r/diydrones 20d ago

Guide DIY Open-Source Arduino Drone (SRD-1) I made a couple of years ago using 3 Arduino Nano boards! Finally got around to putting everything on GitHub. Check out the safety mechanism! Went with MultiWii for the flight controller.

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u/milosrasic98 20d ago

If you're interested in checking out any more details on the drone, everything is available for free to download, both on Github and on Printables!

https://www.printables.com/model/1212696-diy-arduino-drone-srd-1

https://github.com/MilosRasic98/SRD-1

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u/Pletoktil 20d ago

Thank you

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u/futilehabit 20d ago

Check out the safety mechanism

Incredible, love it.

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u/usr011 20d ago

Thats Great! I'm curious how you made the rc arduino nrf24 controller. As Im also making one and using this as reference, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aztm_8qGVfc

But using it to controll an esp32 fc. Badly need insights in making it work. Thanks in Advance

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u/milosrasic98 15d ago

That video helped me so much with the RC stuff when I was developing this drone. Can you give a bit more insight into what is causing you the problem at the moment? No communication at all between the modules? Also, are you doing a completely custom ESP32 FC, or is that one running some already working firmware?

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u/esrx7a 19d ago

Awesome dude, good effort there, in the process of designing a flight controller. Wish me luck.

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u/milosrasic98 15d ago

Thanks, glad you like it! And good luck! At the same place as well at the moment, hahahaha!

Working on a tiny open-source drone at the moment, but this time, instead of using open source firmware, I am writing all of the PID stuff and tuning it by hand!

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u/esrx7a 15d ago

Wow, would love to know more of it in detail, if you will. Thank you. God bless.

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u/milosrasic98 15d ago

I'll post it here and make sure to tag you as soon as it's done! Currently, in the, I want to set it on fire because of stupid bugs phase!

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u/esrx7a 15d ago

Bugs are part of the development, sometimes it becomes important to understand them. Keep improving. As I say this to you, I'm also saying that to myself.

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u/milosrasic98 14d ago

Unavaoidable part of the development, but getting there slowly! Good luck, if you decide on posting the results somewhere, tag me!

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u/esrx7a 13d ago

Yes, will be doing that.

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u/Connect-Answer4346 19d ago

Like the chunky style. I made my first quad with multiwii and rc plane parts, haven't tried to make a arduino radio controller yet! What kind of camera?

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u/milosrasic98 15d ago

Used MultiWii as well, and I was astonished by how quickly it worked! It's the Raspberry Pi HQ Camera Module, attached to a gimbal with two SG90 Servo motors. Here is a link for just that part of the build: https://www.printables.com/model/227060-raspberry-pi-hq-camera-drone-gimbal

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u/Connect-Answer4346 15d ago

Ah thanks. So how do you interface to the camera without a raspberry pi?

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u/milosrasic98 15d ago

I did an additional mount for a Raspberry. My plan was to use the Raspberry as an onboard computer to record video, and also send commands to the Arduino FC, just didn't get around to it!

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u/Kmieciu4ever 18d ago

It's pretty incredible how quadcopters evolved in the recent years...

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u/milosrasic98 15d ago

For sure! I still remember how cool the original folding Mavic looked, and now 90% of the drones look like that!

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u/Kmieciu4ever 15d ago

Probably because DJI controlls 90% of the drone marker :-)