ArduPilot ESP32 Port�Status Update

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ArduPilot UnConference 2022

Long Time Coming!

First Commits in May 2019

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Primary Code Contributors:

Alex (sh83)

Buzz (davidbuzz)

Charles (silvanosky)

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Guinea Pigs:

Buzz (davidbuzz)

Charles (silvanosky)

Nick (nkruzan)

Dmitry (dryzhov)

Cmars

Vince

FleeTime (Flee-Time)

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Merged into master Nov 2021 (#18954)

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(github)

Various Breakouts Available

ESP32-DoItDevKit

ESP32 IMU Module V1.1

Mini32 V1.0.0

EzSBC IOT Controller

ESP32-S3-DevKitM-1 v1.0

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Available from many sources

Dual core 32­bit LX6 microprocessor

4/8/16 MB flash

26 GPIOs, rich set of peripherals

On­board PCB antenna or external antenna connector

2.4 GHz Wi­Fi + Bluetooth

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Experimental Hardware Designs

Alex

Buzz

Silvanosky

UKmook

Nick

Dmitry R.

Flea-Time

Vehicle Testing

Buzz

• Plane : Bixler (bench)

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Charles (Silvanosky)

• Rover : Boat (water)
• Copter : Quadcopter (air)
• Sub : (water)

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Nick

• Plane : Elevon Wing (air)
• Copter : ESP32 IMU Module v1.1 (bench)
• Copter : Quadcopter (bench)
• Rover : RC Car (ground)

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Dmitry

• Rover : Sailboat (bench)

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ESP32 IMU Module v1.1

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PR#20449 adds a target for ESP32 IMU Module v1.1

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Open development platform for esp32 micro quadcopter

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Found on tindie https://www.tindie.com/products/makerfabs/esp32-6-axis-imu-module

Hardware on Github: https://github.com/Makerfabs/ESP32_IMU_Module

Current Status

A few different versions of prototype hardware

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AP_Periph booting

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SD card fix identified

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GPS detection fix identified

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Waf improvements for dynamic board list

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the newest esp32s3 is booting and running

espidf4.4/SDK support…not in master yet, but not far away

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Slowly getting more interested participants

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Future Outlook

Really Needed:

Documentation (wiki)

More Testing

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Would be cool to have:

Working AP_Periph target

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Soon:

esp-idf v4.4

waf improvements

Custom Build Server Integration

ArduConfigurator Integration

Hardware Test Rig

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