AVR-VMC-FlightControl-Module

The Flight Control module (FCM) is responsible for communicating with the FCC over MAVLink. This module takes telemetry data from the FCC and publishes it over MQTT. Additionally, it takes fake GPS data from the Fusion module and feeds it to the FCC.

There also exists functionality to send commands to the FCC, such as arming the drone, or sending it missions, but this is disabled due to the drone’s current lack of knowledge of where it is in global coordinates.

Development

It's assumed you have a version of Python installed from python.org that is the same or newer as defined in the Dockerfile.

First, install Poetry and VS Code Task Runner:

python -m pip install pipx --upgrade
pipx ensurepath
pipx install poetry
pipx install vscode-task-runner
# (Optionally) Add pre-commit plugin
poetry self add poetry-pre-commit-plugin

Now, you can clone the repo and install dependencies:

git clone https://github.com/bellflight/AVR-VMC-FlightControl-Module
cd AVR-VMC-FlightControl-Module
vtr install

Run

poetry shell

to activate the virtual environment.