Raspberry Pi 5

The Raspberry Pi 5 is the current proven companion-computer path for DroneOS real-hardware integration.

Status

This path is:

• documented
• tested on the current hardware stack
• the reference real-hardware integration today

Role in the stack

The Raspberry Pi 5 acts as the onboard Linux computer that runs the DroneOS-side software and connects upstream to the Pixhawk / PX4 stack.

Why it still matters

Even with Jetson being added, Raspberry Pi 5 remains important because:

• it already works
• it is the current reference integration
• it provides a known-good baseline when validating new hardware paths

Recommendation

Do not treat Jetson work as replacing the Raspberry Pi 5 path.

Instead:

• keep Raspberry Pi 5 docs as the stable baseline
• add Jetson as a second supported path
• compare new Jetson integration work against the existing Raspberry Pi behavior