Andrea Bertorelli
Published © CC BY-NC

AR DRONE and 1SHEELD - Discover the world around your drone

Detect flight data of a drone, like altitude, speed, GPS position and many other. Besides, we can take incredible aerial pictures!

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AR DRONE and 1SHEELD - Discover the world around your drone

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Schematics

Connection between Arduino and xbee

This is the connection between Arduino and xbee, same for the Arduino that connect to the computer and the Arduino on drone

Code

Master Code

C/C++
This code is loaded on arduino that is connects to the PC, to control the Arduino on drone
first you need to download library https://www.pjrc.com/teensy/td_libs_AltSoftSerial.html
#include <AltSoftSerial.h>

int verifica=0;
AltSoftSerial xBee;
char c;
char h;
char stop='s';
void setup() {
  Serial.begin(115200);
  Serial.println("Master OK");
  Serial.println();
  Serial.println("Digit for:");
  Serial.println("'o' orientation sensor value");
  Serial.println("'a' acceleration sensor value");
  Serial.println("'b' brightness sensor value");
  Serial.println("'g' GPS position");
  Serial.println("'m' microfone noise");
  Serial.println("'p' take a picture");
  xBee.begin(9600);
}
void loop() {

  Serial.flush();

  if (Serial.available()>0) {
    c = Serial.read();
    if(c=='o'||c=='a'||c=='m'||c=='g'||c=='b'||c=='p'){
      //----------Orientament-----------------------------------------
      if(c=='o'){
        Serial.println("Orientament");
        c='1';
        xBee.print(c);
        for(int i=0; i<10;i++){
          delay(20);
          c='o';
          xBee.print(c);

          do{
            h=0;
            h=xBee.read();
            Serial.print(h);
          }
          while(xBee.available()>0);
          delay(100);
          i=i-1;
          if(Serial.available()>0);
          if(stop==Serial.read()){
            Serial.println("Analysis Stopped");
            c='0';
            Serial.println();
            Serial.println("Digit for:");
            Serial.println("'o' orientation sensor value");
            Serial.println("'a' acceleration sensor value");
            Serial.println("'b' brightness sensor value");
            Serial.println("'g' GPS position");
            Serial.println("'m' microfone noise");
            Serial.println("'p' take a picture");
            xBee.print(c);
            i=11;
          }
        }
      }
      //----------Acceleration-----------------------------------------
      if(c=='a'){
        Serial.println("Acceleration");
        c='2';
        xBee.print(c);
        for(int i=0; i<10;i++){
          delay(20);
          c='a';
          xBee.print(c);
          do{
            h=0;
            h=xBee.read();
            Serial.print(h);
          }
          while(xBee.available()>0);
          delay(100);
          i=i-1;
          if(Serial.available()>0);
          if(stop==Serial.read()){
            Serial.println("Analysis Stopped");
            c='0';
            Serial.println();
            Serial.println("Digit for:");
            Serial.println("'o' orientation sensor value");
            Serial.println("'a' acceleration sensor value");
            Serial.println("'b' brightness sensor value");
            Serial.println("'g' GPS position");
            Serial.println("'m' microfone noise");
            Serial.println("'p' take a picture");
            xBee.print(c);
            i=11;
          }
        }
      }
      //----------Brightness----------------------------------------
      if(c=='b'){
        Serial.println("Brightness");
        c='3';
        xBee.print(c);
        for(int i=0; i<10;i++){
          delay(20);
          c='b';
          xBee.print(c);
          do{
            h=0;
            h=xBee.read();
            Serial.print(h);
          }
          while(xBee.available()>0);
          delay(50);
          i=i-1;
          if(Serial.available()>0);
          if(stop==Serial.read()){
            Serial.println("Analysis Stopped");
            c='0';
            Serial.println();
            Serial.println("Digit for:");
            Serial.println("'o' orientation sensor value");
            Serial.println("'a' acceleration sensor value");
            Serial.println("'b' brightness sensor value");
            Serial.println("'g' GPS position");
            Serial.println("'m' microfone noise");
            Serial.println("'p' take a picture");
            xBee.print(c);
            i=11;
          }
        }
      }
      //----------GPS-----------------------------------------
      if(c=='g'){
        Serial.println("Posizione GPS'");
        c='4';
        xBee.print(c);
        for(int i=0; i<10;i++){
          delay(20);
          c='g';
          xBee.print(c);
          do{
            h=0;
            h=xBee.read();
            Serial.print(h);
          }
          while(xBee.available()>0);
          delay(500);
          i=i-1;
          if(Serial.available()>0);
          if(stop==Serial.read()){
            Serial.println("Analysis Stopped");
            c='0';
            Serial.println();
            Serial.println("Digit for:");
            Serial.println("'o' orientation sensor value");
            Serial.println("'a' acceleration sensor value");
            Serial.println("'b' brightness sensor value");
            Serial.println("'g' GPS position");
            Serial.println("'m' microfone noise");
            Serial.println("'p' take a picture");
            xBee.print(c);
            i=11;
          }
        }
      }
      //----------MICROFONO-----------------------------------------
      if(c=='m'){
        Serial.println("Microphone");
        c='5';
        xBee.print(c);
        for(int i=0; i<10;i++){
          delay(20);
          c='m';
          xBee.print(c);
          do{
            h=0;
            h=xBee.read();
            Serial.print(h);
          }
          while(xBee.available()>0);
          delay(100);
          i=i-1;
          if(Serial.available()>0);
          if(stop==Serial.read()){
            Serial.println("Analysis Stopped");
            c='0';
            Serial.println();
            Serial.println("Digit for:");
            Serial.println("'o' orientation sensor value");
            Serial.println("'a' acceleration sensor value");
            Serial.println("'b' brightness sensor value");
            Serial.println("'g' GPS position");
            Serial.println("'m' microfone noise");
            Serial.println("'p' take a picture");
            xBee.print(c);
            i=11;
          }
        }
      }

