drone

Documentation for the tello drone

Development

Frontend

1. cd frontend
2. npm install
3. npm run dev

entry point is the file pages/index.tsx

Backend

1. cd backend
2. npm install
3. npm start

entry point is the file index.ts

Fly the drone

1. cd frontend
2. npm run dev
3. power on the drone
4. connect to drone via wifi on your computer
5. cd backend
6. npm start
7. wait for the drone status to change on the UI

Remarks

Tello works with UDP and Wifi connection must be established. To send commands, port 8889 must be used. To receive a new state, port 8890 must be used.

There are 3 types of commands [control, read, set]. Control and set will return ok or error. Read commands (e.g. battery state) return the value.