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Control a Quadcopter with a RaspberryPi, using the Go programming language

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Control a Quadcopter with a RaspberryPi, using the Go programming language.

Controller parts I've purchased already

 Cost Weight Description
  $35   45g  Raspberry Pi model B
  $12    2g  USB wifi adapter
  $25    2g  adafruit's L3GD20 Triple Axis Gyroscope
  $25    2g  adafruit's LSM303 Triple Axis Accelerometer / Magnetometer(compass)
  $15    6g  adafruit's PCA9685 16 Channel 12-bit PWM / Servo driver
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 $112   57g

Quadcopter parts I need to purchase (this is my first guess, may change soon)

 Cost Weight Description
  $12  280g  Q450 Glass Fiber Quadcopter Frame 450mm (~ 17 inches)
  $44  188g  (4) HobbyKing 30A Blue Series Brushless Speed Controller
 $128  316g  (4) NX-4008-620kv Brushless Quadcopter Motor 620RPM 30A 180W 79g
   $3   45g  (4) 8045 Propellers 2CW/2CCW
  $33  335g  Turnigy 4000mAh 35C Lipo Pack (nano-tech)
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 $220 1164g

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 $332 1221g  Combined, thats approximately 2.7 pounds

I'm sure you can do it cheaper and lighter, I started out just purchasing the sensors to go with my Raspberry Pi to see if I could write a controller I'd be happy with. I'm getting closer, but it is still a work in progress.

The IMU tells you where you are at (Yaw,Pitch,Roll). I need to write a flight controller that takes that, and applies the desired direction from the Remote Control to determine how much power to apply to the motors.

For the Remote Control, I'm thinking a simple interface on a phone/tablet that communicates to the quadcopter via wifi.