Developers only! This guide is under active development and not intended for consumers. Some modifications may require you to factory reset your Solo in order to return it to a working (and flying) state.
This guide describes how to work inside Solo's system architecture and develop applications for Solo.
The objective of this guide is to enable developers to:
Get a General Overview of how Solo works
Access and work with Solo's Linux distribution
Upload and run Python scripts, including DroneKit-Python
Run services that run on boot
Process video as it’s being streamed to and from Solo
Troubleshoot Solo
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New docs for accessory developers: Solo Accessory Overview , Battery Bay , Battery Charger Interface .
Gimbal docs updated. Added power supply information, new gimbal "Beauty Plate" CAD file, information about software integration. Corrected description of HDMI cable.Accessory Bay docs updated. Added new power supply and communications architecture sections, along with information about how to connect to the accessory port via USB. Improved the information in the pinout.System architecture diagram updated. Added more detail about components, power supply, data flow.
solo-utils is removed.The PC command line tool Solo CLI
Video output examples temporarily reduced in scope to improve reliability.
The Solo Development Guide is released as CC BY-SA 4.0 . See our Github Repository for more details.
Solo Development Guide
