[Autopilot] NEED HELP!
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From: Dan D. <dan...@gm...> - 2005-06-25 13:38:00
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=20 Hi! We are group of students in the Philippines who would like to do an autonomous helicopter project. The model helicopter, being autonomous = would do only the following task: =20 * Take off unassisted * Using a camera, search for a visual marker 8 meters away (maximum). *Land on the visual marker.=20 We would like to use the autopilot algorithm for it. Is it possible? =20 We already have the following:=20 =20 *TMZ104 - PC 104 for flight computing Board: PC/104 Bus - Compliant with standard PC/104 expansion bus with an = IRQ and DMA channel subset=20 CPU: Crusoe TM5500 CPU and North-Bridge VLIW processor running at 367 or 500MHz x86 code morphing software provides x86 compatible platform up to = Pentium MMX2 emulation LongRun advanced power management with ultra-low power operation, 64 bit memory bus up to 133MHz=20 Cache: L1 of 64K instruction cache + 64K data cache 256K L2 write-back cache=20 DRAM: SDRAM support for one SO-DIMM module for up to 256MB=20 Drives: Supports up to two EIDE drives up to 100MHz (master/slave) Floppy Disk Controller Supports M-Systems DiskOnChip 2000 and Millennium (8MB to 1GB) =20 I/O: Serial Ports=B7 Two 16550-compatible serial ports, RS-232 Parallel Port =B7 One bi-directional AT-compatible printer port USB Port =B7 One USB root hub interface (version 1.1, 12MBits/s) PS2 interface =B7 Keyboard and Mouse support=20 Watchdog: Dual Watchdog Timers Normal mode of 2.9s time-out Boot mode of 46.4s time-out=20 Dimension: 3.6" x 3.8" x 0.9"=20 Power consumption: Single 5VDC operation Less than 1.5W (tested with 64Mbytes SDRAM and 48MB DOC)=20 Compatible=20 Operating Systems: Embedded PC BIOS - 100% x86 compatible DOS, MSDOS, DRDOS, LINUX, VxWorks, and most other PC compatible RTOS Windows=99 9x, and Windows NT=99 =20 Temperature: Operating temperature: -40=B0C to 85=B0C (estimated) =20 * Size 30 Futaba Helicopter with size 50 engine * Standard Webcam =20 =20 - We are currently doing a canvass on the IMU. Would you guys recommend = the one in rotomotion? - What OS is recommended? - What else do we need? =20 Hoping to receive your kind response. We badly need your help. =20 THANKS A LOT!! =3D) =3D) =20 One with you in UAV, =20 Dan Dizon=20 Undergrad Engineering student from the Philippines =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 |