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2021-02-20 1:14 am
I just watched the demo using a pico running Python.
Would such a system be capable of properly controlling a drone with 4 motors, accelerometer and other sensors? Does the fact that this is not a compiled language (I believe) restrict its use for such a project?
Thanks for any feedback. Dave
2021-02-20 4:13 pm
I doubt MicroPython (or CircuitPython) would be good for controlling a drone. The problem is that a drone needs very accurate and consistent timing. Even the Arduino framework can be problematic. Here is an excellent video that describes how the friendliness of the Arduino framework leads to inaccurate timing (from someone who has published videos using microcontrollers to build quadcopter flight controllers):
To be fair, in many applications, the slight inaccuracies in timing just don't matter. But in a quadcopter, it can be a problem with the algorithms that stabilize flight.
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2021-02-20 4:18 pm
Thank you, mday, I had an idea that this would be the case.
I appreciate the assistance.
Dave