Welcome to the Next Generation Multicopter
What's the NG?
This is a open source community project to build a modern autonomously flying Multicopter.
New: 2.4GHz Diversity NG Video PCB boards available!
- Attention
If you are planing to order the electronic parts, please look at the HW-0.22 Partlist quite often!
The parts, their availability and distributors may have beeen updated!
Nine HW-0.10 prototypes were flying in summer 2008. Since the 25c3 - The CCC Congress in Berlin twenty-five HW-0.20 prototypes were produced and were tested by our Beta-Testers. We received a lot of feedback and bug reports which we incooperated into the newer NGOS versions and into the next hardware revision called HW-0.21. Thirty final HW-0.21 prototypes were produced and tested in sommer 2009. We did small changes in the print and design and incoperated them into HW-0.22. HW-0.22 was produced in bigger quantity in preparation of the first public release. At the 26c3 - last years CCC Congress in Berlin - we did a first public hardware release of HW-0.22. The HW-0.22 PCB are now available in our Shop.
- Note
This is a community development project and no nice and shiny finished product!
Please be aware that the NG Multikopter Project and the old UAVP Project are fully independant projects with different developers and different philosophy. The NG has a new, very different software and hardware design!
Having more and more vistors from China we would like make a political statement here:
Fight to free Tibet! 自由西藏! Free speech to everyone! Stop Internet censoring now!
We would also like to send our congratulations to Liu Xiaobo, a Chinese dissident who was sentenced to 11 years in prison in December for writing a manifesto calling for freedom of expression and multiparty elections, who won the Nobel Peace Prize Award 2010!
Please make sure to support Wikileaks and Julian Assange!
For more information check out the new NG Board, the Features list and the News page. On the PlanetNG page you will find an aggregation of all known NG blogs and on the PlanetMC page you will find an aggregation of all known quadcopter blogs. On the pages Pictures and Videos you can find different multimedial impressions of our work, of the flights done and of some meetings. Be sure to check out the UserCopters page as well, where you will find pictures and specifications of already airborne NGs. In the Download section you will find all software releases.
Be sure to read through our Documentation. You can buy the needed PCB in our Shop.
Events
The next events sorted by date:
News
The latest NG News sorted by date:
01.05.2012 |
The Next Generation Multicopter in the press: Foto Hits 5/2012 - Multikopter im Eigenbau |
15.04.2012 |
Release of NGOS-0.65 under GPLv3. To contribute, please check the Development page! |
30.12.2011 |
Our new HW-0.23-mini-r0 with MPU6000, HMC5883L Compass, MBS5607B Altimeter did a successful maidenflight. |
21.12.2011 |
Release of NGOS-0.64 under GPLv3. To contribute, please check the Development page! |
24.11.2011 |
Stefan released the current NG-Tools as Debian binary packets and as Subversion packets |
10.10.2011 |
Release of NGOS-0.63 under GPLv3. To contribute, please check the Development page! |
02.10.2011 |
Maidenflight of DarkRiver's Mini-NG at 6. Developer Meeting Zürich (CH) |
14.08.2011 |
Chaos Communication Camp 2011 - UAVP-NG from above |
12.08.2011 |
The UAVP-NG Project at the Chaos Communication Camp in the german Tagesschau |
11.08.2011 |
Chaos Communication Camp 2011 - UAVP-NG from the top |
11.08.2011 |
Chaos Communication Camp 2011 - First on-board video online |
28.06.2011 |
Taarek flies pirouettes with Amir's Mini-NG using NGOS-0.63 with HW-0.22-mini |
04.06.2011 |
Release of NGOS-0.62 under GPLv3. To contribute, please check the Development page! |
01.06.2011 |
A first movie of the 5. NG Developer Meeting in Heidelberg on the 27./28./29. May 2011 |
12.05.2011 |
Maidenflight of Jan's NG with NGOS-0.61 with HW-0.22 |
05.05.2011 |
Maidenflight of Ralf's Mini-NG using the new PCBs and NGOS-0.62 with HW-0.22-mini |
01.05.2011 |
Fnordfunk 062: It flys! - Markus gave an radio interview on RC planes and UAVP quadcopters |
