How to make a guidance system

[gilded warren]

How do I code a guidance system in python #1019793296740073614

[crimson sierra]

Please provide more information about your problem

[gilded warren]

Okay. So I want to create a guidance system for rockets drones planes etc. That allows them to get from point a to point b without hitting anything and without external guidance like a controler

[gilded warren]

Basically self driving/self flying

[crimson sierra]

Dude it will be a long rigorous coding journey to create this type of software. Start your project in GitHub and paste information about your project in #826138466101755995 so interested people can contribute in it.

[crimson sierra]

Your idea is quite complicated and it will require a lot of work.

[gilded warren]

I am prepared

[crimson sierra]

Then create a repo in GitHub and start working on it

[gilded warren]

Okay
Do I need to make a github account?

[crimson sierra]

It's Up to you most developers have it.

[gilded warren]

OK thanks

[crimson sierra]

Further you can get help from chat gpt.

Chat gpt will provide you a step by step guide on how you can create this software and what would be requirements for it.

[safe locust]

just saying that you want to make a guidance system for drones and rockets is quite vague , the idea is great dont get me wrong , but this is not exactly a problem , first you will have to figure out how you are gonna program it , i am assumming when u say for drones it will be built into drones so for that you will have to know what kind of drones exist and how they can be programmed if they can that is , we dont know if we can use python or we are gonna require some other low level programming language then I assume u will have to mount a camera or some way your code / program can understand surroudings and then maybe come up with a path finding algorithm and then lastly you will also have to write the code to like control the drone itself

this is a very complex project which will include learning a lot of stuff which ranges from basics of programming to complex hardware stuff .

[gilded bison]

How to make a guidance system

[elder veldt]

What did you try so far?

[gilded warren]

I'm currently trying see if I can do it in python. Then convert to Java

[gilded warren]

Mmhm. But it's not impossible

[elder veldt]

What is your current level of programming?

Is your goal to simulate a drone? Or to program a hardware drone? If the later, you will need another language than Python (or Java for that matter): most likely you will need to use C or C++ (maybe some assembly depending of if you wanna speed up some process). You will need to learned about microcontrollers and everything embedded programming related

[gilded warren]

Intermediate. Only now going seriously since I started college

[gilded warren]

Simulate I guess. I don't really have the money to get a drone and stuff

[elder veldt]

Ok, for a simulation I guess you could do it in Python, but I would still recommend using C/C++.

Then you can run your simulation on hardware simulator such as QEMU

If you wanna just build a UI, Python probably okay, but for the backend and all the mechanics, C++ will be the way to go

[gilded warren]

Okay. I'm gonna have to learn C then. So C in all it's Forms does the background heavy lifting?

[elder veldt]

What do you mean by “background heavy lifting?” ?

[gilded warren]

The things you usually don't think about. Like changing text color

[elder veldt]

I do think about everything in software development lol. You mean UI text color? If so, yes, you can change the color of the text outputted in the terminal with C

[gilded warren]

Okay

Thank you

[elder veldt]

You just have to add ANSI code to your print statement

[gilded warren]

Okay

[elder veldt]

;compile cpp

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
    printf( "\033[1;31mHello\033[0m");
    return 0;
}

[pliant shell]

Program Output

Hello

astradedman | 42ms | c++ | x86-64 gcc 14.1 | godbolt.org

[elder veldt]

You can’t see it in discord, but I added red color around the hello (if you try it in your terminal, you will see the Hello printed in red

https://azrael.digipen.edu/~mmead/www/mg/ansicolors/index.html

A guide or this^

https://github.com/drjdlarson/gncpp here is a similar idea written in C++ and Python.

[gilded warren]

Morning