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The Classix autopilot was designed for heavy sensing applications. | The Classix autopilot was designed for heavy sensing applications. | ||
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* 2 UARTs | * 2 UARTs | ||
* 6 PWM outputs | * 6 PWM outputs | ||
* 2 | * 2 R/C Receiver inputs | ||
* 2 combined USB clients | * 2 combined USB clients | ||
* 2 | * 2 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_Peripheral_Interface SPI] busses | ||
* 2 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ | * 2 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I2c I<sup>2</sup>C] | ||
* Connector to dock with a [http://www.gumstix.com Gumstix] board | * Connector to dock with a [http://www.gumstix.com Gumstix] board | ||
* 3.3V linear regulator & 3.7V linear regulator (for Gumstix) | * 3.3V linear regulator & 3.7V linear regulator (for Gumstix) | ||
* | * Audio (for data downlink without a modem) | ||
* 2 LEDs (status display) | * 2 LEDs (status display) | ||
* 12 grams | * 12 grams | ||
Revision as of 16:38, 10 December 2006
Classix Control Board
The Classix autopilot was designed for heavy sensing applications.
Features
- Dual LPC2148 MCUs
- 14 ADC channels
- 2 UARTs
- 6 PWM outputs
- 2 R/C Receiver inputs
- 2 combined USB clients
- 2 SPI busses
- 2 I2C
- Connector to dock with a Gumstix board
- 3.3V linear regulator & 3.7V linear regulator (for Gumstix)
- Audio (for data downlink without a modem)
- 2 LEDs (status display)
- 12 grams
- 89 x 30mm
The Classix Control Board use 2 Philips LPC2148 ARM7 based microcontroller. The ARM7 is a low-power 32-bit RISC processor core and the Philips LPC2148 has 512KB on-chip Flash ROM, 40KB RAM and can be clocked at 60MHz.
With 2 MCUs this system is very robust, 1 MCU can handle all critical code, fly-by-wire and such, and the other can handle all autonomous processing. In the case of autonomous code error, the aircraft may be saved via manual control and the fbw MCU.
The ability to dock with a Gumstix board would allow for image processing, heavy communications, or payload support.
Architecture
Pinout
BOM
under construction