21.04.2011 |
The UAVP-NG Shop offers the new Mini-NG, called HW-0.22-mini! |
20.04.2011 |
Maidenflight of Dracos's Mini-NG using the new PCBs and NGOS-0.61 with HW-0.22-mini |
19.04.2011 |
Maidenflight of Andi's NG using NGOS-0.61 with HW-0.22 |
10.02.2011 |
New 5.8GHz NG-Video TX/RX PCBs and NG Centerplates are now available in the UAVP-NG Shop |
24.01.2011 |
Our new Next Generation Multicopter Merchandise Shop opens it's doors! Go and get your NG shirts, cups and stickers! |
06.01.2011 |
The Next Generation Multicopter in the press: Open Source 03/2010 (the real article) |
30.12.2010 |
Release of our source code under GPLv3. To contribute, please check the Development page! |
27.12.2010 |
UAVP-NG on TV: ZDF Heute Journal news coverage of 27c3 and the new Mini-NG prototype |
26.12.2010 |
The first developers show up at 27c3, the 27th Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin |
14.11.2010 |
Timo's Talk Quadrocopter für Anfänger - How to make them fly an der Open Rein Ruhr (DE) |
10.11.2010 |
Maidenflight of Timo's KleinVieh the first airborne FlaNG frame, using SW-0.61, HW-0.22 |
05.11.2010 |
The Next Generation Multicopter at the HashDays Security & Risk Conference in Luzern (CH) |
15.10.2010 |
The Next Generation Multicopter in the press: Open Source 03/2010 |
15.10.2010 |
The 4. Next Generation Multicopter and Developer Meeting in Zürich (CH) |
24.09.2010 |
Release of NGOS-0.60 containing the new DCM based controller, GPS navigation and a lot of bugfixes |
12.09.2010 |
Ygramul's FPV impressions using HW-0.21, SW-0.60 |
12.09.2010 |
A nice documentation about the CCC: Die Akte CCC (german) - including Ralf's NG flight at 26C3 |
22.08.2010 |
Ygramul's dynamic FPV flight with HW-0.21, SW-0.59 |
22.08.2010 |
Timo's Talk at FrOSCon - "Quadrocopter für Anfänger - How to make them fly" |
03.08.2010 |
Amir wrote a blog article on the latest developments: DCM and GPS |
31.07.2010 |
Maidenflight of Stefan's NG-Two using HW-0.22, SW-0.60 |
10.07.2010 |
The 3. UAVP-NG Multikopter & Developer Meeting in Zuerich, Switzerland (footage from Rob and Ygramul) |
24.06.2010 |
The first NG GPS Position Hold flight was successful! We did it using HW-0.22, SW-0.60 |
16.06.2010 |
A first outdoor flight of the new DCM based amir-ng controller with Kalman drift compensation |
12.06.2010 |
Release of NGOS-0.59 with a lot of bug fixes and feature improvements |
10.06.2010 |
Maidenflight of the new amir-ng controller based on DCM with Kalman drift compensation |
05.06.2010 |
Maidenflight of Rabbit's new NG using SW-0.58, HW-0.22 |
01.06.2010 |
The UAVP-NG Shop offers the new 2.4GHz Diversity NG Video TX/RX PCB! |
28.05.2010 |
Rob's after-work flight with HW-0.21, SW-0.58 |
27.05.2010 |
Taarek's third FPV flight with defty crash at the end when a 12" prop broke |
29.04.2010 |
Taarek's second FPV flight on the next day |
29.04.2010 |
Ralf did a first flight using the new native digital S3D DSL 2.4GHz support |
28.04.2010 |
Taarek's first FPV flight on a nice sunny day |
20.04.2010 |
Release of NGOS-0.58 with yaw stability improvements, yaw filter and better rc mode support |
05.04.2010 |
Release of NGOS-0.57 with rc-mode support, actor limiting and several bug fixes |
24.03.2010 |
Amir's first sunny flight this year using HW-0.21, SW-0.57b |
23.03.2010 |
Maidenflight of Falstaff's NG using HW-0.22, SW-0.56 |
07.03.2010 |
Release of NGOS-0.56 with support for the blc HAL and several bug fixes |
05.03.2010 |
The UAVP-NG Shop offers assembled and tested LIS3LV02DQ breakout boards! |
20.02.2010 |
Maidenflight of Spida's NG with Turnigy 28-30C motors using SW-0.55, HW-0.21 |
04.02.2010 |
The UAVP-NG Shop is fully restocked! New NGcon, NGusb & ADXR610 PCBs are available! |
30.01.2010 |
Ralf is flying his NG at the Indoor Gaudi 2010 in Munich |
31.01.2010 |
Release of NGOS-0.55 with support for the VDRIVE2, the X8X coax x-mode HAL and the ng-tools source |
13.01.2010 |
The UAVP-NG Shop is sold out! We expect new FCs within the next two weeks. |
12.01.2010 |
Important informations concerning pilot public insurance in Switzerland and Germany (in german) |
09.01.2010 |
