Thesis Undergraduate (BS Computer Science) -- Foundation University, 2017

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A multi rotor copter is a rotorcraft with more than two rotors. A typical multi rotor copter has around 4 rotors. These devices are mainly controlled by a radio controller or a wifi controller. They are supported by a flight controller which handled most of the balancing and output for the commands from controllers. Flight controllers are a powerful piece of technology since they are able to compute data quickly and provide a precise response which in return greatly improve the experience of flying the devices. Most flight controller include a gyroscope and accelerometer to gather data about the devices orientation during flight which then would be computed to an output for the rotors. The same can be achieved using other components such as a micro controller and an Inertial Measurement Unit. This study aims to provide a learning basis to develop flight controllers using available components such as GizDuino microcontroller, GizDueno Bluetooth Sheild, an Sparkfun IMU, an android device and a quad copter. The results show that that it may be possible to develop a flight controller with such components however the accuracy results have come out below satisfactorily due to the time constraints to conduct tests.