Upgrade to Pro — share decks privately, control downloads, hide ads and more …

Programming an Autonomous 20 Foot Blimp with Py...

Avatar for PyCon 2014 PyCon 2014
April 12, 2014
Programming
1
360

Programming an Autonomous 20 Foot Blimp with Python by Scott Lobdell

Avatar for PyCon 2014

PyCon 2014

April 12, 2014
Tweet

More Decks by PyCon 2014

See All by PyCon 2014
Postgres Performance for Humans by Craig Kerstiens
Avatar for PyCon 2014 pycon2014
29
3.6k
Technical Onboarding, Training, and Mentoring by Kate Heddleston and Nicole Zuckerman
Avatar for PyCon 2014 pycon2014
1
2.3k
"My big gay adventure. Making, releasing and selling an indie game made in python." by Luke Miller
Avatar for PyCon 2014 pycon2014
2
1.6k
Farewell and Welcome Home, Python in Two Genders by Naomi_Ceder
Avatar for PyCon 2014 pycon2014
1
730
Deliver Your Software in an Envelope by Augie Fackler and Nathaniel Manista
Avatar for PyCon 2014 pycon2014
1
540
Hitchhikers Guide to Free and Open Source Participation by Elena Williams
Avatar for PyCon 2014 pycon2014
6
1.2k
Localization Revisted (aka. Translations Evolved) by Ruchi Varshney
Avatar for PyCon 2014 pycon2014
0
700
Smart Dumpster by Bradley E. Angell
Avatar for PyCon 2014 pycon2014
0
520
Software Engineering for Hackers: Bridging the Two Solitudes by Tavish Armstrong
Avatar for PyCon 2014 pycon2014
0
730

Other Decks in Programming

See All in Programming
Vibe Coding の話をしよう
Avatar for schroneko schroneko
13
3.6k
flutter_kaigi_mini_4.pdf
Avatar for Hiroki Nobuta nobu74658
0
140
音声プラットフォームのアーキテクチャ変遷から学ぶ、クラウドネイティブなバッチ処理 (20250422_CNDS2025_Batch_Architecture)
Avatar for Koki Senda thousanda
0
380
Optimizing JRuby 10
Avatar for headius headius
0
560
KANNA Android の技術的課題と取り組み
Avatar for Yosuke Watanabe watabee
0
180
Golangci-lint v2爆誕: 君たちはどうすべきか
Avatar for logica / Takuto Nagami logica0419
1
230
20250429 - CNTUG Meetup #67 / DevOps Taiwan Meetup #69 - Deep Dive into Tetragon: Building Runtime Security and Observability with eBPF
Avatar for ChengHao Yang tico88612
0
160
個人開発の学生アプリが企業譲渡されるまで
Avatar for akidon0000 akidon0000
2
1.1k
サービスレベルを管理してアジャイルを加速しよう！！ / slm-accelerate-agility
Avatar for TomoyaKitaura tomoyakitaura
1
200
M5UnitUnified 最新動向 2025/05
Avatar for GOB gob
0
120
ComposeでWebアプリを作る技術
Avatar for てべすてん tbsten
0
130
Bedrock × Confluenceで簡単(?)社内RAG
Avatar for iharuoru iharuoru
1
110

Featured

See All Featured
How to train your dragon (web standard)
Avatar for Monica Dinculescu notwaldorf
91
6k
Optimizing for Happiness
Avatar for Tom Preston-Werner mojombo
378
70k
jQuery: Nuts, Bolts and Bling
Avatar for Doug Neiner dougneiner
63
7.7k
Principles of Awesome APIs and How to Build Them.
Avatar for Keavy McMinn keavy
126
17k
Fashionably flexible responsive web design (full day workshop)
Avatar for Andy Clarke malarkey
407
66k
Fantastic passwords and where to find them - at NoRuKo
Avatar for Phil Nash philnash
51
3.2k
Put a Button on it: Removing Barriers to Going Fast.
Avatar for kastner kastner
60
3.8k
RailsConf 2023
Avatar for Aaron Patterson tenderlove
30
1.1k
The World Runs on Bad Software
Avatar for Brandon Keepers bkeepers
PRO
68
11k
Building Adaptive Systems
Avatar for Chris Keathley keathley
41
2.5k
The Cost Of JavaScript in 2023
Avatar for Addy Osmani addyosmani
49
7.8k
[Rails World 2023 - Day 1 Closing Keynote] - The Magic of Rails
Avatar for Eileen M. Uchitelle eileencodes
34
2.2k

