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Building a Quadcopter with Arduino

By : Vasilis Tzivaras
Book Image

Building a Quadcopter with Arduino

By: Vasilis Tzivaras

Overview of this book

<p>Quadcopters, also known as quadrotors, are gaining more and more popularity in today's world. With the help of these devices, anyone can have an “eye in the sky” and can monitor any place at any time. You can capture photographs and once a while and perform automated tasks. In this book, you will be informed about all the basic modules and electronics needed to fly a simple quadcopter. You’ll delve deep to create a fully-functional quadcopter quickly with the help of Arduino boards. Through this book, you’ll develop the skills needed to build a DIY drone that can capture pictures and record videos.</p>
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Building a Quadcopter with Arduino
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Transmitter voltage and settings


Your transmitter uses a battery. Unfortunately, someday it will have low voltage and it will not be enough to transmit a signal. You obviously don't want that to happen. Check your transmitter voltage as soon as you turn it on. Voltages over 10.5V should be enough for your flight. Some advanced transmitters will beep as soon as they have low voltage, and this means that you have to land your craft as fast as you can.

When the voltage is lower than 10V, you should land your craft as soon as you can and power up your transmitter with another battery.