Raspberry Pi - any experts out there?

[Stan]

Have any of you guys had a go with a Raspberry Pi?
I am "helping" a local school with a project to build a flying AUV's (quadcopter) using a Raspberry Pi and Arduino's to control it.
I may have bitten off more than I can chew, especially when it comes to programming (Pascal was all the rage last time I did any programming!).

Besides processing data from 3 gyro's, a compass, a pressure sensor (altitude) and a GPS module it needs to be able to avoid obstacles (a range of proximity sensors hooked up to an arduino) and there a 4 ESC's and 2 servos (camera) to control.

Any help gratefully received!

Stan

[jackDEFECTORbauer]

I've dabbled with the pi, got mine running as a bitcoin mining controller but I'm no expert on programming or using external hardware that isn't USB!

Do you already have the code or will you be programming it?

[Stan]

Programming from scratch, and it needs to run fast, so it will need to be a compiled language rather than scripted, maybe C++ (QT5).

[jackDEFECTORbauer]

Hmm I'm no help then I'm afraid - good luck with it!