An Arduino/AVR based flight controller for RC fixed wing.
- 5 input channels (Throttle, Ailerons, Elevator, Rudder, flight mode)
- 4 output channels (0.5 us resolution PWM/PPM signal generator).
- Airplane NED attitude tracking function (with 6 DOF sensor, 200 Hz attitude update rate).
- Airplane auto level (roll and pitch) control function.
- Airplane heading lock control function.
- Airplane flight mode control function (manual mode, auto level mode and GPS mode).
- Airplane GPS return to home function (unstabled, still need to do more test!)
- RC output mixer function (for normal airplane, delta wing and V tail).
- 6 DOF sensor calibration function.
- Radio control stick position calibration function.
- Airplane failsafe function.
- Airplane configuration save/reload/reset function.
- Airplane runtime status monitoring function.
Flight controller source code: OneRCFW
Flight controller schematic and PCB layout: OneRCSchematic_v1
Flight controller test video: 20171029 FC test in very windy (12.5m/s) day.
GUI monitoring tool: OneRCGUI
Design documents: OneRCDesignDoc
- Prepare Arduino 1.6.9 IDE.
- Click the OneRCAirplane.ino to launch Arduino IDE.
- Change board type setting to "Arduino Nano" or "Pro Mini" and correct UART port setting.
- Build and upload the firmware to Arduino or customized PCB.
- Connect the Radio receiver to flight controller.
- Check the channel output signal and the status of on board LEDs.
- Download and instll FlightGear, and copy the protocol and configuration file to speicfic folder.
- Copy MAVLink.xml to FlightGear\data\Protocol\
- Copy .fgfsrc to C:\Documents and Settings{User name}\
- Modify the #define IMU_SENSOR_MPU6050 in imu_ctrl.h, change to #define IMU_SENSOR_FG_SIM.
- Rebuild and upload the firmware to Arduino.
- Modify the COM port setting in both the MP_fdm_nmea.py and MP_fdm_sim.py, and lanuch these 2 files.
- Lanuch fgfs.exe and enjoy the flight in simulator.
