2023-01-16, 07:33 PM
(2023-01-16, 04:21 PM)seandepagnier Wrote: Would it be better to simply use pypilot to somehow control the throttle?
I am planning to support multiple motor controllers, so one could be programmed for manual control from the remote control while the other is used to hold a course.
My end state is to be able to activate the motor control using either the PyPilot or the remote control. Both for direction and throttle. I think it would be sweet if we could set a waypoint path and speed, and have the PyPilot do it all. But at the same time, we might want to just use the remote to run the boat in other circumstances.
It might totally be possible to have the PyPilot do it all, but I'm not very familiar with Raspberry Pie, and they are darn near impossible to find right now. To be honest, I'm not really familiar with Arduino either, but at least I have a few and can play with them.
I'm hoping to run a RPi 4 with OpenPlotter. I'm still not sure how to integrate everything, but we'll get there! It may end up that I can simplify my hardware at end-state. A wonderful adventure to be sure, and I'll do my best to log my progress here so others can learn along.