What is OpenPilot?
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OpenPilot is a next generation Free Software autopilot for small UAVs, including multi-rotor craft, helicopters as well as fixed wing aircraft. It aims to implement the best features of all current enthusiast autopilot systems and combines them into a simple easy to use package. Simplicity does not come with any compromises either, with no hard-coded settings, a complete flight plan scripting language and other next-generation features, OpenPilot is planned to be an extremely capable UAV platform.
Key Features:
- Custom built powerful hardware
- State of the art AHRS
- 8 RC Channel Inputs for PWM (No converter needed)
- 12 RC Channel Input via PPM
- 8 Servo Outputs using standard servo connectors
- TurboPWM ESC & high speed digital servo Support
- I2C, CAN ESC Support
- Micro SDCard for settings and logging
- Implements the open UAVTalk Protocol for GCS compatibility
- Cross Platform Ground Control Station & Set-up tools
Please take a look at the Project Overview for more details. You might also wish to look at the Getting Started page for links to more detailed information about the project.
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Get Involved
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OpenPilot is a Open Source community project and there are many ways you can get involved. For developers the project has two sub-projects, you can get involved in the Flight Software Development which is the embedded firmware written in C or with the Ground Control Software Development which is written in C++ using the Qt application framework.
Apart from development, there are many other ways to get involved as well, helping with documentation on the Wiki is highly appreciated as are improvement suggestions and flight testing. This is a community project so please get involved.
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News in brief
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Status
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Development continues rapidly towards version 1 of OpenPilot, version 1 is aimed at flight stabilisation only. Once this version has been tested, it will be released and also OpenPilot hardware will then be available in the OpenPilot Store.
For more detailed information about the current status and what is being worked on, the OpenPilot Progress Tracker might be worth a look, additionally the OpenPilot Forums are where a lot of the action happens.
 OpenPilot and Floss-JTAG combined PCB panels
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