Seeking Help on Deploying Custom Flight Control Algorithm with Betaflight and EdgeTX

[wgu93]

Hi everyone,

I hope you're doing well! I’m currently working on deploying a custom flight control algorithm (which takes drone states as input and outputs control signals as four RPM values for the rotors) to a real drone running Betaflight firmware. I’ve been exploring two possible approaches:

1. Modifying the Betaflight source code directly and building it.
2. Using a companion computer to run the algorithm and sending the control signals to the onboard receiver, possibly leveraging EdgeTX.

While I’ve done some research over the past few days, I haven’t been able to find clear guidance or resources on how to implement either approach effectively. I’ve checked the Betaflight and EdgeTX official websites, as well as other online forums, but I feel like I might be missing something obvious or perhaps looking in the wrong places.

I’m reaching out to this knowledgeable community for advice, suggestions, or pointers to relevant resources. If anyone has experience with integrating custom control algorithms into Betaflight or using companion computers in a similar setup, I’d greatly appreciate your insights. I’m also open to alternative ideas or approaches that I might not have considered yet. Thank you so much in advance for your time and help.

[OpenUAS]

Dear @wgu93 wgu93, sorry to say but it is not an issue with EdgeTX, so posted wrongly. Better would have been the EdgeTX discussion group, but IMHO even that would be doubtful. Anyhow, take a look at https://github.com/tudelft/indiflight as an example on how to implement a new controller into Betaflight onboard. This is an INDI controller and Neuralnet. Good luck in you endeavor.

[wgu93]

@OpenUAS Thanks for the clarification and the link! I’ll check it out, looks like it could be really helpful. Appreciate your help!