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Building Your Own Drones: A Beginners' Guide to Drones, UAVs, and ROVs

Building Your Own Drones: A Beginners' Guide to Drones, UAVs, and ROVs

          
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Absolutely no experience needed! Build your drone, step-by-step, with this full-color, hands-on guide!   You’ve heard about drones. You’ve seen drones. Now, build your own—it’s a lot easier than you think!   Drones are the newest frontier for the DIY/maker community, and you don’t need to be a technical expert to build one. John Baichtal, the #1 author of hardware hacking books for beginners, will teach you all the skills you need.   First, Baichtal shows you the amazing drones others have built. Then, he walks you through several complete projects: quadcopters, UAVs, ROVs, and more. Not ready to start from scratch? No problem: Baichtal helps you choose from today’s best new kits.   Hundreds of full-color step-by-step photos teach you every step, every skill. When you’re ready for more advanced concepts, Baichtal explains them in plain English. Discover what drones are and why they’re so exciting Explore today’s most imaginative projects, from 3D-printed mini quadcopters to floating robot armies Compare kits, from $200 up: Parallax ELEV-8, DJI Phantom 2 Vision+, OpenROV, Actobotics Nomad, Brooklyn Aerodrome Flack, and more Create your own practical Drone Builder’s Workbench Build complete rocket, blimp, waterborne, and automotive drones Construct both fully autonomous and radio-controlled drones Choose and assemble your chassis (airframe), motor, props, flight control, power system, accessories, and software Integrate Arduino to make radio-controlled drones operate autonomously Teach a drone to navigate via RFID tags Learn all the basic electronics and programming you’ll need

Table of Contents:
Introduction     xiii Who This Book Is For     xiii How This Book Is Organized     xiii Chapter 1 A History of Drones     1 What Is a Drone?     2     Three Terrrains     3     Anatomy of a Drone     5 Summary     7 Chapter 2 Showcase of Cool DIY Drones     9 Bicycle Rim Quadcopter     9 3D-Printed Mini Quadcopter     9 Clothesline Racer     11 Vessels     11 Radio-Controlled Blimp     12 FPV Quadcopter     12 Open RC Trike     14 Foldable Quadcopter     14 Mini-Quadcopter     15 3D-Printed RC Boat     16 Tricopter     17 Mecanum Wheel Rover     18 Summary     19 Chapter 3 Overview of Commercial Drones and Kits     21 Parallax ELEV-8 Quadcopter     21 DJI Phantom 2 Vision+     24 OpenROV     26 Actobotics Nomad     29 Brooklyn Aerodrome Flack     31 Summary     34 Chapter 4 Building a Quadcopter I: Choosing an Airframe     35 Which Airframe?     35     Choosing Between Commercial Options     37     Making Your Own Airframe     38 Project #1: MakerBeam Airframe     41     MakerBeam     41     Parts     43     Steps     44 Summary     50 Chapter 5 Rocket Drone Project     51 Amateur Model Rocketry     51 Quick-and-Dirty Arduino Guide     54 Project #2: Data-Gathering Rocket     60     Parts for Building the Data-Gathering Rocket     60     Steps for Building the Data-Gathering Rocket     61     Programming the Payload     65 Summary     67 Chapter 6 Building a Quadcopter II: Motors and Props     69 Choose Your Motors     70     Outrunner Versus Inrunner     70     Brushed Versus Brushless     71     AC Versus DC     72 Choose Your Propellers     73     Prop Adapters     74 Project #3: Attach the Props and Motors     75     Parts     76     Steps for Attaching the Props and Motors     77 Summary     80 Chapter 7 Blimp Drone Project     81 Radio Control     81     Transmitters     82     Receivers     83 ESC (Electronic Speed Controller)     83 Project #4: Blimp Drone     84     Parts     85     Arduino Parts     86     Steps     86 Autonomous Control with an Arduino     99     Code     100 Summary     102 Chapter 8 Building a Quadcopter III: Flight Control     103 Know Your ESCs     103     Common ESCs     105     Programming ESCs     106 Receiver     109 Flight Controller     110     Flight Controller Examples     111 Installing the Flight Electronics     114     Parts     114     Installing the ESCs     114     Installing the Flight Controller     114     Installing the Receiver     116 Summary     116 Chapter 9 Drone Builder’s Workbench     117 Design It     117 Drive It     118 Measure It     120 Cut It     120 Wire It     121 Attach It     123 CNC It     124 Summary     126 Chapter 10 Building a Quadcopter IV: Power Systems     127 Choosing a Battery     128     Battery Types     128 Adding Bullet Connectors     130     Why Bullet Connectors?     130     Parts List     130     Steps for Adding Bullet Connectors     131 Assembling the Wiring Harness     137     Parts     138     Steps for Assembling the Wiring Harness     138 Wiring the Flight Controller and Receiver     143 Summary     145 Chapter 11 Waterborne Drone Project     147 Realities of Waterborne Electronics     148     Disadvantages of Waterborne Electronics     148     Advantages of Waterborne Electronics     148 Waterproofing Your Electronics     149     Sandwich Container     150     Pelican 1000-Series     151     Sealing a Tube     152 XBee Mesh Networking     153 Project: Soda Bottle Boat     154     Parts     155     Building the Drone     156     Building the Controller    166     Programming the Soda Bottle Boat     170 Summary     172 Chapter 12 Building a Quadcopter V: Accessories     173 Add Accessories to Your Quadcopter     174     Camera     174     First-Person Video (FPV)     175     Landing Gear     176     Parachute     176     Protective Plate or Dome     177     Prop Guards     178 Project: Adding Accessories to the Quadcopter     179     Install the Camera Mount     180     Install the Landing Gear     184     Install the Top Plate     186 Summary     189 Chapter 13 Making a Rover     191 Advantages and Disadvantages of Rovers     192     Advantages of Rovers     192     Disadvantages of Rovers     192 Chassis Options     193     3D Printed     193     Tamiya     194     mBot     194     Arduino Robot     195     Actobotics Bogie     196 Navigating with Radio Frequency Identification Tags     197 Project: RFID-Navigating Rover     199     Parts     200     Steps     200     Programming the RFID-Navigating Rover     217 Summary     220 Chapter 14 Building a Quadcopter VI: Software     221 Flight Control Software     222     OpenPilot     222     MultiWii     223     APM Planner 2.0     223     eMotion     224     AR.Freeflight     224     3DR Solo App     226 Configuring the MultiWii     226 Examining the MultiWii Control Sketch     228 Pre-Flight Checklist     229 Summary     230 Glossary     231 Index     237


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780134000145
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Addison Wesley
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: A Beginners' Guide to Drones, UAVs, and ROVs
  • ISBN-10: 0134000145
  • Publisher Date: 14 Aug 2015
  • Binding: Digital download
  • No of Pages: 272
  • Weight: 1 gr


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