Standalone Wi-Fi image streaming with AI deck

[szgezal]

Hi,
Is it possible to use the AI deck as a standalone device and stream images from the Himax camera?

I am experiencing the same problem discussed in these issues:
bitcraze/crazyflie-firmware#1205
bitcraze/aideck-gap8-examples#106
The Wi-Fi streaming example works as intended, but when I try to fly the drone (with the Crazyswarm2 project), the AI deck network cuts off, and I have to restart the drone to get the streaming working again. Is there any solution for this problem?

Therefore, I would like to use the AI deck as a standalone board. However, when I power the deck on with VCOM, it does not seem to function as an access point. Previously, I set up the board with menuconfig and if the deck is attached to the drone (Crazyflie 2.1 or Bolt), the Wi-Fi works. Do I need to flash anything to the NINA module using JTAG, or is there another step I might have missed?

Thanks in advance!

[knmcguire]

Hi!

I'm guessing that the motors drain the power to the aideck and it resets, so you can do several things with that:

• Have the motors run before take off
• Have it take off more slowly
• Use the thrust upgrade kit with the better battery.

If you upload the wifi example of the getting started tutorial that should work stand alone as an access point without the communication of the crazyflie: https://www.bitcraze.io/documentation/tutorials/getting-started-with-aideck/. However we don't give guarantees on how well it works without the crazyflie so some self debugging is required.