Multikopter Project Comparison
Here is an attempt at comparing some currently known projects of airborne non-commercial or open community projects of quadcopters, sometimes also referred to as UAVs, quadrotors, or multicopters.
Project |
MCUs |
Sensors |
Actors |
Flight modes |
Configuration(s) |
Source code |
Hardware |
Price [EUR] |
Started |
Status |
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Tri |
Quadro |
Hexa |
Okto |
>Okto |
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Schematics |
PCB Design |
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Gyro |
Acc |
GPS |
Compass |
Pressure |
DSL |
RCSum |
S3DSum |
Temp |
Light |
Servos |
HH |
Integral |
Height-Hold |
GPS PH |
GPS FP |
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+ |
x |
R |
☆ |
Y |
☆ |
+ |
V |
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Avail? |
License |
Avail? |
License |
Avail? |
License |
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Non-commercial and/or open community projects |
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1x LPC2148, 2x ATMega |
MEMS |
Opt |
Opt |
Opt |
Opt |
4x |
1x |
1x |
Opt |
Opt |
5x |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Opt |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Opt |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Opt |
Y |
Y |
GPLv3+ |
Y |
CC-BY-NC-SA |
N |
- |
ca 420 |
stable, active |
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1x PIC 16F876 |
MEMS |
Y |
Opt |
Opt |
Opt |
N |
1x |
N |
N |
N |
2x |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
Y |
GPLv2+ |
Y |
GPLv2+ |
Y |
GPLv2+ |
ca 800 |
09/2006 |
stable, active |
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1x LPC2148 |
MEMS |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
1x |
1x |
N |
N |
N |
10x |
N |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
Y |
GPLv3+ |
Y |
GPLv3+ |
Y |
GPLv3+ |
Unknown |
Unknown |
devel |
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1x AT91SAM |
MEMS |
Y |
Opt |
Y |
Y |
1x |
1x |
N |
Opt |
N |
2x |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
- |
Y |
- |
N |
- |
ca 450 |
03/2007 |
stable, active |
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1x ATMega, 1x STR9 (Opt) |
Pieco |
Y |
Opt |
Opt |
Opt |
N |
1x |
N |
N |
N |
2x |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Parts |
MKv1 |
Y |
MKv1 |
N |
- |
> 750 |
2006 |
stable, active |
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We try to validate the above information from time to time, to make sure it's up-to-date and correct.
Feel free to contact us if you think something is not accurate.
