Bitcraze Crazyflie 2.0, Getting Started

Page 1: ...ong expansion connector pins 1 10 2mm spacing 14 mm long 1 x Battery holder expansion board Testing The Crazyflie 2 0 is tested extensively in the production but to make sure nothing has happened duri...

Page 2: ...https www bitcraze io getting started with the crazyflie 2 0 2 20 self test fails If the self test fails then the M1 LED blinks 5 times fast RED then pauses and does it again Go to our support forum f...

Page 3: ...sting the wires of the four motors This will reduce electronic noise and make the wires fit better in the motor mount hooks mount the motors Push the four motors into the motor mounts You will need so...

Page 4: ...Crazyflie 2 0 Bitcraze https www bitcraze io getting started with the crazyflie 2 0 4 20 attach the twisted wire Attach the twisted wire into the two small hooks that are underneath the motor mount i...

Page 5: ...ount of force Make sure they go all the way to the stop It s not important which motor you put where After it s been inserted connect the motor connectors to the Crazyflie 2 0 attach the propellers No...

Page 6: ...razyflie 2 0 6 20 Here s a detailed view of where to attach CW and CCW propellers attach the rubber pad The rubber pad should be attached to the Crazyflie 2 0 between the expansion headers This will c...

Page 7: ...ach the battery Place the battery between the headers inserted into the expansion connector and insert the battery holder board onto the headers Watch out for the pins that can be a bit sharp when ins...

Page 8: ...is a push button not a sliding button During the power on self test all the propellers will spin in sequence Make sure they all spin if they don t then check the motor connections getting to know your...

Page 9: ...e blue LEDs 2 and 3 are fully lit and the front right LED 1 is blinking red twice every second Power on and all is good but sensors are not yet calibrated The blue LEDs 2 and 3 are fully lit and the f...

Page 10: ...your phone Installing on a mobile device It is really easy to install the app and connect to the Crazyflie 2 0 All you need is an Android or iOS device that supports Bluetooth Low Energy BLE install...

Page 11: ...ed Since it runs on a virtual machine it should work the same way on most operating systems and this is also why our documentation is based on the virtual machine Installing on VM The virtual machine...

Page 12: ...l machine After downloading the virtual machine double click it VirtualBox is now going to start and ask you to import the virtual machine Click import start the virtual machine Now it s time to start...

Page 13: ...and choose Bitcraze Crazyradio PA USB dongle Now choose your game controller in the same list start the Crazyflie client Double click the Crazyflie client icon on the VM desktop Continue reading abou...

Page 14: ...ware Insert Crazyradio PA in a USB port Insert game controller in a USB port Install USB drivers Install the Crazyradio Windows USB driver https wiki bitcraze io doc crazyradio install_windows_zadig s...

Page 15: ...ase releases https github com bitcraze crazyflie release releases If you are on the VM open the browser in the VM download the zip file named crazyflie xxx zip from the latest release update firmware...

Page 16: ...nd select the file you downloaded earlier Click the Program button The progress bar will go from 0 to 100 twice as the firmware for the two processors is uploaded to the Crazyflie Click the Restart in...

Page 17: ...ter to the client When you move the Crazyflie around you will see the flight data being updated in realtime as well as battery status and the link quality Flying Now it s time to do some flying but fi...

Page 18: ...Crazyflie and moves it left or right Pitch is the rotation around a horizontal axis going through the quadcopter from left to right This tilts the Crazyflie and moves it forwards or backwards Yaw is...

Page 19: ...e direction if not compensated for this is completely normal the ground effect When the copter is flying close to the ground less than a few decimeters above the ground it is effected by what is calle...

Page 20: ...otor If this is the problem just pull the propeller off from the motor remove the hair and reinstall the propeller Check that the propellers are balanced see the balancing propellers guide balancing p...