Tutorials

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Aerial Communication using Directional Antennas (ACDA)

 

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ACDA system
Tarot 650 Sport Quadcopter

Using MPI on Amazon EC2

 

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Link
BPCC code

Tutorial on Networked UAV Computing Systems

 

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Link

Aerial View Dataset

 

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Link
Note
ReadMe

Installation of KVM and Docker

 

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KVM on Jetson TX2
Docker on Jetson TX2

GNU Radio Installation Instruction

 

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Installation Instructions

Networked UAV Computing System Prototype II

 

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Reference

Features

• • Real-time optical and thermal video transmission up to 5km
  • Directional antenna automatic alignment
  • Beaglebone Black as main controller
  • Nvidia Jetson TX2 as server for cameras
  • ROS
  • Interface design with friendly operation, map and remote performance monitoring capabilities
  • LQG controller with wind disturbance rejection
  • Indoor GPS-denied environment with RSSI localization
  • Outdoor GPS-equipped environment
  • LOS and NLOS settings
  • Water proof design
  • TensorRT, target recognition and tracking

TX2 Carrier Board for UAVs Version II

 

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 TX2 V3.1 Carrier SPEC

Features

• • HDMI: Standard HDMI port
  • LED: One power LED
  • UART0,UART1,UART2: 3.3V TTL level UARTs
  • CAN Bus
  • DC12V PWR IN: DC 8-19V input
  • Fan: PWM speed regulator and monitor
  • Buttons: Recovery button, reset button and power button
  • Micro USB: Micro USB-A/B for debug of TX2 module
  • USB: standard USB2.0 and 3.0 port
  • GBE Ethernet: standard gigabits Ethernet
  • GPIO: Four 3.3V GPIOs
  • Mini SD card reader: standard mini SD card reader
  • Onboard switch: toggle between TX2_Atmega2560 communication mode / Atmega2560 debug mode
  • Camera ports: CSI SONY OV5693 optical camera & FLIR Lepton thermal camera
  • ATmega2560: extended PWM generator and H-bridge motor driver, with Mini-USB port for debug
  • Dimension: 3.5” x 2.6” (88mm X 65mm)
  • Weight: 44g

New Features Compared to Version I

• • Addition of Mini-SD card reader
  • Communication with TX2 and Atmega2560 changed from UART to USB
  • Addition of a mode switch to toggle between TX2 and Atmega2560 communication mode and Atmega2560 debug mode

Comparison of Microcomputers

 

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Networked UAV Computing System Prototype I

Features

• • Real-time optical and thermal video transmission up to 5km
  • Directional antenna automatic alignment
  • Beaglebone Black as main controller
  • Nvidia Jetson TX2 as server for cameras
  • ROS
  • Interface design with friendly operation, map and remote performance monitoring capabilities
  • LQG controller with wind disturbance rejection
  • Indoor GPS-denied environment with RSSI localization
  • Outdoor GPS-equipped environment
  • LOS and NLOS settings
  • Water proof design
  • TensorRT, target recognition and tracking

TX2 Carrier Board for UAVs Version I

Features

• • HDMI: Standard HDMI port
  • LED: One power LED
  • UART0,UART1,UART2: 3.3V TTL level UARTs
  • CAN for TX2
  • DC12V PWR IN: DC 8-19V input
  • Fan: Fan interface
  • Buttons: Recovery button, reset button and power button
  • Micro USB: Micro USB-A/B
  • USB 2.0/3.0: USB2.0 and 3.0 combing socket
  • Gbe ethernet: Standard Gbe ethernet port
  • GPIO: Four 3.3V level GPIOs
  • Camera port: CSI OV5693 and Lepton thermal cameras supported
  • Atmega2560: extended PWM generator and H-bridge motor driver
  • Dimensions: 3.5″ x 2.6″ (88mm x 65mm) board
  • Weight: 53g

Comparison of Virtualization Techniques

UAV Attitude Acquisition System

This UAV attitude acquisition system consists of an IMU, GPS, barometer and a microSD card. It measures UAV angular velocity, acceleration, orientation, magnetic field, position and altitude, and stores the data in the microSD card.

• • IMU xsens mti-3
  • Ultimate GPS module adafruit
  • Barometric sensor BME280 adafruit
  • MicroSD card slot
  • ATMEGA2560
  • ATMEGA16u2
  • Voltage regulator TPS54229DDA
  • Micro USB port
  • Level shifter74HC4050