Navio2 Pros & Cons

[robinasu (U2robin)]

Hi all, what do you consider to be the advantages of running the flight controller on Linux compared to something like Pixhawk 2? I’m thinking it’s CPU performance and perhaps ease of developing?

Thanks, Rob

[mikhail.avkhimenia (Mikhail)]

Hi! There’s a great explanation from @CodeChief:

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…