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Preface

  • RIDDIM is an acronym for Remote Interactive Digital Drone Interface Mashup and a Project to Pilot the MikroKopter with Human Interface Devices.

  • Contact the LiGi for further questions.

Pictures

  • Saitek X-52 with mount:
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Videos

Public Riddim controlled SpaceMouse flying @Sublab:

Vimeo(1291676)

Test of the JoystickMount (BackPack): http://www.rcmovie.de/video/a6dff75bda4fd1ee9fe0/Neues-am-Sonntag-in-Leipzig

Second Outdoor Flight: http://www.rcmovie.de/video/afe32970749f5e2bcdc6/Sonntagsausflug-mikrokopter

Hardware Setup

  • You need:
    • - 1x MikroKopter with BlueTooth or ZigBee

    • - 1x Supported input Device
    • - 1x Hardware with the following minimum requirements:
      • -> running linux

      • -> usb

      • -> bluetooth ( later on bluetooth or wlan will be supportet )

      • In the author's setup this will be the notebook ( it's better for debug output ) at stage 1 and one Asus WL500g deluxe running OpenWrt in stage 2.

Compile

  • $> make

Run

  • $> ./riddim [config-file]

ChangeLog

  • 0.4 - support for socat ( makes usage of BlueTooth or ZigBee easy )

  • 0.3 - support for SpaceMouse

  • 0.2 - first version with possibility to fly ( based on FC0.68b commands )
  • 0.1 - initial release with basic functions and proof of concept code ( Scanning for blueooth devices / read joystick / communicate to MK / ..)

Licence

  • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/de/ (Creative Commons / Non Commercial / Share Alike)

  • Additionally to this licence it is not allowed to use this software in any violent manner. This explicitly includes that lethal weapon owning "People" (e.g. army & police) are not allowed to use this project

Credits

  • Holger & Ingo for the MikroKopter Project

  • eduard -- - at - -- hasenleithner.at for the linux x-52 lib
  • xm for help with the !OpenWRT makefile
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