Holybro Pixhawk RPi CM4 Baseboard

Holybro Pixhawk RPi CM4 Baseboard – Expansion and Integration Board

The Holybro Pixhawk RPi CM4 Baseboard (SKU 18080) is an interface and expansion board for Pixhawk-compatible flight controllers and the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4. It combines Pixhawk’s industrial-grade drone flight-controller platform with the computing power of the Raspberry Pi CM4, enabling advanced autonomous control and mission-computing applications. This board is particularly attractive for developers, researchers, and commercial users who require tight integration between flight control and high-performance computing resources.

Key Features

• Compatible with the Pixhawk bus standard, allowing easy integration of Pixhawk flight-controller modules.
• Enables connection of a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) as a powerful mission and computing co-processor.
• Utilizes UART, CAN bus, and other interfaces for robust communication between the flight controller and the Raspberry Pi.
• Supports a wide range of peripherals such as cameras, sensors, telemetry, and AI workloads powered by the Raspberry Pi CM4.
• Ideal for autonomous control tasks, high-resolution sensor data processing, AI vision, and real-time onboard logic.

The baseboard enables a modular system architecture in which the flight controller and the mission/computing computer work synergistically—for example with extended sensor inputs, image processing, or complex navigation algorithms.

Applications

• Development of autonomous UAV systems
• Research and prototyping with AI/vision algorithms
• Commercial drone and robotics platforms
• Integration of mission computers with flight control for real-time operation

Please note: This baseboard is typically supplied without a Pixhawk flight-controller module and without a Raspberry Pi CM4. These components must be purchased separately to build a fully functional system.