Drone Development from Concept to Flight Design, Assemble, and Discover the Applications of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Learn the principles behind building and flying drones, using components like BLDC motors and speed controllers, AeroGCS ground software, Ardupilot and PX4 open-source flight stacks, along with examples and best practices Key Features Explore multicopter physics (roll, pitch, and yaw) and 3D dynamic...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Birmingham, England :
Packt Publishing Ltd
[2024]
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| Edición: | First edition |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009816679006719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contributors
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Part 1: Fundamentals of Flight Engineering
- Chapter 1: Getting Started with UAV and Drone Engineering
- Introduction to unmanned systems - unmanned ground, air, and water vehicles
- Various unmanned vehicles
- History and evolution of drones
- Need for an unmanned system
- What are unmanned aerial systems?
- Types of drones and their relevance to applications
- Types of drones and their specifications
- System composition of a UAV
- Major mechanical and structural components of a drone
- Airframe
- Avionics systems and subsystems of drones
- The propulsion system or drive train of a drone
- The power system of drones
- Command and control system
- Summary
- Chapter 2: Understanding Flight Terminologies and the Physics of Motion
- Introduction to thrust, weight, lift, drag, and cruise
- Thrust
- Weight
- Lift
- Drag
- Cruise
- Introduction to the flight axis and its terminologies
- Roll movement
- Pitch movement
- Yaw movement
- Throttle
- Thrust-to-weight ratio (TWR)
- Introduction to the flight physics of a quadcopter
- Engineering to achieve movements across all three axes of rotation
- Hover motion
- Horizontal movements
- Pitch movement or forward-backward movement
- Summary
- Chapter 3: Learning and Applying Basic Command and Control Interfaces
- Introduction to GCS hardware and software
- GCS hardware
- GCS software
- Types of GCS
- Introduction to MAVLink and other open source telemetry protocols
- Introduction to RCs and the different available options
- Components of the RC transmitter system
- Modes of working of an RC controller
- Major RC protocols
- Transmitter protocols
- Receiving protocols
- SBUS protocol
- Summary
- Chapter 4: Knowing UAV Systems, Sub-Systems, and Components.
- Technical requirements
- Understanding and conceptualizing the system
- Designing the propulsion system
- Selection criteria for motor and propeller combination
- Characteristics of motors to be used
- Motor specifications and thrust charts
- Motor and propeller selection
- Battery selection
- Calculating the flight time (endurance)
- Designing and developing the airframe
- Developing the control system
- Electronic speed controllers and flight controllers
- Flight controller
- Selecting the navigation and communication systems
- Communication systems
- Integrated GCS system with communicating devices
- Selection of GPS and navigation system
- Summary
- Part 2: System Conceptualization and Avionics Development
- Chapter 5: The Application of Sensors and IMUs in Drones
- The inertial measurement unit and its role
- Composition of an IMU
- Use of IMUs in unmanned systems
- The barometer and its role
- How does it work?
- GPS and magnetometer and their roles
- How does GPS work?
- The use of GPS in drones
- Voltage and current sensors and their roles
- Sensor fusion and state estimation
- Summary
- Chapter 6: Introduction to Drone Firmware and Flight Stacks
- Technical requirements
- Introduction to firmware
- Components of firmware and their roles
- Firmware example
- Tools used to develop firmware
- Differences between software and firmware
- Introduction to drone firmware
- How it is different from general firmware
- The structure of drone firmware
- Introduction to drone flight stacks
- Open source drone flight stack
- Closed source (proprietary) drone flight stack
- Basic PX4 controller loop diagram
- PX4 flight stack
- The ArduPilot flight stack
- Summary
- Chapter 7: Introduction to Ground Control Station Software
- Technical requirements
- Introduction to GCSs.
- Major GCS software that is available on the market
- Mission Planner or APM Planner
- QGroundControl
- UgCS
- AeroGCS software overview
- AeroGCS main dashboard
- AeroGCS home menu
- Methods of connecting a drone
- RPA or drone configuration
- Autonomous mission planning
- Waypoint planning
- Survey planning
- Summary
- Chapter 8: Understanding Flight Modes and Mission Planning
- Technical requirements
- Flight modes and types
- Types of fight modes
- Assigning flight modes via remote control
- How it works
- Assigning and changing flgiht modes in a GCS
- Configuring the flight modes of the remote controller switch
- Planning and executing an autonomous waypoint mission
- Summary
- Part 3: Configuration, Calibrations, Flying, and Log Analysis
- Chapter 9: Drone Assembly, Configuration, and Tuning
- Technical requirements
- Components and tools required to build a drone
- Assembling the components of a drone
- Airframe assembly
- Motor assembly
- Assembling and configuring the ESCs
- Installing the flight controller
- Mounting a PDB on a drone
- Installing the battery
- Configuring the RC transmitter and receiver
- Telemetry connection
- Setting up and configuring avionics
- Firmware flashing
- Configuring the flight controller
- Understanding calibration and failsafes
- Calibrating sensors
- Failsafe setup and configuration
- Setting up a maiden flight
- Performing a maiden flight
- Summary
- Chapter 10: Flight Log Analysis and PIDs
- Technical requirements
- Introduction to flight logs and their applications
- Types of logs stored
- Working with GCS software on logs and their graphs
- Steps to download logs from the flight controller using QGC as the GCS
- Analyzing download logs
- Interpreting graphs
- Understanding PID controllers and their uses.
- Methods to detect bad PIDs in drones and how to fix them
- Rate controllers in a drone and tuning PIDs
- Summary
- Chapter 11: Application-Based Drone Development
- Technical requirements
- Survey-based drones
- Why aerial surveying is required
- The role of drones in aerial surveying
- Payloads used in survey missions
- Integrating the payload with the drone
- The Real-Time Kinematics (RTK) and Post-Processed Kinematics (PPK) positioning systems
- Mission planning for a survey mission
- Image stitching and post-processing
- Final deliverables
- Agricultural spraying drones
- Spray tank integration with a drone
- Agriculture spraying flight planning
- Precautions and safety
- Aerial delivery drones
- Payload release mechanism
- Safety regulations in the drone ecosystem
- System redundancy
- Summary
- Chapter 12: Developing a Custom Survey Drone
- Technical requirements
- Geospatial surveys
- The use of geospatial surveys in the industry
- Setting up the requirements for a survey drone
- High-quality imaging sensors
- GPS
- Autonomous flight planning
- Long flight time
- Real-time monitoring and telemetry
- Durability and weather resistance
- Payload capacity
- All-up weight or gross weight
- Selecting the drone's components
- Airframe
- Propulsion system or power trail
- Flight stack selection
- GPS module selection
- Camera or payload
- Telemetry system and selection considerations
- Wiring and assembly
- Drone configurations
- Motor and ESC calibration
- ESC calibration
- Summary
- References
- Index
- About PACKT
- Other Books You May Enjoy.
