Build Your Own Quadcopter Flight Controller

 

Robotics course in designing a Drone Flight Controller from scratch using STM32. Configure ESCs, read IMU data, integrate RC Joystick, and implement PID control—no libraries, just clean code, and complete understanding.

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Highly Practical

What you'll learn

 ✔ STM32 Programming: GPIO, Timers, SPI Interface, ADC, Interrupts, etc.

Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) Integration and Coding

Attitude Estimation: Euler Angles

PID Implementation and Theory

RC Joystick Integration

Balancing the Drone

Motor Control

 Pressure sensor Integration

 Altitude Control

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Course Content

  1. CH0: Introduction to the Course

    3 lessons
    1. 0 - Welcome to the Course
    2. 1 - PDF Slides
    3. Header and Source Files used in this course
  2. CH1: Essential Components and Tools

    3 lessons
    1. 1 - Flight Controller and Drone companion
    2. 2 - Motor Connections
    3. 3 - ST-Link, Board programming
  3. CH2: Motor Control

    5 lessons
    1. 1 - Motor Fundamentals
    2. 2 - PWM Generation to Control the Motor speed
    3. 3 - Motor Control Library
    4. 4 - BLDC Motor and ESC
    5. 5 - Running the BLDC Motor using the ESC and PWM signal
  4. CH3: IMU Integration

    5 lessons
    1. 1 - Welcome words
    2. 2 - SPI Configuration
    3. 3 - IMU SPI Intarface Check
    4. 4 - Library Integration
    5. 5 - Final test
  5. CH4: Attitude Estimation

    38 lessons
    1. 1 - attitude estimation intro
    2. 2 - timer update interrupt
    1. Attitude Estimation Course Excerpt CH1

      1. 2 - STM32 CubeIde Project creation
      2. 3 - Using SWV for printf function
      3. 4 - Using SWV to plot variables
      4. 5 - SPI theory
      5. 6 - SPI Configuration using STM32CubeMx
      6. 7 - SPI wirings
      7. 8 - Reading ‘Who am I’ register
      8. 9 - Sending data through SPI
    2. Attitude Estimation Course Excerpt CH2

      1. 1 - First version of the library
      2. 2 - Testing the library
      3. 3 - How to read the magnetometer?
      4. 4 - Magnetometer update 1
      5. 5 - Magnetometer update 2
      6. 6 - Testing a new version of the library
      7. 7 - DMA Theory
      8. 8 - DMA configuration
    3. Attitude Estimation Course Excerpt CH3

      1. 1 - Removing gyroscope biases
      2. 2 - Magnetometer bias explanation
      3. 3 - Timer Update Interrupts
      4. 4 - Magnetometer bias removal
      5. 5 - Normalization and scaling of IMU data
      6. 6 - ARM MATH Library Installation
      7. 7 - Library Integration
      8. 8 - A notion of frame
      9. 9 - Testing the library
    4. Attitude Estimation Course Excerpt CH4

      1. 1 - Attitude estimation, slides
      2. 2 - A notion of frame in detail
      3. 3 - 2D rotation
      4. 4 - Euler angles and Rotation Matrix
      5. 5 - Using the accelerometer to obtain pitch and Roll angles
      6. 6 - Using the magnetometer to obtain the Yaw angle
      7. 7 - Using the gyroscope to obtain the Euler angles
      8. 8 - Library Integration
      9. 9 - Complementary Filter
      10. 10 - Testing the libraries
    5. Final Library Integration

      1. 4-library integration
  6. CH5 - Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) Controller

    5 lessons
    1. 1 - pid introduction
    2. 2 - pid theory
    3. 3 - pid implementation
    4. 4 - pid implementation
    5. 5 - pid tuning
  7. CH6 : Make the Drone Fly!

    4 lessons
    1. 1 - introduction
    2. 2 - library integration
    3. 3 - drone configuration
    4. 4-final integration
  8. CH7 : RC Joystick Integration

    4 lessons
    1. 1 - RC Joystick Introduction
    2. 2 - RC Joystick Explanation
    3. 3 - Timer Input Capture Mode
    4. 4 - Joystick Drone Control
  9. CH 9 - Pressure sensor for Altitude Estimation

    4 lessons
    1. 1 - How to use the pressure sensor for the altitude estimation
    2. 2 - Integrating the library for the pressure sensor
    3. 3 - Demonstration of the altitude estimation
    4. 4 - Altitude Control

Target audience

Built For Engineers Like You

Who wants to understand every part of a complete robot— from sensors to control loops.

Embedded developers ready to dive deep into flight controller firmware using STM32.  

Robotics enthusiasts who love experimenting with sensors, PID control, and motor drivers. 

 Makers who want to build a robot that flies *because of their own code*, not prebuilt libraries.  

 

Basic

$80

 

 Lifetime access

 37 lessons

 8 hours of video content

 PDF Materials

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Additional Benefits

Discount for students and a money-back guarantee

Students can get a 30% discount on this course. 

I'm sure you'll enjoy this course! However, if it doesn't meet your expectations, no problem—you can receive a full refund within 14 days, with no questions asked.

Requirments

WHAT you'll need

  STEVAL-FCU001V2

STEVAL-DRONE02

Or, your custom Hardware

Basic knowledge of programming STM32 MCUs

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