 environment.

TODO!! Add support for Docker builds. PX4 installs many dependencies.

Install necessary dependencies

sudo apt update

sudo apt install ccache git build-essential curl cmake

Speed up the compilations

echo "export MAKEFLAGS="-j$(($(nproc)))"" >> ~/.bashrc

echo "export PATH=/usr/lib/ccache:$PATH" >> ~/.bashrc

Clone source codes. You must add your SSH key before the cloning!

git clone --recursive git@github.com:azaion/autopilot.git

git submodule update --init --recursive

Build and install PX4

cd 3rd/px4 && bash ./Tools/setup/ubuntu.sh && make px4_sitl jmavsim

Install MAVSDK for Ubuntu 20.04

wget https://github.com/mavlink/MAVSDK/releases/download/v2.4.1/libmavsdk-dev_2.4.1_ubuntu20.04_amd64.deb

sudo dpkg -i ibmavsdk-dev_2.4.1_ubuntu20.04_amd64.deb

Install MAVSDK for Ubuntu 22.04

wget https://github.com/mavlink/MAVSDK/releases/download/v2.4.1/libmavsdk-dev_2.4.1_ubuntu22.04_amd64.deb

sudo dpkg -i libmavsdk-dev_2.4.1_ubuntu22.04_amd64.deb

Build example application

cd src && cmake . && make

Launch similator

cd 3rd/px4

PX4_HOME_LAT=52.5314818 PX4_HOME_LON=13.3872884 ./build/px4_sitl_default/bin/px4

Launch example application in the new terminal window

cd src

make && ./azaion mission.json