Autonomous Quadcopter Project
Post date: Apr 17, 2010 6:11:45 PM
a little late but here's a photo of the construction. This shows the frame with rotors mounted but lacks the main processor board.
17/04/10
An aspect of this project is to develop a business case for our product. In order to do that, we have a new website for this. It is still under construction but will be updated with detail soon.
13/11/09
For my 3rd year project, the above project was chosen for its variety of challenges and possibilities. The project has just been initiated and ideas are being finalised.
Jan 2010
An overview of features has been finalised. This is to include: GPS, Wi-Fi or Xbee 2.4GHz modules, a camera, and possibly autonomous collision detection.
03/03/10
The design has been finalised. The final specifications are:
APPLICATION PROCESSOR
o Atleast 75MHz clock rate
o On-board memory of 8MB
o Atleast 1 Analogue input
o Atleast 8Digital General Purpose Input/Outputs (GPIOs)
o Atleast 1 SPI & I2C interface
RADIO LINK
o Wi-Fi technology
o Atleast 1Mbps data transfer rate
o Atleast SPI or UART or I2C interface
o On-board IP stack
DATA STORAGE
o SPI or UART interface
o Large storage capacity - minimum 256MB
o Small and lightweight form factor
IMAGING SYSTEM
o Dual camera implementation
o Camera 1
o High resolution – minimum 1Megapixels (1MP)
o Ability to capture stills
o Digital output – parallel or serial
o Optional: on-board JPEG encoder
o Camera 2
o Low resolution – 640x480 pixels VGA
o Ability to record video
o Digital output – parallel or serial
o FIFO frame buffer
o Optional: on-board stream encoder
ESC & MOTORS
o PWM input control
o Optional: Battery Eliminator Circuit
NAVIGATIONAL TELEMETRY SENSORS
o Global Positioning System (GPS)
o Minimum accuracy of less than 5m
o Digital output – parallel or Serial
o NMEA 0183 communications standard
o Accelerometer
o Minimum 1g (9.81ms-2)
o 3-axis measurement (X, Y, Z)
o Gyroscope
o Rotational speed measurement up to 150Os-1
o 3-axis measurement (Roll, Pitch, Yaw)
MICROPHONE
o High directionality
o Constant gain frequency response for range 650Hz-5kHz
o Linear phase response within specified frequencies
If you are a potential sponsor or your corporation might utilise a quadcopter for search and rescue operations please contact me and my team using the feedback form or if you see me available for chat, please drop a line. Specifications may be updated to meet your custom requirements.Thank you.