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I've had similar thoughts and have been working on firmwares for the esp32. My contact info is in my profile. Hollar at me and lets compare notes.
i don’t see your contact info.
My mistake. Updated.
Build a Low-Cost Drone Using ESP32
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Re: Build a Low-Cost Drone Using ESP32
#12What a great time for this article! The US is having a mass hysteria event and it turns out you can churn out DYI drones for the fat sum of $12-13 each? What a time to be alive! Edit: Hmm, considering that people are taking stars for UFOs lately, maybe a cheap drone is an overkill and a 20-pack of Chinese sky lanterns would be more than enough to keep the average US neighbourhood in a state of constant fear / see how…
Judging from the posts I’ve seen, others have already started. Someone had a drone with a lit Roman candle going the other day. Or it was FAA compliant aliens. One of the two.
Re: Build a Low-Cost Drone Using ESP32
#13Is the custom circuit board something that mortals can get made? That seems to be the sticky point to me.
Re: Build a Low-Cost Drone Using ESP32
#14Is the custom circuit board something that mortals can get made? That seems to be the sticky point to me.
just upload it to jlcpcb and get it delivered with components soldered.
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#15It's odd, considering this is digikey, that there isn't a "Buy now" button.
I'd totally do that if I got everything shipped to me, and knew I wasn't forgetting something.
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#16It's odd, considering this is digikey, that there isn't a "Buy now" button. I'd totally do that if I got everything shipped to me, and knew I wasn't forgetting something.
There’s a small link at the bottom to “Add all DigiKey Parts to Cart.”
But one of the parts is apparently already obsolete and unavailable, and two more have minimum quantities above what’s needed here, so it’s not great.
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#17Is the custom circuit board something that mortals can get made? That seems to be the sticky point to me.
Yup. About fifteen years ago there was an explosion in small-run PCB services that cater to hobbyists (and cottage-scale professionals). If you don't need them overnight you can get good quality PCBs made at a very reasonable price.
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#18What a great time for this article! The US is having a mass hysteria event and it turns out you can churn out DYI drones for the fat sum of $12-13 each? What a time to be alive! Edit: Hmm, considering that people are taking stars for UFOs lately, maybe a cheap drone is an overkill and a 20-pack of Chinese sky lanterns would be more than enough to keep the average US neighbourhood in a state of constant fear / see how…
Judging from the posts I’ve seen, others have already started. Someone had a drone with a lit Roman candle going the other day. Or it was FAA compliant aliens. One of the two.
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Re: Build a Low-Cost Drone Using ESP32
#19Or if you don't want to do it from scratch, you can get a programmable readymade for a little more: https://shop.m5stack.com/products/m5stamp-fly-with-m5stamps3...
The included software stack is very basic, dig around on Japanese nerd Twitter for open source avionics.