Learn what Ground Control Stations are and how they communicate with drones. The same principle applies for Mission Planner, QGroundControl, APM Planner2 or any other open source ground control station.
This intro is applicable to any ground control station, but uses an ardupilot software stacked drone as an example. An ardupilot drone uses MAVLink as its middleware.
This is a snippet of a full course on how to program drones. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THE COMPLETE COURSE, CHECK IT OUT AT
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