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+Paparazzi UAS
+=============
+
+Paparazzi is an attempt to develop a free software Unmanned (Air) Vehicle System.
+ As of today the system is being used successfuly by a number of hobyists, universities and companies all over the world, on vehicle of various size ( 100g to 25Kg ) and of various nature ( fixed wing, rotorcrafts, boats and surface vehicles).
+
+Up to date informations are available from the wiki website
+
+    http://paparazzi.enac.fr
+
+and from the mailing list (http://savannah.nongnu.org/mail/?group=paparazzi)
+and the IRC channel (freenode, #paparazzi).
+
+
+Required Software
+-----------------
+
+Installation is described in the wiki (http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/Installation).
+
+For Ubuntu users, required packages are available at
+
+    https://launchpad.net/~paparazzi-uav/+archive/ppa
+
+For Debian users:
+
+    http://paparazzi.enac.fr/debian
+
+
+- **paparazzi-dev** is the meta-package that depends on everything needed to compile and run the ground segment and the simulator.
+- **paparazzi-arm-multilib** ARM cross-compiling toolchain for LPC21 and STM32 based boards.
+- **paparazzi-omap** toolchain for the optional Gumstix Overo module available on lisa/L.
+- **paparazzi-jsbsim** is needed for using JSBSim as flight dynamic model for the simulator.
+
+
+Directories quick and dirty description:
+----------------------------------------
+
+conf: the configuration directory (airframe, radio, ... descriptions).
+
+data: where to put read-only data (e.g. maps, terrain elevation files, icons)
+
+doc: documentation (diagrams, manual source files, ...)
+
+sw: software (onboard, ground station, simulation, ...)
+
+var: products of compilation, cache for the map tiles, ...
+
+
+Compilation and demo simulation
+-------------------------------
+
+1. type "make" in the top directory to compile all the libraries and tools.
+
+2. "./paparazzi" to run the Paparazzi Center
+
+3. Select the "Microjet" aircraft in the upper-left A/C combo box.
+  Select "sim" from upper-middle "target" combo box. Click "Build".
+  When the compilation is finished, select "Simulation" from
+  the upper-right session combo box and click "Execute".
+
+4. In the GCS, wait about 10s for the aircraft to be in the "Holding point" navigation block.
+  Switch to the "Takeoff" block (lower-left blue airway button in the strip).
+  Takeoff with the green launch button.
+
+Uploading of the embedded software
+==================================
+
+1. Power the flight controller board while it is connected to the PC with the USB cable.
+
+2. From the Paparazzi center, select the "ap" target, and click "Upload".
+
+
+Flight
+======
+
+1.  From the Paparazzi Center, select the flight session and ... do the same than in simulation !