Entries by Millenium_Falcon_Luis

UFO Quadcopter Project Summary (Spring 2016)

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Luis Valdivia (Project Manager) Juan Mendez (Manufacturing Engineer) Anthony Becerril  (Systems Engineer) Kevin Nguyen (Electronics Engineer)   Table of Contents: Project Overview Executive Summary System Design Experimental Results Subsystem Design Interface Definitions Custom PCB Design Hardware Design Software Design Verification and Validation Test Plans Project Update Project Demonstrations Project Blog Posts Concluding Thoughts Project Resources […]

Verification: Requirement 1.5 – Lightshow

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Posted by: Luis Valdivia (Project Manager) Written by: Anthony Becerril (Mission, Systems, and Test Engineer)   Following the Verification and Validation Matrices, this post follows the level 1 requirement 1.5 – designing and implementing a lightshow to display at least 3 unique patterns. This also satisfies its corresponding level 2 requirements if applicable.   To […]

Verification: Requirement 1.1 – Stable Flight

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Posted by: Luis Valdivia (Project Manager) Written by: Anthony Becerril (Mission, Systems, and Test Engineer)   Following the Verification and Validation Matrices, this post follows the level 1 requirement 1.1 – Stable Flight. This also satisfies its corresponding level 2 requirements if applicable.   To meet the requirement our quadcopter was to do the following: […]

Verification: Requirement 1.6 – Wireless Communication

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Posted by: Luis Valdivia (Project Manager) Written by: Anthony Becerril (Mission, Systems, and Test Engineer)   Following the Verification and Validation Matrices, this post follows the level 1 requirement 1.6 – wireless communication of at least 10 feet. This also satisfies its corresponding level 2 requirements if applicable.   To meet the requirement the test […]

Verification: Requirement 1.7 – Printed Circuit Board

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Posted by: Luis Valdivia (Project Manager) Written by: Anthony Becerril (Mission, Systems, and Test Engineer)   Following the Verification and Validation Matrices, this post follows the level 1 requirement 1.7 – designing and manufacturing a Printed Circuit Board (PCB). This also satisfies its corresponding level 2 requirements if applicable.   To meet the requirement a […]

Software Design – Multiwii 328P IDE Design

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Posted by: Luis Valdivia (Project Manager) Written by: Anthony Becerril (Mission, Systems, and Test Engineer)   With most if not all quadcopters, there is a flight controller that is the brains of all flight operations. The flight controller’s IDE must be working correctly for controllers, motors, and more to all sync up properly. For our […]

Prototype: Fritzing and Breadboarding – Spring 2016

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Posted by: Luis Valdivia(Project Manager) Written by: Kevin Nguyen(Electronics and Controls)   Table of Contents: Introduction Fritzing Breadboarding Protoboarding   Introduction: It is important to prototype the schematic before sending it to the fab house. This is to ensure that the PCB would work the first time since PCB fabrication takes a lot of time […]

UFO PCB Layout Spring 2016

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Posted by: Luis Valdivia (Project Manager) Written by: Juan Mendez (Manufacturing Engineer) Table of contents Introduction Wire Traces Building the PCB   Introduction Our PCB was laid out after the schematic that was provided by our electronics and control engineer. The size of the board was set to roughly 2.5 by 2.5 inches so it can fit […]

Verification: Requirement 1.4 – Project Budget

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Posted by: Luis Valdivia (Project Manager) Written by: Anthony Becerril (Mission, Systems, and Test Engineer)   Following the Verification and Validation Matrices, this post follows the level 1 requirement 1.4 – project budget remaining below provided funds. This also satisfies its corresponding level 2 requirements if applicable. To meet the requirement, we had to finalize […]

Verification: Requirement 1.3 – Federal Aviation Administration, Unmanned Aircraft Systems, and California State University, Long Beach College of Engineering Compliance

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Posted by: Luis Valdivia (Project Manager) Written by: Anthony Becerril (Mission, Systems, and Test Engineer)   Following the Verification and Validation Matrices, this post follows the level 1 requirement 1.3 – Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), and California State University, Long Beach College of Engineering (CSULB COE) compliance. This also satisfies its […]