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What's New in Pictorus - Q3 '24

What's New in Pictorus - Q3 '24

Fresh off our recent seed fundraise last quarter, in Q3 we've already shipped a ton of new features, from UI tools to communication protocols, which we'd like to share with you today. CAN Support Pictorus now supports the CAN messaging protocol, one of the backbone technologies

LQR Control of a Self Balancing Robot

In this post we're improving our self-balancing robot project, by introducing a Linear-Quadratic Regulator (LQR) to significantly improve stability and handling. We'll go through the entire derivation and implementation process, leveraging the Python terminal within Pictorus which makes all of this really easy. 0:00 /0:

Designing a Self-Balancing Robot with Pictorus

Designing a Self-Balancing Robot with Pictorus

In this post we’ll cover the design of a two-wheeled self-balancing robot - a classic control systems design challenge. We’ll assemble the robot hardware from accessible off-the-shelf electronics and 3D printed parts and design a controller in a Pictorus app. Design Overview The goal of a two-wheeled self-balancing

What's new in Pictorus - Q4 Wrap-up 2023

What's new in Pictorus - Q4 Wrap-up 2023

Hello from Pictorus and happy holidays! We'd like to share some exciting product updates we've been working on as the year wraps up. Some features in early development are currently only available to alpha testers. Please reach out to us at support@pictor.us if you

What's New in Pictorus - Q3 Wrap-Up 2023

Hello from Pictorus! Today we're excited to share updates about the latest features released since the launch of our free open beta last quarter. As always, before we dive in, we’d love to hear any feedback from our beta users. Please feel free to reach out to

Aircraft stabilization with Pictorus

Aircraft stabilization with Pictorus

In this blog post we're going to illustrate how to develop, deploy, and test a simple stabilization controller for a small, remotely piloted fixed-wing aircraft using Pictorus. All the hardware involved is relatively cheap and available on Amazon, and the software development and deployment is free as part

Introducing Pictorus Beta!

Engineers have been writing software to control hardware for decades, and it's always been a giant pain. They say "Hardware is Hard", but often it's the integration with software that makes developing new devices so challenging. It's because devices are finicky. They