Custom Drone Flight Controller PCB (KiCad)

A custom-designed drone flight controller PCB built for UAV / robotics applications. This repository contains schematic + PCB layout designed in KiCad, along with documentation and renders.

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🔥 Highlights

• Custom Flight Controller PCB (compact layout)
• Designed for UAV multirotor / robotics use cases
• Includes power regulation, sensor interfaces, and IO headers
• Designed for debugging + expandability

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🧩 Major Blocks (Hardware Architecture)

✅ MCU / Processing

• STM32-based microcontroller (flight control core)
• Clocking + reset/boot support

✅ Sensors

• IMU interface for attitude estimation (gyro + accel)
• Additional I2C/SPI expansion for future sensors

✅ Power System

• Multiple regulated rails for clean operation
• USB/VBUS support
• Protection + filtering for stable power delivery

✅ IO / Connectivity

• Motor/ESC outputs (PWM)
• UART ports for telemetry / GPS / RC
• I2C / SPI headers for peripherals
• Status LEDs for debugging/health indication

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🖼️ PCB Preview

3D View

Schematic

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📂 Repository Structure

• hardware/kicad/ → KiCad source project files
• docs/images/ → PCB renders & schematic snapshots
• fabrication/ → Gerbers, drill files, BOM, pick & place
• firmware/ → Placeholder for future flight firmware integration

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🛠️ Tools Used

• KiCad (Schematic + PCB + 3D viewer)
• Standard PCB manufacturing flow (Gerber + drill export)

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✅ Project Status

• Schematic completed
• PCB layout completed
• Full firmware integration (planned)
• Flight testing & tuning (planned / in-progress)

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⚡ Notes

This is a custom hardware project made for learning, experimentation and UAV development. You can reuse the structure for educational purposes.

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📌 Author

Prateek Sarkar
UAV Systems | Embedded | PCB Design | Robotics