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ARDUPILOT FIRMWARE BUILDS

These firmware builds are automatically generated by the ArduPilot autotest
system.




LICENSE

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.

For details see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html


SAFETY

Operating a powered vehicle of any kind can be a lot of fun. However, nothing
will ruin your day at the park more quickly than an accident or running afoul of
the law. Since we want you to have a great experience, please make sure that you
do all of the following:
 * Operate within all local laws and regulations. For example, in the United
   States, current regulations require you to operate most UAVs under 400 foot
   above ground level, within line of sight, and away from obstructions and
   populated areas. Since these regulations vary from place to place, even
   within the same country, ensure that you understand what you need to do to
   stay compliant.
 * Never operate the vehicle or software in a way that could be dangerous to
   you, other people, or property. Propellers, while rotating, could easily cut
   you; if a UAV fell on a person or object, it could cause a lot of pain and
   damage; a UAV caught in power lines could cause an outage for many people. As
   Ben Franklin said, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
 * Always keep in mind that software and hardware failures happen. Although we
   design our products to minimize such issues, you should always operate with
   the understanding that a failure could occur at any point of time and without
   warning. As such, you should take the appropriate precautions to minimize
   danger in case of failure.
 * Never use the software or hardware for manned vehicles. The software and
   hardware we provide is only for use in unmanned vehicles.


FIRMWARES

Plane - for fixed wing aircraft

Copter - for multicopters and traditional helicopters

Rover - for land vehicles and boats

Sub - for ROVs and underwater vehicles

Blimp - for lighter-than-air vehicles

Antenna Tracker - for antenna tracking of ArduPilot vehicles

MissionPlanner - Mission Planner tool

APM Planner 2.0 - APM Planner 2.0 tool

SiK - SiK Radio Firmware

Tools - Build and development tools

DevBuild - Developer builds

Companion - Companion Computer example code and Images

AP_Periph - DroneCAN Peripheral Firmware

Web Tools - Web Analysis Tools




TYPES OF FIRMWARE AVAILABLE

To choose a firmware to download you need to choose:
 * The type of board that you have
 * Whether you want the stable, beta or latest version of the firmware

The meanings of the versions are
 * stable - this is the version recommended for new users. It has had the most
   testing.
 * beta - this is the firmware to choose if you want to be part of beta testing
   of new versions prior to release as a stable version. Note that during some
   development times the beta release will be the same as the stable release.
 * latest - this is the latest version from our git source code repository. This
   version is only for developers. The code may have unknown bugs and extreme
   care should be taken by anyone using it.

For each vehicle type a firmware image is available for each type of autopilot
board supported by that vehicle type.


LOAD YOUR FIRMWARE USING MISSION PLANNER

 * You can load the stable version of the firmware by selecting the appropriate
   icon for your airframe from the Firmware Tab.
 * You can load the beta version of the firmware by selecting the "BETA
   firmware" button in the bottom right corner of the screen and then the
   appropriate icon.
 * You can load the latest version of the firmware by downloading a firmware
   image from one of the links and selecting the "Load custom firmware" button
   in the bottom right corner of the screen.


LOADING FIRMWARE ON LINUX OR MACOS

To load a firmware on a Linux or MacOS machine you will need to use the
uploader.py python script. You can run it like this:

python Tools/scripts/uploader.py --port /dev/ttyACM0 build/Pixracer/bin/arducopter.apj


After starting the script, press the reset button on your device to make it
enter bootloader mode.


BUILDING THE FIRMWARE YOURSELF

To build the firmware yourself please see the ArduPilot development site.


DOWNLOAD STATISTICS

Download statistics for the ArduPilot firmware are available