Cube Orange+ Flight Controller

Cube Orange+ is CubePilot flight controller for drones, rovers and robotic vehicles. It provides a modular autopilot hardware core for ArduPilot and PX4-based systems, supporting navigation, sensing and mission control in UAV and autonomy projects.

Facts

  • Company: CubePilot
  • Type: Flight Controller
  • Core: Autopilot
  • Function: Control
  • Audience: UAV makers
  • Status: Commercial
  • Website: https://docs.cubepilot.org/user-guides/autopilot/the-cube-module-overview

Specifications

  • Processor: STM32H757
  • Flash Memory: 2 MB flash
  • Memory: 1 MB RAM
  • Sensor Stack: Triple redundant IMUs, one magnetometer and two barometers in Cube Orange+ table
  • Pwm Outputs: 14 PWM servo outputs across IO and FMU
  • Interfaces: UART, I2C, CAN, SPI, analog inputs, safety switch and LED interfaces via Cube connector/baseboard architecture
  • Manufacturing Origin: Taiwan listed for Cube Orange+

Market context

Cube Orange+ is CubePilot's Pixhawk-compatible autopilot module for UAVs and robotic vehicles requiring redundant inertial sensing and flight-control electronics.

  • Target environment: Drones, UAVs, robotic vehicles, field robots, research aircraft, and autonomy prototypes using the Pixhawk ecosystem.
  • Workflow context: Flight control, vehicle stabilization, sensor fusion, command output, autopilot integration, and embedded control for robotic vehicles.
  • Customer context: Drone OEMs, robotics labs, UAV integrators, open-autopilot developers, and vehicle autonomy teams.

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Research

  • Robust Control for a Slung-Mass Quadcopter Under Abrupt Velocity Changes - 2024-12-12 - Research Publication - The test aircraft carries a rigidly suspended mass instrumented with an external IMU for load-angle and angular-velocity feedback. Researchers implement the robust controller on a CubePilot Cube Orange+ running a… - source: doi.org
  • Track and Follow with Cube Orange+ - 2024-01-04 - Research Publication - A remote unit determines its GNSS position and transmits coordinates through an ESP32 link to the aircraft. An onboard ESP32 converts those messages to MAVLink commands that a Cube Orange+ uses to guide the drone toward… - source: projekter.aau.dk

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