Building a Drone From Scratch - Tutorial

Discover how to build a drone from scratch in this 45-minute tutorial by Igor Stoppa from Intel's Open Source Technology Center. Learn to balance complexity and functionality while creating a platform for experimentation. Explore key steps including defining requirements, sketching architecture, selecting hardware and software components, and debugging. Gain insights into motors, electronics, and radios as you develop a challenging yet rewarding project suitable for robotics training. Cover topics such as setting goals, comparing single vs. multiple board designs, power distribution, motor options, sensor integration, microcontroller implementation, RTOS selection, system architecture, I2C development, and main board selection.

Summary
Setting the Goals
Requirements
Constraints to Development
Single Board vs Multiple Boards Comparison
Considerations
Power Distribution - 1 Battery
Motors - options
Choice: DC Motor
Optical Coupler
Motors Drivers - options
Proximity Sensor
Running the microController
RTOS selection
Overall System Architecture
12C Development and Debugging
12C High Level Protocol debugging
Main Board Selection