Hello DroneCode

The Dronecode SDK is a MAVLink Library for the PX4 flight stack, with APIs for C++ The library provides a simple API for managing one or more vehicles, providing programmatic access to vehicle information and telemetry, and control over missions, movement and other operations. SDK Main page

Install SDK

• Release
• Source

Note: First I Install from Release (deb) and try to compile the example takeoff_amd_land - The code look for action_result.h file that wasn't exists

Install SDK from source

git clone https://github.com/Dronecode/DronecodeSDK.git
cd DronecodeSDK
#master branch contain code like the deb
git checkout develop
git submodule update --init --recursive
make default
#Install
sudo make default install 
sudo ldconfig  # update linker cache

Takeoff example

• SDK C++

Project struct

├── bin
├── build
├── CMakeLists.txt
├── docs
├── README.md
└── src
    ├── CMakeLists.txt
    └── takeoff_and_land.cpp

• root Cmake file

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.12)

project(xdrone)
set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)

include_directories(/usr/local/include/dronecode_sdk)
link_directories(/usr/local/lib)
set(EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/bin)

add_subdirectory(src)

• src cmake file

add_executable(takeoff_and_land takeoff_and_land.cpp)
target_link_libraries(takeoff_and_land
    dronecode_sdk
    dronecode_sdk_telemetry
    dronecode_sdk_action
)

Paste code from takeoff_and_land

• Run SITL make posix_sitl_default gazebo_iris from px4 Firmware folder
• Run the code