USB-C - i watched a video of someone using it as a desktop with keyboard mouse and screen. Seems quite capable, and has a joystick…
thanks - agreed. It looks like i can install SteamOS onto a virtual machine and have a play. MP on a 7" screen even if it all did work is a little challenging. I will update on findings.
QGroundControl might be a better option on a small linux tablet.
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turns out we cant purchase them in New Zealand - not directly. Other importers are bringing them in but at stuupid prices ($1200NZD for 64GB so almost double usd price) so loosing interest fast in this platform, which is a shame - because it should be the standard base station for RC/Rover/UAV/UAS stuff. On specs at least.
Just saw this and thought ide let you know beyond a bit of delay it works perfectly for flying the drone still working out how to control the gimbal. But you can use a video Rx and display camera instead of your horizons. Excuse the hands had been working in my car 
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love it.
this is the way.
hows the battery life ? - any issues? looks like its pretty good.
good luck with the gimbal/joysticks
Hi, this looks perfect. Im about to pull the trigger on the OLED version - which should give good outdoors screen viewing (1000+ nits!)
Did you need to do anything magical to make it work ?
Im assuming you got the joystick working on the steam deck - im hoping to ditch my RC / Taranis and use just this. Thats the plan at least.
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Ok - im about to pull the pin on the purchase ($1299 NZD) of an OLED (1000 nits !) steamdeck.
looking to
- run mission planner to control ArduRover mower.
- allow simple route planning eg fixups out on the field
- use it as MANUAL MODE controller for ardurover mower
- Removing the need for separate RC controller
- providing RTK correction data via wifi/rtk2go.com and Mission Planner
- Keep it clean and simple, no cables, dongles, gizmo’s hanging from it. Just the SteamDeck
Questions/Challenges
- Mapping the Steamdeck OS Joysticks into mission planner - Anybody managed this ?
(its a slow lumbering mower - latency for once wont be an issue)
SteamDeck
SteamOS <--WIFI--> ESPLink--- RFD900 .... RFD900---ArduRover
Mission Planner
Joystick
RTK <--Rtk2go
ChrisDalke posted this which talks to the power of this platform for robotics and control.
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