Hardware Overview

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Hardware Overview Autopilot Control Board- Serves as common platform for other components and has autopilot code and flight plans Battery- Powers the board and servos as well as motor Modem/Antenna- Facilitate communications Ground Control Station- Used to control UAV midflight GPS- Used for altitidue and positioning to waypoints IR Sensors- Determines control movements Motor and Controller- Manages the motor functioning

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Hardware Overview. Autopilot Control Board- Serves as common platform for other components and has autopilot code and flight plans Battery- Powers the board and servos as well as motor Modem/Antenna- Facilitate communications Ground Control Station- Used to control UAV midflight - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Hardware Overview• Autopilot Control Board- Serves as common platform for

other components and has autopilot code and flight plans• Battery- Powers the board and servos as well as motor• Modem/Antenna- Facilitate communications• Ground Control Station- Used to control UAV midflight• GPS- Used for altitidue and positioning to waypoints• IR Sensors- Determines control movements• Motor and Controller- Manages the motor functioning• Servos- Adjust control surfaces

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Autopilot Control Board (Tiny)

• The main control board is the Tiny v2.11 is the brain of the UAV and controls:• Servos (via Pulse-pulse-modulation)• Infrared sensors• GPS• Any applicable payload (CAM)

• The autopilot is released by and updated by the Paparazzi development team

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Battery

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Datalink Radio(Modem & Antenna)

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GPS Receiver

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IR Sensors

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Motor & Controller

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Servos

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Payload

• We never officially implemented a payload, though this would not require extensive work

• Ostensibly, we would have added a camera to feed back images or video over the modem

• Due to data transmission rate limitations (9600 baudrate) any video taken would be of very low quality, though images could certainly be sent at a decent frequency

• Payload would likely be placed on the side of the modem transmitter beneath and partially embedded in a wing

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Hardware Preparation

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Custom Cables

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Software Setup

• Linux installed blah blah

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Install Bootloader

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Program GPS Receiver

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Programming Autopilot