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FeroFlyF405: An Open Source Drone Flight Controller Designed From Scratch on the STM32F405, With INAV Ported FeroFlyF405 is an open source flight controller built around the STM32F405 microcontroller and running INAV firmware. It was designed from scratch by a maker named Farhan, who shared the hardware files on GitHub and documented the build in a video walkthrough.
The board has an LSM6DSL IMU, a DPS368 barometer, 12 motor outputs, a CAN bus, an I2C port… |
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Two Bicopters Linked by a Cable Use a Motorized Winch and Sensor to Transform Into a Quadcopter Mid-Air Researchers led by R.Wang have developed a transformable aerial robot made from two small bicopters connected by a cable, allowing the system to change its shape and interact with objects without using a conventional robotic gripper. Each bicopter uses two brushless motors with tilting propellers, while the cable itself acts as the key mechanical component. One aircraft carries a motorized… |
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Phantom Twist: The Spinning Drone That Hides in Plain Sight Northwestern University engineers have unveiled Phantom Twist, a groundbreaking low-visibility UAV that exploits human visual perception to hide in plain sight. The drone spins its entire body at up to 25 rotations per second using a single motor and counter-rotating propeller system. Unlike traditional quadcopters with stationary bodies, Phantom Twist has no fixed… |
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How to Build an ESP32 Drone with Object Tracking Using LiteWing Most people assume object tracking for autonomous flight is very complex, but it doesn’t have to be that way. All you need is a different way of looking at the problem. We built this project to see if we could make a simple LiteWing drone behave intelligently using just a laptop and a basic camera.By placing the camera above the room ceiling, the floor becomes a… |
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Qorvo® Eliminates Cascaded Switches in 5G Radios with New Wideband High-Isolation Family GREENSBORO, N.C., May 28, 2026 – Qorvo® (Nasdaq: QRVO), a leading global provider of connectivity and power solutions, today announced a new family of RF switches designed to simplify multi-band radio architectures. Spanning 50 MHz to 10 GHz, the family reduces component count, improves signal integrity and enables more efficient RF system design across 5G infrastructure, industrial, drone and… |
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Build an ESP32 Voice Controlled Drone with LiteWing using Python Drones are amazing little machines, but most of the time they are controlled using remotes filled with buttons and joysticks. While experimenting with our LiteWing drone, we started wondering, wouldn’t it be cool if the drone could simply listen to what we say? That idea eventually turned into this project. We built a voice controlled drone using ESP32 for the… |
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DIY FPV Goggles: HD Drone View Without the High Cost DIY creator Artur Pękosz has shown that high-quality drone viewing doesn’t need expensive or closed systems, By building a fully functional pair of FPV goggles from scratch. Using the open-source OpenIPC HD wireless transmission system, the creator designed a custom solution that captures, transmits, and displays live HD video. The project replaces traditional proprietary hardware with a… |
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This Drone Can ‘See’ in Total Darkness Without a Camera Researchers have developed a small autonomous drone inspired by how bats navigate in the dark. Instead of relying on cameras or LiDAR, which often fail in fog, smoke, or low light, this drone uses ultrasound-based echolocation. It sends out tiny sound pulses and listens to the echoes that bounce back from nearby objects. By analyzing these echoes, the drone can estimate the distance and… |
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PİRANA, A Kamikaze Drone Boat Controlled From The Sky Turkey-based defense company Makine ve Kimya Endüstrisi (MKE) introduced a kamikaze unmanned surface vessel (KUSV) called the PİRANA. This crewless drone boat’s designed to attack enemy ships and other coastal targets. It approximately weighs 1,200 kgs and is capable of speeds greater than 50 knots, which is roughly 93 kmph. In June 2025, a key capability was demonstrated:… |
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Adding a Wi-Fi Camera to the LiteWing ESP32 Drone for Hobby Flights. We love tinkering with our LiteWing ESP32 drone, and this time we gave it a simple but exciting upgrade, a WiFi camera module! With this addition, the drone can now stream live video while flying, perfect for hobby flights, aerial experimentation, or just having fun seeing the world from above. On the technical side, the setup… |
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Smallest DIY ESP32 Brushless Rocket Drone A maker recently documented the development of ESP-BLAST, a custom aerodynamic “rocket drone” designed for high-speed flight. Unlike typical quadcopters with exposed frames, this drone uses a streamlined bullet-shaped body to reduce drag while four small 1104 brushless motors drive 2.5-inch propellers. At the center of the system is an ESP32-S3, which acts as the… |
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LiteWing Python Library - Quick Start Guide and API Documentation From STEM classrooms to early-stage startups, the LiteWing Drone has found its way into the hands of students, makers, and engineers alike. Our goal with Litewing was to build this very same ecosystem by keeping the hardware open and affordable, with software that is scalable and beginner-friendly. After the launch of the LiteWing Drone Positioning Module, we noticed a lot of people wanted to… |
