Building Smart Drones with ESP8266 and Arduino

Key Features

• Learn to create a fully functional Drone with Arduino and ESP8266
• Enhance your drone's functionalities with implementing smart features in it.
• A project-based guide that will get you well-versed with developing next-level drones that will help you monitor a particular area with mobile-like devices.

Book Description

With the rise of drone utility, the rise of DIY projects has significantly increased. Programmers are rapidly moving from traditional application programming to developing exciting multi-utility projects. This books sole motto is to teach you to build industry level drones with Arduino and ESP8266.

With this book, you will explore techniques on leveraging the tiny Wifi chip to enhance your drone. It will teach you to enhance your drone in various ways like controlling it over a mobile phone, building a follow me prototype, developing a mission critical drone, and so on. Finally, you will be well versed in leveraging Arduino and ESP8266 in creating exciting drones along with extending its features.

By the end of this book, you will learn how to build drones using ESP8266 and Arduino and leverage its functionalities to the fullest.

What you will learn

• Includes a number of projects that utilize different capabilities of ESP8266 and Arduino, while interfacing with external hardware
• Covers electrical engineering and programming concepts, interfacing with the world through analog and digital sensors, communicating with a computer and other devices, and internet connectivity
• Control and fly your quadcopter taking into account the weather conditions
• Build a drone which can follow the user wherever he goes
• Build a mission control drone and learn how to effectively use it.
• Maintain your vehicle as much as possible and repair it whenever required