Hexacopter Drone Build Project – Part 9 Here Flow

Welcome to the next installment of my Drone Electronics Prototyping series! In this video, I continue the bench prototyping process by connecting the Here Flow optical flow sensor. This lightweight sensor, featuring a short-range lidar, uses the CAN protocol to communicate with the autopilot, enhancing horizontal position control in GPS-denied environments.

You'll see me tackle the setup working through the initial wiring and connections, performing the setup process in Mission Planner to configure the appropriate ArduPilot settings, and finally viewing its telemetry. This video may have some slow moments as I troubleshoot and figure things out, so feel free to fast forward through those parts.

For detailed documentation and materials list, visit my GitHub repository: https://github.com/timarcher/Drone

Timestamps
0:00 Intro
2:06 Here Flow Sensor Installation and Wiring
9:09 Mission Planner Parameters Configuration