Flight Controller Shield for Jetson and Raspberry Pi with BetaFlight and ArduPilot - Survey
My Project

I've been developing an Autonomous QuadCopter that can navigate indoors(Explore unknown environments). I've been using an Arduino( Teensy 4.0) as a Flight Controller and a Jetson Xavier NX as the companion computer. The Xavier NX has Perception and Planning Algorithms running and a Position Controller that sends desired Throttle, Roll, Pitch, and Yaw commands to the Flight Controller. The Flight Controller then stabilizes the Drone based on the received orientation values.
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The Problem : Why not use existing Flight Controllers and Shields ?
While there are tons of popular Flight Controllers like Pixhawk and Shields like Navio2 none of them focus on pure Autonomous Flight. At the same time, A Standalone Flight Controller like a Pixhawk is too bulky and requires external sensors(GPS, Compass, etc...), making the drone more heavy and expensive. On the other end, something like a Navio 2 runs the AutoPilot Stack directly on the Raspberry Pi resulting in fewer resources for Computer Vision and Motion Planning required for full Autonomous Flight.
Solution : The AutoPilot Hat
I'm designing a Flight Controller HAT from the ground up geared toward Autonomous Flight.

A Light Weight Flight Controller with all the required sensors, On board MCU for Flight Software and external sensor support (Lidar, Air Speed, etc...), direct interface with ROS instead of using abstraction layers, etc ...

 By running the Flight Software on a dedicated MCU the companion computer can be fully dedicated to Perception and Motion Planning tasks.
Please answer the Questions below to head the project in the right direction :)
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What Flight Softwares Do you use the most ? *
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What companion computer do you use ? *
What purpose will you be utilising this for? *
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Are you interested in following the development of the project on Youtube ? *
Are you interested in providing feedback and suggestions throughout the development process?
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What Price would you be willing to pay for this product keeping in mind the cost of achieving similar functionality ? *
How many units would you like to purchase ? *
What features matter the most to you ? (be as detailed as possible)
Any comments/suggestions?
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