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Re:Raspberry Pi inspired autopilot by Phlarp on Monday January 12, 2015 @11:38AM (#8874800)
How is running scripts (locally?) or SSHing into it over a serial modem any different from the scripting functions or telemetry information available with APM or GCS (CC3D) based systems?

What advantages would the raspi have in streaming HD video over LTE that strapping last years android phone to the drone wouldn't give me?

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Re:Raspberry Pi inspired autopilot by igorvereninov on Monday January 12, 2015 @12:51PM (#8875259)
It is very different.You have a full Linux environment with multiple libraries. It is great for education research and development.

When LTE is not available you can use long range wifi.

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Re:Raspberry Pi inspired autopilot by lovelearning on Monday January 12, 2015 @12:58PM (#8875323)
700 MHz CPU, 512 MB of RAM, a competent GPU - that's good enough for things like real time terrain image processing on the copter itself.
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