Navio 2 vs Pixhawk

[Adithya_Pradeep]

I am currently using Pixhawk Auto Pilot controller but I have plans of buying a Navio 2. So I would like to know what are the differences between the two.

Regards,
Adithya

[CodeChief (Tony Wall)]

It’s better than the comparison with Navio+

Navio as competition to Pixhawk and knockoffs

The main reason I chose a Navio was because the APM trend is “develop till the RAM fills-up then depreciate it”. APM 2 is already obsolete and the Pixhawk is already getting low on memory. Still so many useful features outstanding and the memory is almost depleted. Looking at 3DR’s direction, following the big DJI, the autopilots are moving to full embedded PCs AND expect another full processor at the ground station/controller. I saw the PixFalcon and yes for small racing quadcopters it really…

New with Navio 2 is that it has SBUS support with a co-processor (full hardware PWM in and out) and some newer chips with dual IMUs.

[navio2noob (quad)]

Navio2 sounds great on paper. In reality - not so great. There is too much interference with the compass, IMUs, etc. A lot of people switch to having external compass, even GPS. My navio2 build behaves erratically, sometimes it flies as it should, sometimes it goes crazy and does not respond to TX input.
I ordered a Pixhawk 2 with the cube. Pixhawk still has an option to utilize extra processing power from Ordroid (at least 3DR pixhawk does).