Version 0.1.0

DroneForge Nimbus App v0.1.0 is the first release where the product starts to feel like a full AI drone development environment instead of a connection utility. The work in this version is about reducing the distance between writing code, shaping behavior, and deploying a real drone program.

Nimbus now supports Windows, macOS, and Linux. That matters because autonomous drone development usually starts wherever the builder is most comfortable: a Windows workstation, a Linux GPU machine, or a Mac used for prototyping and iteration.

Announcement

The most advanced drone AI workflow is here. v0.1.0 introduces a more elevated workflow for moving from code to drone program, with new creation tools, a deployment flow, real-time attitude telemetry, and the first serious version of Nimbus Map.

Running scripts is only part of the workflow. Nimbus is starting to help developers build the behavior, inspect what it will do, connect it to real hardware, and close the loop between machine and drone.

Compose and Deploy

Compose and Deploy split the workflow into two clearer stages.

Compose is where you create the behavior. It includes a suite of tools for building drone programs, including a cursor-like interface where you can prompt an agent to help write scripts. From there, you can review inputs, outputs, parameters, and block diagrams before deploying anything to hardware.

The first few months of GPT subscription are on us while builders experiment with the agent-assisted workflow.

Deploy is where the program meets the drone. Once your script is ready, Nimbus gives you the interface to connect hardware, select the feed, choose the port, and push the program into a live development loop.

Attitude HUD

v0.1.0 adds real-time attitude access for programming. When telemetry is enabled in Betaflight, Nimbus can tap into attitude data and expose it inside the Nimbus App.

On your Nimbus, edit the Telem Ratio to change the refresh rate of the telemetry packets. This gives drone developers more control over how fast attitude data is updated while building autonomous drone behaviors.

Nimbus Map

Nimbus Map lives below the Deploy tab and gives developers a node-based way to create drone behavior.

You can create blocks, connect nodes together, and output commands for the drone. In v0.1.0, Nimbus Map supports mathematical expressions, conditional expressions, PID loops, and sequential time-based switch functions.

That makes it useful beyond demos. A developer can sketch control logic, inspect the structure, and build behavior that is easier to reason about than a single opaque script.

How to run

Windows:

• Download the release.
• Extract all files.
• Run the DroneForge Nimbus App from the extracted folder.

macOS:

• Download the release.
• Open the Nimbus App package.
• Follow the system prompts if macOS asks you to approve the Nimbus App.

Linux:

• Download the release.
• Extract all files.
• Run the DroneForge Nimbus App from the extracted folder.

Connecting to Nimbus

Open the DroneForge Nimbus App.

Log in or create an account.

Compose your AI drone program.

When you are ready to deploy, connect Micro-USB from the side of Nimbus and USB-C from the front of Nimbus to your computer.

In the video panel, toggle through the camera options until you find the VRX. That is your drone feed.

Once the drone is turned on, hold the top button on the back of Nimbus. Nimbus will search for the drone frequency.

In the top-right port selector, choose the port that mentions CP210x. Connect at 115200 baud.

At that point, the loop is closed between drone and machine. You can start building drone programs and deploying them through Nimbus.