Pixhawk and UAV autopilot flight controllers

How to choose

Form factor, redundancy and the ecosystem around it.

Controller plus baseboard is one decision. Modular Pixhawk designs separate the flight-management unit from the carrier board that provides the connectors. The FMU sets compute and sensor redundancy; the baseboard sets what you can physically plug in and how the harness is routed. Choose them together, because a controller that fits the compute requirement but not the connector count creates an adapter problem on the bench.

Redundancy where the mission needs it. Higher-tier boards carry triple-redundant IMUs and dual power inputs. That is worth paying for on a platform carrying an expensive payload or operating beyond visual line of sight; it is over-specification on a laboratory test airframe.

Plan the whole avionics set together. GNSS or RTK receiver, telemetry radio, power module and airspeed or distance sensors all connect to the same board and must be selected against its ports and voltage rails. Ordering them piecemeal is the usual cause of an incompatible connector arriving a week before a trial.

Confirm the exact variant before ordering. Autopilot lines revise frequently and variants within a line differ in connector standard and bundled sensors. Send us the airframe, payload and firmware you intend to run and we will confirm the current SKU and what ships with it.

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