diff --git a/control/copter_control.tex b/control/copter_control.tex index c00e6e4d7d46906e4e22074866cd35f347f93d86..14ca3aa41894a93bdabddfa9eb125448bdca79f3 100644 --- a/control/copter_control.tex +++ b/control/copter_control.tex @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Therefore we will only use high level commands to fly this copter. Only a couple of commands for controlling the robot like "go up", "go down" or "manual control" will be available. When you send the commands up/down the copter will start to navigate its own way up or down through the shaft using Infrared, Sonar and LIDAR. - If you set the copter to manual mode, you will be controlling the Copter using a radio transmitter/transmitter, and no sensors will be there to guide you. + If you set the copter to manual mode, you will be controlling the Copter using a radio transmitter/receiver, and no sensors will be there to guide you. \subsection{Flight Controller} Because the lack of time in this project we will use an commercially available flight controller to keep the copter flying steady instead of building our own. diff --git a/hardware/hardware.tex b/hardware/hardware.tex index ab23f226b09c8feb8e4f0a1506c7498878cfbc77..c78423b19ab677c223e1fbbecc180894ca56d301 100644 --- a/hardware/hardware.tex +++ b/hardware/hardware.tex @@ -4,21 +4,25 @@ \subsection{Copter parts} When starting to assemble a copter we first started by choosing a suitable frame to fit the equipment. 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 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. + 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 a TGS 12x6 propellers and a 4S Li-Po battery would suit our needs. + This would give us enough lift for 3kg of payload at full throttle (eq.\ref{mcopter}-\ref{payload}), which means we should be able to fly with 1kg payload at a reasonable throttle setting. + ESC's 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 size and discharge rating to handle flight time and current delivery. + We wanted to at least five minutes of flight time so we chose a Zippy 8000mAh 30C battery which would give us around six minutes of flight at full throttle (eq.\ref{flighttime}) 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 + M_{Copter} = M_{frame} + 4\cdot M_{motors} + 4\cdot M_{ESC} + 4\cdot M_{prop} + M_{battery} = 1749.2g + \label{mcopter} \end{equation} \begin{equation} - Max payload = Total thrust-Weight of copter = 4*1200-1749.2=3050.8g + Payload_{max} = Thrust_{tot}-M_{Copter} = 4*1200-1749.2=3050.8g + \label{payload} \end{equation} \begin{equation} - Fight time = \frac{Battery capacity}{Max amp draw} = - 8/80 = 6 minutes + Flight\ time = \frac{Battery\ capacity}{Max\ amp} = + \frac{8000mAh}{80A} \approx 6\ minutes + \label{flighttime} \end{equation} @@ -30,4 +34,7 @@ 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 + All power rails and 15 volt peripherals were handled on a separate board to avoid disturbance. + + % Lägga in bilder på circuit boards? +