The guys at iFixit have done it again: a great step-by-step teardown of the Parrot AR.Drone. Here's just one sample page:


  • Front of motherboard:

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      Parrot 6 ARM9 468 MHz processor.

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      ROCm Atheros AR6102G-BM2D b/g Wi-Fi module.

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      Micron OGA17 D9HSJ

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      Vertical camera.

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    On the back:

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      Micron 29F1G08AAC

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Comment by Dimitar Kolev on December 2, 2010 at 1:58pm
Thanks for the link Chris! You just save my Parrot ( for a short time :-)) from total disassembly. Not direcly connected to the post - there is a lot of activity about open .NET and Android control software in Ar.drone developer forum.
Comment by John C. on December 2, 2010 at 3:29pm
mmmmm.....Android ArduCopter control
Comment by Duane Brocious on December 2, 2010 at 6:52pm
Thanks for the breakdown.

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