Install MegaPirateNG on your flight-controller

If you just want to install MegaPirateNG on your flight-controller and using Windows you can try the dedicated FlashTool.

If you want to compile it yourself or have special configuration needs that are not possible with the FlashTool, follow this page.

How to compile MegaPirateNG from source

Prerequisites

• ArduPilot-Arduino 1.0.3

  You need a special version of the Arduino software to compile the source.

  • ArduPilot-Arduino-1.0.3 for Windows (~95 MB)
  • ArduPilot-Arduino-1.0.3 for MacOSX (~80 MB)

• The latest sourcecode

  • MegaPirateNG - APM:Copter 3.0.1-R4
  • MegaPirateNG - APM:Plane 2.76
  • MegaPirateNG - DEV Version

  If you know your way around GIT you also can clone the respective repository from github.com

Prepare your Environment

• Extract ArduPilot-Arduino 1.0.3, for example to c:\quadcopter

  Make sure that the full pathname is not longer than 255 chars, or you could encounter compile problems.

  You now should have a directory called ArduPilot-Arduino-1.0.3-windows (Windows) or an Arduino application (MacOSX) in the c:\quadcopter directory.

• Extract the downloaded source code, for example to c:\quadcopter

  You now should have a new directory in the c:\quadcopter directory called like the zip file. In our example we use the name ardupilot-mpng for this directory.

• Important Replace the shipped pde.jar from the source directory to the ardupilot-arduino software.

  Windows:

  Locate the pde.jar in your sources root directory for example c:\quadcopter\ardupilot-mpng\pde.jar, copy and replace the file with the file in c:\quadcopter\ArduPilot-Arduino-1.0.3-windows\lib

  MacOSX:

  Locate the pde.jar in your sources root directory for example ~username/quadcopter/ardupilot-mpng/pde.jar, copy and replace the file with the file in ~username/quadcopter/Arduino.app/Contents/Resources/Java

• Start ArduPilot-Arduino

• Change the target-platform to MegaPirateNG

  

• Open preferences and set the sketch folder to the source code directory, for example c:\quadcopter\ardupilot-mpng

  

  You also should uncheck the “Update sketch files to new extension on save” checkbox.

• Connect your Flight Controller to your Computer and set the Serial Port in the Arduino IDE

  

• Important Restart the Arduino IDE

Compiling

Now open your desired APM Autopilot Platform (ArduCopter, ArduPlane…) via File > Sketchbook.

To compile the source code, pressing either the first icon in the toolbar or press ctrl+R.

If your source compiles without a problem you are ready to begin to configure your UAV.