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BeyondRobotix/Arduino-DroneCAN
SDK / API Tier A communication_links MIT
DroneCAN support for Arduino on STM32!
Engineering Snapshot
Use cases & tasks 4
- Best suited for
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- Firmware developers building DroneCAN nodes on Arduino/STM32
- UAV integrators connecting custom sensors to ArduPilot/PX4
- Primary tasks
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- Implement DroneCAN node firmware on STM32 Arduino boards
- Interface peripherals with autopilots over DroneCAN
Stack & ecosystem
- Resource type
- SDK / API
- Ecosystem
- arduino · ardupilot · dronecan · px4 · px4-autopilot · stm32
License & compliance
- License
-
MIT(Inferred)
Lifecycle & freshness Show
- Maintenance
- Active
- Latest version
- Not recorded
- Last activity
- 2026-08-04
- Last checked
- 2026-08-13
- Verification
- Official confirmed
What It Solves
Provides DroneCAN protocol support for Arduino environments on STM32 microcontrollers, enabling UAV peripheral nodes to join a DroneCAN bus.
Primary use cases
- Implement DroneCAN node firmware on STM32 Arduino boards
- Interface peripherals with autopilots over DroneCAN
Secondary use cases
- UAV communication prototyping
- Open CAN peripheral development
When to Use
Consider when
- Targeting STM32-based Arduino boards
- Need lightweight DroneCAN stack for MCU
Verify before adopting
- Confirm exact STM32 board compatibility (hardware_targets empty)
- Verify MIT license explicitly in repo (status inferred)
- Check supported DroneCAN message set
Where It Fits
Stack layer communication_gcs
Downstream / used by
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Adoption Checklist
- Needs verification Confirm exact STM32 board compatibility (hardware_targets empty)
- Needs verification Verify MIT license explicitly in repo (status inferred)
- Needs verification Check supported DroneCAN message set
Each check stays "needs verification" until an official source confirms it; unconfirmed items are never marked verified.
Known Limitations & Unknowns
Known limitations
- No hardware targets listed
- License MIT inferred not verified
- No release version info
Not publicly verified
- Exact DroneCAN protocol version
- Specific Arduino cores supported
- Dynamic node allocation support
Alternatives & Related Tools
Related tools
- ardupilot — Supports
- px4-autopilot — Supports
- ardupilot — Integrates with
- px4-autopilot — Integrates with
How is it used?
Start from the recorded entry points below, then validate against the technical checklist.
- Official site https://www.beyondrobotix.com/
- Repository https://github.com/BeyondRobotix/Arduino-DroneCAN
- Documentation https://www.beyondrobotix.com/
Technical checklist
- OK License identified Recorded: MIT
- OK Maintenance signal Active
- OK Verification status Official confirmed
- OK Source evidence attached 1 source record(s)
- NEEDS REVIEW Latest version recorded Not recorded
Official Links
Metadata & Governance
| License | MIT — Inferred |
|---|---|
| Commercial model | Unknown |
| Maintenance status | Active |
| Verification status | Official confirmed — Confirmed via the official repository API responses in SourceRefs below. |
| Latest version | Not recorded |
| Latest release | Not recorded |
| Last activity | 2026-08-04 |
| Last checked | 2026-08-13 |
| First seen | Not recorded |
Related Resources & Dependencies
- ardupilot — supports (confirmed)
- px4-autopilot — supports (confirmed)
- ardupilot — integrates with (confirmed)
- px4-autopilot — integrates with (confirmed)
Recent Activity
New resource: arduino-dronecan
New repository resource added by the sprint promote pipeline.
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