How to script PX4 hardware verification using pymavlink’s SERIAL_CONTROL protocol over a USB connection — download CI firmware, flash from the command line, and run NSH commands programmatically. No QGroundControl required.
A practical guide to finding, downloading, and fusing satellite imagery and elevation data for an air-gapped Unity simulation. Covers every free tile provider (ESRI, Bing, Google), every free DTM source (SRTM, Copernicus, Mapzen), how to stitch thousands of tiles into Unity-ready textures, and the dead ends along the way.
Everything I learned submitting four pull requests to ROS 2 core repositories — from finding issues and building in Docker to passing DCO checks, handling OSRF’s AI disclosure policy, rebasing across distro branches, and running the full test suites. A warts-and-all field guide.