Difference between revisions of "Explorer"

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* Leds [[Explorer/Leds]]
* Leds [[Explorer/Leds]]
* Radio control  
* Radio control  
* Servo
* Servo [[Explorer/Servo]]


The equipments connected to the companion board are :
The equipments connected to the companion board are :
* Camera  
* Camera  
* External wifi
* External wifi

Revision as of 00:03, 7 July 2020

The Explorer is a rotorcraft.
It is used to test :

  • control loops such as PID and INDI
  • simultaneous datalinks such as Xbee and Wifibroadcast
  • vision algorithm

The Explorer frame is 3Dprinted
Explorer/3DPrinted

The aircraft flies an Apogee or a Tawaki autopilot board.
Explorer/PPRZ

The RaspberryPi provides: - a camera link - an additional communication link - an easy way to run computation tasks.

There are two RaspberryPi :
- on board, as a companion board to the autopilot
- on ground, as an interface to the companion board

The RPI Zero and RPI 3B can be used in this aircraft as they provided at least one UART and one USB
Explorer/RaspberryPi

The equipments connected to the autopilot board are :

The equipments connected to the companion board are :

  • Camera
  • External wifi