Overview

DroneBridge for ESP32
DroneBridge enabled firmware for the popular ESP32 modules from Espressif Systems. It's probably the cheapest way to communicate with your drone, UAV, UAS, ground-based vehicle or whatever you might call them.
It also allows for a fully transparent serial to wifi pass-through with variable packet size.

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Official Project Page
Features
Bidirectional:
serial-to-WiFi
serial-to-ESP-NOW link
serial-to-BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) in release v2.2+
Support for MAVLink, MSP, LTM or any other payload using the transparent option
Affordable
Up to 150m+ range using standard WiFi
Up to 1km of range using ESP-NOW or Wi-Fi LR Mode - sender & receiver must be ESP32 with LR-Mode enabled
Fully encrypted in all modes, including ESP-NOW broadcasts secured using AES-GCM 256-bit!
Weight: <8 g
Supported by: QGroundControl, Mission Planner, mwptools, impload etc.
Easy to set up: Power connection + UART connection to flight controller
Fully configurable through an easy-to-use web interface
Parsing of LTM & MSPv2 for a more reliable connection and less packet loss
Parsing of MAVLink with the injection of Radio Status packets for the display of RSSI in the GCS
Fully transparent telemetry downlink option for continuous streams
Reliable, low-latency


Blackbox concept. UDP & TCP connections are possible. Automatic UDP unicast of messages to port 14550 to all connected devices/stations. Allows additional clients to register for UDP. The client must send a packet with a length > 0 to the UDP port of ESP32.

Official DroneBridge for ESP32 Groundstation Hardware
Here are some real-life examples using the official board with a 3D-printed case. The cases are only available for the ESP32-C3 variant of the official board.



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