Literature Survey

The reviews include works related to FC and its developments using Arduino. This could either be the implementation of Arduino as the main core to create a DIY FC or as an additional component that supports an existing FC. Nevertheless, it involves the study of the FC’s functions; the stabilizer and telemetry communication.

From the results of the reviews, it can be concluded that using Arduino as a main component to build a FC will lead it to managing all stabilizing duties and control functions as it is responsible for processing the data obtained from the balancing sensors, such as gyro and/or accelerometer. When an Arduino is acting as the FC, it cannot act as a medium to process communication data from a telemetry module at the same time. The telemetry is enabled by a different source of wireless devices.

On the other hand, when the Arduino is used to support an existing FC, the FC will manage all stabilizing functions automatically as the product is designed to do so. The Arduino can then be used as a medium to process communication data from a telemetry module or as an additional feature for the Quadcopter by integrating it with sensors and processing its data into useful information to fulfill the user’s objective.

REFERENCES

1. Brokking, J.: Your multicopter Flight controller. Youtube (2015), https://youtu.be/2pHdO8m6T7c (retrieved May 28, 2017)
2. Vechian, M. Q.: Wireless control Quadcopter with stereo camera and self-balancing sys-tem. Doctoral dissertation, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (2012)
3. Dryden, J,. Barbaccia, R.: Quadcopter design project. Final Report (2014).
4. Masoud, M,. et al.: On implementing a low cost Quadcopter Drone with Smartphone con-trol. Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan (2016)
5. Mubarak, M. F.: Quadcopter web-based control. Degree Thesis, Institut Teknologi Brunei (2015).
6. Do, T., Carrillo-Arce, L. C., Roumeliotis, S. I.: Autonomous flights through image-defined paths. In: Proceedings of the International Symposium of Robotics Research, Sestri Levante, Italy, pp. 12-15 (2015)
7. Sørensen, L. Y., Jacobsen, L. T., Hansen, J. P.: Low cost and flexible UAV deployment of sensors. Sensors 17(1), 154 (2017)