Development and Testing of a Low-Cost Instrumentation Platform for Fixed-Wing UAV Performance Analysis
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Related Works
3. Project Requirements’ Specification
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Microcontroller
4.2. Airspeed
4.3. Orientation and Altitude
4.4. Electric Current
4.5. Radio Frequency Module
4.6. Data Acquisition Board
4.7. Communication Protocol
4.8. Data Acquisition Firmware
4.9. Installing the Components in a Fixed-Wing UAV
5. Results and Discussion
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
ADC | Analog-to-digital converter |
FHSS | Frequency-Hopping Spread Spectrum |
I2C | Inter-Integrated Circuit |
IC | Integrated Circuit |
ISM | Industrial, Scientific and Medical |
MDPI | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute |
MISO | Master Input Slave Output |
MOSI | Master Output Slave Input |
SCL | Serial Clock |
SDA | Serial Data |
SPI | Serial Peripheral Interface |
SS | Slave Select |
UART | Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter |
UAV | Unmanned aerial vehicle |
Appendix A
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GY-80 | GY-87 | GY-91 | |
---|---|---|---|
Accelerometer | ADXL345 | MPU6050 | MPU6500 |
Gyroscope | L3G4200D | MPU6050 | MPU6500 |
Magnetometer | HMC5883L | HMC5883L | AK8963 |
Barometer | BMP085 | BMP180 | BMP280 |
Legend | Component |
---|---|
A | Electric Current Sensor (INA219) |
B | Conector for Differential Pressure Sensor (MPX7002DP) |
C | Auxiliar Button |
D | Arduino Nano |
E | Sinalization LED |
F | SD Card Reader and Writter Module |
G | Conector for Radio Frequence Module |
H | Module GY-87 (BMP180 and MPU6050) |
I | Conector for Measuring Electric Current |
J | Conector for Power Supply |
K | Voltage Regulator for Radio Frequency Module |
Task | Time (s) |
---|---|
Readings of Pitch and Roll from MPU6050 | 784 |
Readings of Differential Pressure from MPX7002DP | 116 |
Readings of Absolute Pressure from BMP180 | 15,428 |
Readings of Electric Current from INA219 | 2032 |
Storing Data on a SD Card | 3032 |
Transmitting Data through RF | 1744 |
Creating a new file on a SD Card | 512,100 |
Closing a file on a SD Card | 22,792 |
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Dapper e Silva, T.; Cabreira, V.; De Freitas, E.P. Development and Testing of a Low-Cost Instrumentation Platform for Fixed-Wing UAV Performance Analysis. Drones 2018, 2, 19. https://doi.org/10.3390/drones2020019
Dapper e Silva T, Cabreira V, De Freitas EP. Development and Testing of a Low-Cost Instrumentation Platform for Fixed-Wing UAV Performance Analysis. Drones. 2018; 2(2):19. https://doi.org/10.3390/drones2020019
Chicago/Turabian StyleDapper e Silva, Tulio, Vinicius Cabreira, and Edison Pignaton De Freitas. 2018. "Development and Testing of a Low-Cost Instrumentation Platform for Fixed-Wing UAV Performance Analysis" Drones 2, no. 2: 19. https://doi.org/10.3390/drones2020019