Keyboard Joystick for SITL

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Hi!

I find having to connect external joystick for SITL tests quite cumbersome, so i wrote a python script to generate virtual joystick events from keyboard keys. You can find it at python-uinput. The package only requires pygame to be installed to function. Simply run the script and calibrate joystick in QGC (set COM_RC_IN_MODE to virtual Joystick/No RC) to fly.

(Image to show status of joystick inputs while flying. Graphic taken from APM MissionPlanner.)

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Just making sure you know that QGC has a virtual joystick you can turn on. Settings/General page.

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I think it only has a mouse/touch interface. It’s nice but for SITL development tests on laptop a keyboard based interface is more user friendly.

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