Drone Projects & Quadcopter Tutorials with Source Code

Explore CircuitDigest’s collection of DIY drone projects created for beginners, hobbyists, and advanced makers interested in aerial robotics. Our drone-based projects show how to design and build drones using ESP32 microcontrollers, flight controllers, sensors, and wireless communication modules. Each tutorial includes clear explanations, circuit schematics, source code, and hardware setup steps to help you build and experiment with your own drone. By working through our hands-on projects, you can gain experience with flight control systems, robotics and embedded technologies.

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We love tinkering with our LiteWing ESP32 drone, and this time we gave it a simple but exciting upgrade, a WiFi camera…

In this project, we upgraded LiteWing, an ESP32-based development drone by adding a lightweight Bluetooth speaker…

In this guide, we focus on the WS2812B addressable RGB LEDs on the LiteWing Flight Positioning Module. The module…

In this guide, we explore one of the most important sensing modules in the LiteWing drone, the Inertial Measurement…

The LiteWing Drone Flight Positioning Module enables autonomous position hold capabilities using optical flow sensors…

The LiteWing Flight Positioning Module uses the PMW3901MB optical flow sensor to measure horizontal motion relative to…

In this guide, we will explore how to implement a control system where you can command the drone's movement using…

The Maneuver Control system is the final logical extension of the LiteWing Flight Positioning Module. While the…

LiteWing is an open-source ESP32-S3 based drone that offers a flexible platform for experimentation and learning. By…

In this section, we focus on one of the most immediately useful capabilities of the LiteWing Flight Positioning Module…

Building a DIY drone test rig is essential for safely testing mini-drones without the risk of crashes or component damage. This comprehensive…

A few years ago, building a drone was expensive and out of reach for most hobbyists and students. But today, DIY drones…