DIY Indoor Autonomous Drone! - Part 1 (Pixhawk & Hardware Setup)

This video will show you setting up a drone with a Pixhawk flight controller module, a camera suitable for machine vision, and an onboard core i7 computer. I will also be showing the necessary connections for performing visual inertial odometry and synchronization.

This is my first video, please comment below for any mistakes or things you would like me to address to make the quality of the videos better. But if you liked my video, you know what to do ;)

Something I didn't mention in the video: Visual inertial synchronization doesn't necessarily mean measurements of IMU and camera at the same time, it just means making both of the measurements' timestamps match. This is what's done inside the Pixhawk software in order to correct clock skews between itself and the companion computer.

Stay tuned for part 2 where I show the software setup and callibration procedure with Kalibr!

Material List:

4 x RS2205 Motors - https://www.amazon.com/Crazepony-RS22...

4 x Mini ESCs - https://www.amazon.com/Electronic-Con...

1 x Q330 frame - https://www.amazon.com/MonkeyJack-4-A...

3S 5000mAh LiPo Battery (Dean's plug) - https://www.amazon.com/Lithium-Helico...

Pixhawk Flight Controller - https://www.ebay.com/i/263470291750?c...

Point Grey Global Shutter Camera - https://www.ptgrey.com/firefly-mv-03-...

PX4 Power Module - https://www.amazon.com/Hobbypower-Mod...

Serial Converter - https://www.amazon.com/HiLetgo-CP2102...

Intel NUC i7 - https://www.amazon.com/Intel-NUC-mini...

250GB SSD M.2 (for NUC) - https://www.amazon.com/Crucial-MX500-...

8GB DDR4 2133MHz Memory (for NUC) - https://www.amazon.com/Patriot-Memory...

Boost Converter (for NUC) - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XWSV89D/...

2.5x5.5 mm DC plug (for NUC) - https://www.amazon.com/uxcell-5-5mm-2...

Remote Control and Receiver - https://www.banggood.com/FlySky-FS-i6...

5 Inch Propellers - https://www.amazon.com/RAYCorp%C2%AE-...