Transcript

  1. @slobdell3 Programming an Autonomous 20 Foot Blimp with Python

  2. @slobdell3 System Overview Onboard Controller Client Application

  3. Autopilot Algorithm Pitch Roll Yaw @slobdell3

  4. Autopilot Algorithm Pitch Roll Yaw @slobdell3

  5. Autopilot Algorithm @slobdell3

  6. Software Architecture Controller Sensor Read Camera Read Communicator Write Communicator

    Read Autopilot Manual Control Motor Control GEvent Greenlets @slobdell3

  7. Software Architecture Controller Sensor Read Camera Read Communicator Write Communicator

    Read Autopilot Manual Control Motor Control GEvent Greenlets @slobdell3

  8. Software Architecture Controller Sensor Read Camera Read Communicator Write Communicator

    Read Autopilot Manual Control Motor Control GEvent Greenlets @slobdell3

  9. Software Architecture Controller Sensor Read Camera Read Communicator Write Communicator

    Read Autopilot Manual Control Motor Control GEvent Greenlets @slobdell3

  10. Software Architecture Controller Sensor Read Camera Read Communicator Write Communicator

    Read Autopilot Manual Control Motor Control GEvent Greenlets @slobdell3 Compass GPS Accelerometer Altitude Sensor Manager

  11. Software Architecture Controller Sensor Read Camera Read Communicator Write Communicator

    Read Autopilot Manual Control Motor Control GEvent Greenlets @slobdell3

  12. Software Architecture Controller Sensor Read Camera Read Communicator Write Communicator

    Read Autopilot Manual Control Motor Control GEvent Greenlets @slobdell3

  13. Software Architecture Controller Sensor Read Camera Read Communicator Write Communicator

    Read Autopilot Manual Control Motor Control GEvent Greenlets @slobdell3

  14. Software Architecture Controller Sensor Read Camera Read Communicator Write Communicator

    Read Autopilot Manual Control Motor Control GEvent Greenlets @slobdell3

  15. Software Architecture Controller Sensor Read Camera Read Communicator Write Communicator

    Read Autopilot Manual Control Motor Control GEvent Greenlets @slobdell3

  16. Software Architecture Controller Sensor Read Camera Read Communicator Write Communicator

    Read Autopilot Manual Control Motor Control GEvent Greenlets @slobdell3 Base Pilot Autopilot Manual Control

  17. Software Architecture Controller Sensor Read Camera Read Communicator Write Communicator

    Read Autopilot Manual Control Motor Control GEvent Greenlets @slobdell3

  18. Software Architecture Controller Sensor Read Camera Read Communicator Write Communicator

    Read Autopilot Manual Control Motor Control GEvent Greenlets @slobdell3

  19. Client @slobdell3

  20. @slobdell3

  21. Hardware RoBoard RB-110 XBee-PRO 802.15.4 RM-G144 Accelerometer / Compass RM-G185

    Altimeter BU-353 USB GPS @slobdell3

  22. @slobdell3 Testing

  23. @slobdell3

  24. Pitfalls • Installing Linux with custom Kernel • Initial setup

    of Boost • Serial Connection not so responsive • Altimeter Readings • Accounting for wind @slobdell3

  25. EBlimp.com HusToKnow.blogspot.com Aericam.com @slobdell3

  26. [email protected] scottlobdell.me/2014/04/pycon-resources/ @slobdell3

  27. Questions? @slobdell3