• u-blox MAX-7 GPS breakout (we have one from HAP Supplies)
• KDE Marble built with Python bindings

These instructions are valid for Ubuntu 13.10 but similar steps should work with other OSes.

• Attach the u-blox beakout to the expansion header by connecting the following pins (breakout → Crazyflie expansion header):
  • GND → DGND (pin 17)
  • VCC → VCC (pin 15)
  • TXD → TX (pin 5)
  • RXD → RX (pin 3)
• Since the Python bindings for Marble isn't built by default you will have to build Marble from source and enable these (instructions taken from here

sudo apt-get install python-sip-dev python-qt4-dev

git clone git://anongit.kde.org/marble.git ~/marble/sources -b KDE/4.12
mkdir -p ~/marble/build
cd ~/marble/build
cmake ~/marble/sources -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DEXPERIMENTAL_PYTHON_BINDINGS=TRUE -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local
make
sudo make install

• Make sure you have the correct firmware/software

There's no assisted GPS or battery backup so every time the Crazyflie is powered on the GPS module does a cold-start, which means that it takes at least ~30 seconds to get a fix. This will be improved in the future.

Getting a position fix will not be as easy as with your phone, so make sure to be outside (or at least stick the Crazyflie a couple of meters outside the window).