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Crazyflie RZR control board progress
We have been thinking for a while about making a Crazyflie control board that could be used to make a bigger quadcopter using the Crazyflie firmware and deck. This idea has materialized in the...
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Raspberry Pi Zero power deck
Ever since the Raspberry-pi zero was released we wanted to find-out what it would take to fly one with the Crazyflie 2.0. One immediate issue is the size and weight of the R-Pi-Zero. It is just a bit...
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Log and param protocol V2
Log and param are the two Crazyflie subsystems that have become the core means of communication with the Crazyflie. The Log is a subsystem that contains functionality to transfer values of variables in...
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Making TDoA 3 more accessible
We started the work on TDoA 3 in May and it has been functional for a few months, but it is a bit cumbersome to make it work since it requires compiling firmware with special flags and running scripts...
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Demo for iROS2018: The lighthouse deck
As mentioned in an earlier post, this year we are going to exhibit at iROS 2018 in Madrid. Every time we go to fairs and exhibition, it is the occasion for us to work more on integration to put...
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Preparations for IROS 2018
We are working hard in the Bitcraze team to prepare and get ready for IROS 2018 in Madrid next week. As usual preparing for fairs and exhibitions make us add useful features and functionality that we...
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New products shown at IROS
The last couple of weeks has been really intense since we’ve been busy preparing for IROS. Finally it’s here, and with it we’re releasing a few new products! We’re excited to announce that during the...
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Back from IROS 2018
Last week half of Bitcraze, Kristoffer, Tobias and Arnaud were at IROS 2018 where we had an exhibitor booth. We have had a great week and met so many interesting and inspiring people, both users of the...
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The IROS 2018 demo
In this blog post we will describe one of the demos we were running at IROS and how it was implemented. Conceptually this demo is based on the same ideas as for ICRA 2017 but the implementation is...
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Firmware and Software releases 2018.10
Last week we have been focusing on making a release for nearly all our firmware and software. This was done mainly to support the new products we will release this fall but it also contains a lot of...
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Collaboration with Qualisys
We have a collaboration with Qualisys, a Swedish manufacturer of top of the line motion capture systems. Similar to us they are a passionate about what they do, are working on high tech products and to...
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Bitcraze at PolyHack 2018, ETH Zurich
In August we got invited by Marion from ETH Zurich to help out with this years PolyHack, that is organized by Telejob, and which theme was about drones. We really like this kind of events but our...
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Demystifying Drone Dynamics!
This week we have a guest blog post from Percy Jaiswal about quad rotor dynamics. Enjoy! Components Although most of us are aware how a quadcopter / drone looks, a generic picture (It’s of a drone...
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Multiranger and STEM ranging bundle now available
We’re happy to announce that the Multiranger and the STEM ranging bundle are now available! The Multiranger deck gives lots of exciting new possibilities when it comes to navigation and classroom...
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Z-Ranger and Flow decks with improved range
The Crazyflie Z-ranger and Flow decks share one sensor: the VL53 ranging sensor that provides mm-precision by measuring the time of flight of laser pulses. The manufacturer of this sensor has released...
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The STEM ranging bundle in action!
A few weeks ago we wrote about the release of the Multi-ranging deck and the new STEM ranging bundle. The STEM ranging bundle is a great addition in the classroom for a wide range of students. By...
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Happy Holidays!
In the Happy holidays video this year we are using the upcoming Lighthouse deck for positioning, the plan is that the Lighthouse deck will be available in our store the first quarter next year. We...
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2018 has ended, we at Bitcraze are now back from a short holiday break and we are looking forward to 2019. There is already a lot of things rolling that will give results in 2019 and we wanted to do a...
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Crazyflie mobile clients in 2019
While Crazyflie is nowaday mostly used connected to a computer, we have mobile clients that can be used to fly a Crazyflie using either Bluetooth Low Energy or a Crazyradio with an Android device or...
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Lighthouse deck manufactured, now it just needs software!
We are glad to announce that we have manufactured the fist batch of Lightouse positioning decks and hopefully it will be ready to ship by the end of the month! The Lighthouse positioning deck is a...
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