Programming an AR Drone Firmware with JS (de)

Presentation given at Cologne JS Usergroup.

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   NodeCopter
   Programming an AR Drone
   Firmware with JavaScript
   Felix Geisendörfer
   

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   Background
   2005 - 2008 2008 - now 2009 - now
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   npm modules
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   NodeCopter
   

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   What is NodeCopter?
   • Started as a one-time event in Berlin on Oct 5th, 2012
   • 60 programmers to program 25 AR Drones for a full day
   • Amazing venue, old swimming hall with 13m ceilings
   • Non-profit / cheap tickets (25 EUR)
   

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    NodeCopter - In 1 Day
    • Computer vision
    • Voice recognition
    • Gesture recognition
    • Hardware controls
    • and more
    

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    Previous Events
    • Berlin, Oct 5th, 2012
    • Dublin, Oct 20th, 2012
    • San Francisco, Oct 31st, 2012
    • Seattle, Nov 8th - 9th, 2012
    • Brighton, Nov 10th, 2012
    • San Francisco, Dec 1st 2012
    

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    Upcoming Events
    • Florida, May 30, 2013
    • + one more thing
    

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    Summer of Drones
    June 2013
    

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    Summer of Drones
    • June - September 2013
    • 30+ NodeCopter events in Europe & North America
    • Including Cologne?
    

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    http://nodecopter.com/
    

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    Parrot AR Drone 2.0
    

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    The Specs
    • WiFi (b/g/n) Router
    • 1 GHz 32Bit ARM Cortex A8 processor
    • 125 MB DDR2 Memory
    • Linux 2.6.32 you can telnet into it (Busybox)
    • 720p front facing camera (30 FPS)
    • 240p vertical camera (60 FPS)
    • USB 2.0 connector
    

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    The Specs
    • 3 axis gyroscope (2000°/second precision)
    • 3 axis accelerometer (+-50mg precision)
    • 3 axis magnetometer (6° precision)
    • Pressure sensor (+-10 Pa precision)
    • Ultrasound sensors
    • Fully reparable - all components can be ordered
    • 300 EUR
    

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    Let’s fly it
    

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    For your safety
    

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    Thanks!
    

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    Questions?
    Felix Geisendörfer
    

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