Release of NGOS-0.54 containing support for HW-0.21 and HW-0.22, NGPP and the new RC- and SB-controller |
07.01.2010 |
New! HW-0.22 Mounting Order List - How to mount FC und SB systematically using the HW-0.22 PCB |
04.01.2010 |
Flying in Winter - Ralf's Winter Moves using SW-0.54, HW-0.22 |
26.12.2009 |
The new UAVP-NG Shop opens its doors and offers HW-0.22 PCBs to the broad public! |
19.12.2009 |
Ralf's new NG based on HW-0.22 is airborne! |
26.11.2009 |
The final HW-0.22 boards have arrived! |
21.11.2009 |
Ygramul's FPV test flight of the Bearing-Hold controller using SW-0.54, HW-0.21 |
16.11.2009 |
Rob's test flight with new parameters using SW-0.54, HW-0.21 |
11.11.2009 |
The first batch HW-0.22 boards has been ordered |
05.11.2009 |
Rob maidened NG#2 without problems using SW-0.54, HW-0.21 |
24.10.2009 |
Ygramul's first FPV flight with his unproven new NG using SW-0.54, HW-0.21 |
24.10.2009 |
Another maidenflight, this time of StromFlieger's NG using SW-0.54, HW-0.21 |
24.10.2009 |
The maidenflight of Ygramul's new NG using SW-0.54, HW-0.21 |
20.10.2009 |
Taarek's maidenflight of his new 12" NG with TR35-30C motors using SW-0.54, HW-0.21 |
26.09.2009 |
Ralf did another Video of his MiniNG using SW-0.54, HW-0.21 |
15.09.2009 |
Ralf's newest video of his MiniNG using SW-0.54, HW-0.21 |
14.09.2009 |
Ralf's Video about 2. NG Developer Meeting - Review |
09.09.2009 |
Nabil's unproblematic maidenflight of his new NG using SW-0.54, HW-0.21 |
25.08.2009 |
First HW 0.21 is flying, Ralf's MiniNG using SW-0.54, HW-0.21 |
22.08.2009 |
2. NG Developer Meeting in lovely Zürich, Switzerland |
06.07.2009 |
Rob's Video about the NG-Developer meeting in sunny Zurich |
05.07.2009 |
Olaf's Video about the 1. NG Developer Meeting in Zürich |
04.07.2009 |
Amir's Video about the 1. NG Developer Meeting in Zürich |
04.07.2009 |
1. NG Developer Meeting in lovely Zürich, Switzerland |
The is also more Older News.
Highlights
Ygramul's NG FPV impressions on the 22.08.2010
Thrust/Weight is still at about 2/1. Used amir-ng controller and quadX hal.
For more information see my thread in the NG Forum.
Go to Vimeo Site of this video.
Ygramul's dynamic NG FPV flight on the 22.08.2010
Try to fly my NG a little bit more dynamic with ACC mode. Unfourtanly my NG is also still to heavy for it's motor/prop combination. For more information see my thread in the NG Forum.
Go to Vimeo Site of this video.
First GPS Position Hold flight on the 24.06.2010
This shows the very first GPS Position Hold flight of our new DCM based flight controller with Kalman Drift compensation in SO(3), the manifold of the special orthogonal group of rotations.
To Vimeo Site of this Video.
Maidenflight of the new DCM based Controller with Kalman Drift Compensation in SO(3) on the 16.06.2010
This shows the first flight of our new DCM based flight controller with Kalman Drift compensation.
To the Vimeo Site of this Video.
Winter Moves - MiniMikro's Hardware 0.22, 04.01.2010
RoKoNG
Hardware 0.22
4x Hacker Clone
EPP 1045
Gehe zur Vimeo Seite dieses Films.
Servo Attitude Compensation Demonstration on the 16.11.2009
Here the two servos are attached to the RC-Controller which receives attitude information from the flight control by NGPP - The NG Peripherial Protocol.
NGPP is a register based access protocol allowing direct memory access on the slave device similar to MODBUS. The RC-Controller does attitude compensation on two defined servo outputs of the five available ones.
Go to Vimeo Site of this video.
Example of a NGPP access from the NGOS:
# show ngpp rcctrl NGPP rc-ctrl registers: rc.devices 3 rc.ngos.ver 54 rc.ngos.rev 3997 rc.nick 0 rc.roll 0 rc.yaw 0 rc.nick.corr 0 rc.roll.corr 0 rc.yaw.corr 0 rc.servo.nick 1 rc.servo.roll 2 rc.servo.opmode 0 rc.servo1 0 rc.servo2 0 rc.servo3 0 rc.servo4 0 rc.servo5 0 rc.dsl0.rssi 161 rc.dsl0.ch0 135 rc.dsl0.ch1 1 rc.dsl0.ch2 2 rc.dsl0.ch3 2 rc.dsl0.ch4 135 rc.dsl0.ch5 2 rc.dsl0.ch6 134 rc.dsl0.ch7 212 rc.dsl0.ch8 132 rc.dsl0.ch9 227 rc.dsl1.rssi 0 rc.dsl1.ch0 0 rc.dsl1.ch1 0 rc.dsl1.ch2 0 rc.dsl1.ch3 0 rc.dsl1.ch4 0 rc.dsl1.ch5 0 rc.dsl1.ch6 0 rc.dsl1.ch7 0 rc.dsl1.ch8 0 rc.dsl1.ch9 0 rc.test1 0 rc.test2 0
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