MagPixRasp
Raspberry Pi script to log magnetic data at cam triggers from a Pixhawk. This script is executed inside a Raspberry Pi 2 mounted on a X8+ drone from 3DR. A magnetic sensor that communicates via
Install modules
- pip install pyusb
- pip install pyserial
- sudo apt-get install python-dev
- pip install dronekit
- pip install MAVProxy
Usage
Connect the Rpi to the Pixhawk using the GpIO ports as seen on: http://ardupilot.org/dev/docs/raspberry-pi-via-mavlink.html
Crontab
Execute those commands:
$ sudo su
# crontab -e
And add this on your root crontab:
@reboot /usr/bin/python /home/pi/Documents/magsensor/cam_trigger/PWM_gather_gps.py > /tmp/mag_log.log &