diff --git a/hardware/hardware.tex b/hardware/hardware.tex index df1589f5f31cae0c786cf5e3333e4745a090a4fd..ab23f226b09c8feb8e4f0a1506c7498878cfbc77 100644 --- a/hardware/hardware.tex +++ b/hardware/hardware.tex @@ -6,5 +6,28 @@ A 65cm square frame was chosen to get space for the sensors between the rotors. Next step was to choose motors and propellers to get enough lift for our payload at a comfortable throttle setting, the NTM propdrive 28-30S motor with TGS 12x6 propellers and a 4S LiPo battery. This would give us enough lift for 3kg of payload at full throttle which means we should be able to fly with 1kg payload at a reasonable throttle setting. - ESCs where chosen to handle the battery voltage and the amperage of the motors, Afro 30A fit these requirements and also runs th open source software SimonK which allows a lot of settings. - The last step was to choose battery seize and discharge rating to handle flight time and current delivery. We wanted to at least 5 minutes of flight time so we chose a Zippy 8000mAh 30C battery which would give us 6 minutes of flight at full throttle and more than enough current delivery. \ No newline at end of file + ESCs where chosen to handle the battery voltage and amperage of the motors, Afro 30A fit these requirements and also runs th open source software SimonK which allows a lot of settings. + The last step was to choose battery seize and discharge rating to handle flight time and current delivery. We wanted to at least 5 minutes of flight time so we chose a Zippy 8000mAh 30C battery which would give us 6 minutes of flight at full throttle and more than enough current delivery. + + \begin{equation} + Weight of copter = 476+4\cdot 26.5 + 4\cdot 65 + 4\cdot + 13.8 + 845 + 7 = 1749.2g + \end{equation} + \begin{equation} + Max payload = Total thrust-Weight of copter = 4*1200-1749.2=3050.8g + \end{equation} + \begin{equation} + Fight time = \frac{Battery capacity}{Max amp draw} = + 8/80 = 6 minutes + \end{equation} + + + + + \subsection{Circuit boards} + + We decided to make a shield to distribute all connectors from the Nucleo board base. + The shield board contains connectors to all our peripherals except the LIDAR, because the LIDAR uses Ethernet communication which is already integrated on the Nucleo board. + We decided to use a switching regulator to make a five volt rail for peripherals, because of efficiency when stepping down from 15 volts. + A three volt rail for logic level was needed so a linear regulator from five volt was suitable there. + All power rails and 15 volt peripherals were handled on a separate board to avoid disturbance. \ No newline at end of file