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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: 9780789755988
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Que Corporation,U.S.
  • Depth: 6
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 9 mm
  • Weight: 370 gr
  • ISBN-10: 078975598X
  • Publisher Date: 17 Sep 2015
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 231 mm
  • No of Pages: 272
  • Series Title: Paperback
  • Sub Title: A Beginners' Guide to Drones, UAVs, and ROVs
  • Width: 179 mm


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