2.5 KiB
Hardware
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Make the prototype hover
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Build Mock-up body to not destroy it while testing
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Servo calibration
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Test without propellers
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Add propellers
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Control system check by flying while holding
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Look at logs, do they contain all variables that should be monitored?
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Do we need to customize the log?
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Does the control system input look healthy?
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Make redundant esc's
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Proof of work:
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Using 2 vescs and a custom application show that 2 vescs can control a single motor
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Where does the error signal come from? How can we generate it / monitor the health of the esc?
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Version 2 of PDB
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Make 5V rail and 7.4V rail redundant!
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Formfactor & Weight!
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Carrierboard No. 2
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Coral vs Qualcomm --> See performance etc. with Iñigo
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If Coral
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Decide on cameras and make custom connector
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Sensors & Actuation
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GPS: Decide which GPS modules & antennas
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--> test performance between ZED & NEO (with and without correction services)
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Test antenna performance
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IoT: Is SARA chip enough? --> make or use API to integrate SARA into our ROS system.
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Define purpose precisely of SARA Chip. What needs to be communicated? What packages exchanged?
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Airspeed sensor
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Test windspeed sensor when it arrives
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How important is it? Do we manage without?
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Research Stall and stall detection (can It be detected without windspeed sensor?)
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What is the lifetime of the servos? Can we find better servos?
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What servos does nasa use on their Ingenuity copter? --> Maxon
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Send email to maxon
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Are there servos that run on 6s? --> would greatly simplify pdb.
Software
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Sensors & Actuation
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Attach GPS Module to PX4
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Does it work?
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How do we need to tweak it?
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Communication High level
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What packages are being sent between corals and px4?
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What data needs to be shared? (make a list! GPS, etc.)
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Redundancy
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How do we run 2 px4s in parallel?
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Make high-level node graph of our architecture
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What nodes work fine, what nodes need to be implemented?
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Make requirements list of PX4 part. Is it suited as it is or does it need to be modified?
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Low-level Communication
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UAVCAN vs other protocols
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Qualcomm vs Coral. 
Modelling & Control System
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Make the prototype hover like a heli
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Model the drone with matlab and come up with strategy for control system