      //----------PICTURES-----------------------------------------
      if(c=='p'){
        Serial.println("Take a pictures");
        c='6';
        xBee.print(c);
        delay(20);
        c='p';
        Serial.println();
        Serial.println("Digit for:");
        Serial.println("'o' orientation sensor value");
        Serial.println("'a' acceleration sensor value");
        Serial.println("'b' brightness sensor value");
        Serial.println("'g' GPS position");
        Serial.println("'m' microfone noise");
        Serial.println("'p' take a picture");
        xBee.print(c);      
      }

    }
  }
}

Slave

C/C++
This code is loaded sull'arduino that mounts on the drone, which will provide the data to the drone to the ground
first you need to download library https://www.pjrc.com/teensy/td_libs_AltSoftSerial.html
and http://1sheeld.com/downloads/
#include <OneSheeld.h>
#include<AltSoftSerial.h>

char             variabile;
AltSoftSerial    xBee;
char             master;
int              voce=0;
void setup(){
  Serial.begin(115200);
  Serial.println("Slave ok");
  OneSheeld.begin();
  xBee.begin(9600);
}

void loop(){
  receiveEvent();
  requestEvent();
}


void receiveEvent(){
  while(xBee.available()>0){
    master=xBee.read();
    variabile=master;
  }
}


void requestEvent(){

  if(variabile=='o'){
    xBee.print("Asse x: ");                         
    xBee.print(OrientationSensor.getX());             
    xBee.print(" Asse y: ");                           
    xBee.print(OrientationSensor.getY());             
    xBee.print(" Asse z: ");                           
    xBee.println(OrientationSensor.getZ());
    variabile=0;
  }
  if(variabile=='a'){
    xBee.print("Asse x: ");
    xBee.print(AccelerometerSensor.getX());    
    xBee.print(" Asse y: ");
    xBee.print(AccelerometerSensor.getX());
    xBee.print(" Asse z: ");
    xBee.println(AccelerometerSensor.getX());
    variabile=0;
  }
  if(variabile=='g'){
    xBee.print("Longitudine: ");
    xBee.print(GPS.getLongitude());    
    xBee.print(" Latitudine;: ");
    xBee.println(GPS.getLatitude());
    variabile=0;
  }
  if(variabile=='m'){
    xBee.print("db: ");
    xBee.println(Mic.getValue());
    variabile=0;
  }
  if(variabile=='b'){
    xBee.print("Lumen:  ");
    xBee.println(LightSensor.getValue());  
    variabile=0;
  }
  if(variabile=='p'){
    Camera.setFlash(ON);  
    Camera.rearCapture();
    xBee.println("Pictures taken");
    variabile=0;
  }
  if(variabile=='1'){
    TextToSpeech.say("analysis orientation");
    variabile=0;
  }
  if(variabile=='2'){
    TextToSpeech.say("analysis acceleration ");
    variabile=0;
  }
  if(variabile=='3'){
    TextToSpeech.say("analysis  brightness intensity");
    variabile=0;
  }
  if(variabile=='4'){
    TextToSpeech.say("analysis GPS position");
    variabile=0;
  }
  if(variabile=='5'){
    TextToSpeech.say("analysis decibel noise");
    variabile=0;
  }
  if(variabile=='6'){
    TextToSpeech.say("Taking a picture");
    variabile=0;
  }
  if(variabile=='0'){
    TextToSpeech.say("analysis stopped");
    variabile=0;
  }
}

Credits

Andrea Bertorelli

Andrea Bertorelli

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student high school, telecommunication.

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