GETTING STARTED GUIDE
Essential guides for setting up and operating MAVLink GPS.
Hardware
Android Device Selection Guide
Selecting the right smartphone for an autonomous drone payload is a multidimensional optimization problem. You are balancing **Weight** (flight tim...
LiDAR & Altitude Hold
While Wi-Fi RTT is excellent for Latitude/Longitude (X/Y), it is physically unreliable for Altitude (Z). In a stadium, ground reflections and poor ...
Mag Interference
ArduPilot relies on a Magnetometer (Compass) to know which way is North.
Mounting the Phone
Unlike a standard GPS module which is light and insensitive to vibration, a smartphone is a heavy, complex sensor package. How you mount it directl...
USB-OTG Cables & Power
USB communication requires one device to be the **Host** (Master) and one to be the **Device** (Slave).