UAV Hardware, Sensors & Payload

Problem

Selecting UAV development hardware and sensors with open ecosystem support: flight controllers, companion computers, depth cameras and GNSS receivers.

Topic reviewed 2026-08-16 · Membership is an editorial index, not a compatibility or performance claim.

Engineering questions

• Which flight controller or companion computer has the interfaces the stack needs?
• What driver and SDK support exists for the sensor on the target OS?
• How does compute, power and weight fit the vehicle design?
• What integration evidence is publicly available for the chosen hardware?

Topic map

Stack layers: hardware · sensors · edge_ai

Engineering scope and evidence boundary

This topic groups hardware and sensor records that OpenFly can verify from their official repository or documentation. The page is an entry point for evaluating an FMU hardware design, a camera SDK, an RTK library or a Remote ID implementation without treating the records as a commerce catalog. Interfaces, protocols and documentation are recorded when the official source states them; measured performance, certification and compatibility claims remain outside the page unless a SourceRef records them. Resource cards expose verification status, maintenance signal, source tier and retrieval date.

Topic membership is an editorial index, not a compatibility or performance claim. Verify each resource through its SourceRef, retrieval date, and verification status.