Drone Control

This is a hardware add-on 'lid' for the kimχ micro that adds drone control hardware replacing a separate PX4 external embedded subsystem. The kimχ micro with the drone- control add-on board is an all-in-one embedded drone and rover control system.

The kimχ micro with the drone-control add-on is an i.MX8M Mini Linux system with a 32mm x 65mm x 10mm form factor.

drone control

drone control

kimχ micro

kimχ micro is a small and spicy open hardware embedded SBC that offers tons of versitility for many different applications.

kimχ micro

kimchi micro

Features

  • m.2 connector for NXP IW612 Wi-Fi 6E/Bluetooth & BLE/Zigbee 802.15.4 board
  • Gigabit Ethernet port
  • ST Micro ISM330DHCX IMU gyroscope/accelerometer
  • ST Micro IIS2MDC magnetometer/compass
  • Bosch BMP581 pressure sensor for altitude
  • 15-pin Connector for Raspberry Pi v2 HD camera
  • GPS & Telemetry connectors for NXP drone & rover kits
  • PWM control for up to 8 external motors w/ NXP rover & drone kit compatible connector

Work In Progress

Stay tuned for updates to both the hardware and software as we add features and port PX4 Autopilot to the i.MX8M Mini on-board embedded ARM m4 core

Please see our Drone Control Yocto github repository to build a Linux OS for the kimχ micro with drone-control daughterboard

Drone Control Yocto

Drone Control Components

The Drone Control components for a complete system.

  • kimχ micro i.MX8M Mini SBC
  • drone control add-on board
  • NXP IW612 Wi-Fi/BT/802.15.4 m.2 card
  • Teledatics 802.11ah HaLow long range mini-PCIe Wi-Fi card
  • Raspberry Pi v2 camera

drone control components

Assembled Ready To Fly

32mm x 65mm x 15mm assembled drone control kit ready to mount on an NXP drone or rover kit.

drone control components