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Eagle Eyes Compatibility

Eagle Eyes Pilot is compatible with DJI drones that support the DJI Mobile SDK 5, and can also run in a limite "Background mode" (see below) on most DJI Drone controllers that support 3rd party apps.

Eagle Eyes Scan (and its successor Mirada) can process recorded images and video from any drone, and can also run real-time detection via HDMI input from controllers that support clean HDMI output.

📋 See our compatibility page for desktop hardware and computer system requirements.

This table shows the compatibility of Eagle Eyes Pilot and Eagle Eyes Scan/Mirada for each drone/controller combination. See explanation at bottom of table.

→ Scroll right to see Eagle Eyes Scan/Mirada compatibility.→

Eagle Eyes Pilot Compatibility

  • ✔ Fully Compatible and tested. Fully compatibile, tested in house.
  • ✔ Should be compatible, not yet tested. Expected to work based on DJI SDK support, but not yet verified by our team.
  • ◑ Background Mode compatible and tested. Background Mode lets you run Eagle Eyes Pilot in the background, so it can track to CalTopo and livestream from the drone while flying with the native piloting app. See Video.
  • ◑ Background Mode should be compatible. Expected to support Background Mode, but not yet verified by our team.
  • ✖ Controller does not allow 3rd party apps. The controller does not support installing third-party Android apps, including Eagle Eyes Pilot. You can still use Eagle Eyes Scan/Mirada to view footage post flight.
  • ✖ Drone/Controller not compatible with each other. This DJI drone/controller combo are not compatible with eachother.
  • ✖ Not yet... Not currently supported.

Eagle Eyes Scan/Mirada Compatibility

  • ✔ HDMI Livestreams + Post-flight footage. Supports real-time detection via HDMI input and processing of recorded footage.
  • ✓ Post-flight footage. Supports processing recorded images and video after the flight (no HDMI output available on this controller).

📱 Android Requirements: Android 7+ with processor comparable to Snapdragon 855 (Galaxy S10 level), 6GB+ free storage. Not compatible with Google Pixel 6/7 phones due to DJI SDK bug.

For more information on Compatibility see 📘 Eagle Eyes Pilot Manual.

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Computers for Eagle Eyes Scan

The following operating systems are compatible with Eagle Eyes Scan.

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Windows

Windows 10 or newer

Compatible with most modern Windows 10 and Windows 11 systems.

Supported
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macOS (Apple silicon)

M1, M2, M3, M4 chips

Optimized for Apple's ARM64 architecture. Best performance on modern Macs.

Supported
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macOS (Intel)

Intel-based Macs

For older Intel-based Mac computers (x86 architecture). Performance may vary.

Limited Support

💻 What kind of computer do I need to run it?

Eagle Eyes Scan (and its successor, Mirada) is deliberately built to run well on fairly modest laptops. It currently doesn't use the GPU and isn't especially memory-hungry, so there's little advantage to a high-end gaming machine — most of our own development happens on a 2020 M1 MacBook Air. A faster CPU mostly just makes the app more responsive.

Recommended specs
  • Operating system: Windows 10 or 11, or macOS Ventura (13)/Sonoma (14) and newer.
  • Processor — Windows: Intel Core i3/i5/i7 or AMD Ryzen from 2013 onward. The CPU must support AVX instructions, so low-end Celeron, Atom, and Pentium Silver chips are not supported for the TensorFlow-heavy detection workload.
  • Processor — Mac: Apple silicon (M1, M2, M3, M4) is officially supported and runs well. Pre-2020 Intel Macs aren't officially supported — you can try the x86_64 build, but may see errors or slower speeds (fuller support is in the works).
  • Memory (RAM): 8 GB minimum, 16 GB recommended.
  • Graphics (GPU): Not required and currently unused — though this may change as we add new detectors.
  • Storage: At least 2 GB of free space, with more recommended for storing imagery and video.
Drone footage & live video

Scan is essentially drone-agnostic: it can process recorded photos and video from any drone, and it's optimized for DJI (it reads DJI's per-frame GPS from .SRT files and uses DJI file-naming conventions such as _V/_T/_Z to group visual, thermal, and zoom files; there's limited support for Autel's MAX_*/IRX_* naming too). For live detection during a flight, you'll need either an HDMI capture card fed from a controller that can output a clean HDMI signal (no on-screen overlays), or an RTMP network stream.