Instructons on testing DroneCore with ArduPilot

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# install DroneCore:

ROOT=$HOME/dc
DC_ROOT=$HOME/rc/DroneCore

pushd $ROOT
time git clone --recursive https://github.com/peterbarker/DroneCore # 10m
cd $DC_ROOT
git checkout ardupilot
time git submodule update --init --recursive

export DRONECORE_HOME=$HOME/dronecore
time (INSTALL_PREFIX=$DRONECORE_HOME make default install)
popd

# dronecore is now installed.

# install ArduPilot

pushd $ROOT
 git clone --recursive https://github.com/ardupilot/ardupilot
 pushd ardupilot
  git remote add peterbarker https://github.com/peterbarker/ardupilot
  git fetch peterbarker
  git checkout dronecore
  git submodule update
 popd
popd

# (that dronecore branch is created like this:)
git checkout dronecore
git reset --hard remotes/origin/master
git pull . message-intervals
git pull . extended-sys-state
git cherry-pick extended-sys-state-ap-message
git cherry-pick dronecore-attitude-quaternion

# ArduPilot is now installed

# to start SITL for testing:
pushd $ROOT/ardupilot
./Tools/autotest/sim_vehicle.py --map --console -v ArduCopter


# for all examples, add DroneCore library to path.
# (this export could be added to (e.g.) .bashrc)

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$DRONECORE_HOME/lib

# take off example:
# (in DroneCore git checkout)
mkdir $DC_ROOT/example/takeoff_land/build
cd $DC_ROOT/example/takeoff_land/build
cmake -D CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-I$DRONECORE_HOME/include -L$DRONECORE_HOME/lib" -L ..
make
./takeoff_and_land  udp://:14550


# offboard example:
# (in DroneCore git checkout)
mkdir $DC_ROOT/example/offboard_velocity/build
cd $DC_ROOT/example/offboard_velocity/build
cmake -D CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-I$DRONECORE_HOME/include -L$DRONECORE_HOME/lib" -L ..
make
./offboard  udp://:14550


# mission example - support currently a WIP:
# (in DroneCore git checkout)
mkdir example/fly_mission/build
cd example/mission/build
cmake -D CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-I$DRONECORE_HOME/include -L$DRONECORE_HOME/lib -L$DRONECORE_HOME/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu" -L ..
make
./fly_mission  udp://:14550