Data Acquisition System for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Author(s):

Akshay Patil , Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering ; Vrunal Mhatre , Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering ; Naveen Kumar , Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering ; Ashish Chittimilla, Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering ; Siddhesh Chavan, Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering

Keywords:

UAV, DAS, UNO

Abstract:

An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) finds application in deploying cargo packages to war stricken or disaster affected areas where direct human intervention is not possible. The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) conducts an annual competition in the United States of America (USA), wherein the participants have to design and model the UAV according to the rulebook provided to them. The aim of the competition is to have a successful flight and drop an expellable payload on a specified location remotely. This paper discusses the coordination of the Data Acquisition System (DAS) with the Graphical User Interface (GUI) in a time restricted environment to fulfill the aim of the competition. The reliable and compact DAS provides the pilot with valuable information such as air speed, altitude and Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates of the UAV. GPS, Inertial Measurement Unit, Altimeter and Airspeed modules are interfaced with the Arduino UNO microcontroller. The data acquired is wirelessly transmitted via the XBee radio module to a GUI at the base station. The GUI is specially designed to graphically depict the altitude and track the location of the UAV on an embedded map. The system performed to its fullest and gave the desired result. This innovative and rugged system of ours would give off-the-rack solutions a run for their money!

Other Details:

Manuscript Id	:	IJSTEV1I11117
Published in	:	Volume : 1, Issue : 11
Publication Date	:	01/06/2015
Page(s)	:	333-337

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