Control Tello Drones with a Game Controller | Drone Programming Tutorial | Python | Tkinter | Inputs

Published: 16 February 2024
on channel: Jake's Science Shop
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🚀 Upgrade your Tello drone control to work with a gamepad controller! No need for Pygame; in this video, I share my approach using Tkinter and the Inputs library! ✨

Join me in this thrilling journey 🌟 where we delve into programming a highly useful application. From conducting research 📚 to understanding complex concepts through experimentation 🔬, all the way to creating a custom Python module tailored for our needs, this video is packed with insights.

Expect an in-depth code tutorial 🖥️, insights into my experimentation methodologies 📉, and yes, some unexpected outcomes... We do crash the drone 🚁 in this video, but don't worry, Tello is okay! 😅

What’s covered in this video:
00:00 – 00:27 – Intro
00:28 – 01:33 – Github Repo
01:34 – 04:10 – Template GUI and what’s not used.
04:11 – 07:35 – Into PyCharm: What is being added to the template GUI class
07:36 – 09:16 – Finding an approach to Tello gamepad control
09:17 – 15:40 – Turning research into a custom controller module
15:41 – 18:20 – Experimenting to find max joystick values
18:21 – 19:45 – Get realtime controller inputs in the GUI class
19:46 – 22:59 – Send takeoff/land cmd with start button and finding the perfect delay between presses
23:00 – 25:25 – Updating GUI class RC values to send commands for controlling the drone in realtime
25:26 – 29:05 – Basic demo using joystick and start button controls
29:06 – 30:40 – Trying to fly the drone through an obstacle and failing
30:41 – 32:28 – Closing remarks

🔗 Resources:
• Get the code from the GitHub repository:
https://github.com/Jacob-Pitsenberger...

• The template GUI used in this video:
https://github.com/Jacob-Pitsenberger...

• Tello Drone Keyboard control videos:
   • Tello Drone Programming with Python: GUI C...  

• Finding max joystick values (Stack Overflow):
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4...

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