UdaciDrone with the Unity Simulator

Here is an overview of the functionality that UdaciDrone provides with a PX4 drone using the Mavlink protocol. For more specific details on the implementation of the communication with PX4 over Mavlink, check out the mavlink_connection.py and mavlink_utils.py classes.

This document discuses the following:

• general Unity simulator configuration
• mavlink connection with PX4

This document discuses the following:

• general simulator configuration
• overview of the UnityConnection class
• platform specific limitations

General Unity Simulator Setup

Nothing specific needs to be setup, will work out of the box!

MavlinkConnection Overview

Here are examples of how to use the connection class in both the shell and in a script.

Python Shell

>>> conn = UnityConnection('tcp:127.0.0.1:5760', threaded=True)

Python Script

conn = UnityConnection('tcp:127.0.0.1:5760', threaded=False)