RC Control Spring 2016
Posted by: Luis Valdivia(Project Manager) Written by: Kevin Nguyen(Electronics and Controls) Table of Contents: – Introduction – Transmitter and Receiver – Setting up the MultiWii – MultiWii GUI – Arming and Disarming Introduction: Being able to use the RC controller early on in this project will be very beneficial since it will make […]
Spring 2016 AdBot Critical Design Review
The Rover should travel on level area, ramp area, and stair ways during the mission test. Critical Design Review By Dang Le, Project Manager Dang Le (Project Manager) Don Tran (System Engineer) Muhammad Ali Siddiqui (Electronic Engineer) Muhammad Maqbool (Manufacturing Engineer) Executive Summary Program Objective/Mission Profile Program Objective The project objective is to build a […]
Spring 2016 Additional Fan Bracket Design
Posted by: Luis Valdivia (Project Manager) Written by: Juan Mendez (Manufacturing Engineer) Table of Contents: Introduction Design Conclusion Introduction: Since weight became an issue with our vehicle, we had to think of an alternative solution to fix the yaw problem. Our alternative solution was to add an additional brushless fan to counter the yaw problem. […]
2016 Spring 2016: 3DoT David CDR ppt and CDR Debrief
BY: Omar Mouline (Project Manager), On 04/20/2016 the the professor Gary Hill and with the assistance of the President gave us a debrief on our CDR. in the link blow is the CDR power point that was presented on the 04/06/2016 : 3DoT David CDR Table of Contents First slide: Remark: Points were deducted For […]
Spring 2016 3DOT Goliath, CDR Debrief
By: Ayman Aljohani (Project Manager) Introduction: Critical Design Review(CDR), is an important phase of the project, it presents the design of the project. It also provides a clear view on the project standing and percent completion. After presenting our CDR, we were debriefed by the president, and the customer on our presentation content . Here […]
UFO Torque Test Spring 2016
Posted by: Luis Valdivia (Project Manager By: Anthony Becerril (Systems Engineer) Table of contents: Test objective Test Procedure and Criteria Preliminary work Procedure Results Conclusion Video Appendix Test Objective: To create stable flight, the current quadcopter must not have yaw rotation being created by the Electric Ducted Fans (EDFs). This torque test will measure the […]
LiPo Battery safety Spring 2016
Posted By: Luis Valdivia (Project Manager) Written by: Kevin Nguyen (Electronics and Control) Table of contents: Introduction Using the IMax B6AC LiPro Balance charger Charging Discharging Using the Voltage monitor system Battery safety bag Introduction: LiPo batteries are the most dangerous types of batteries in the world. They are very compact in size […]
Spring 2016 3 DOT Goliath body dimensions
By: Jerry Lui, Rickeisha Brown (Manufacturing Engineers): Given the requirement of having the phone housed within the body of the rover the body must accommodate for the dimensions of the particular phone being used. In this case, a Samsung Galaxy S4 is being used as the camera for the rover and has the dimensions of […]
Arxterra Now Supports Waypoint Navigation
ArxRobot version Alpha 0.1.62 has been uploaded to Google Play at https://play.google.com/apps/testing/air.com.arxterra.arxrobot.
Changes include:
- Added support for Waypoint Navigation. If you program your Arduino to take current GPS location and heading data, and navigate to a desired location, ArxRobot will:
- Provide current coordinates from its GPS sensor.
- Provide heading information from its motion sensors.
- Relay waypoint coordinates and various route management commands as the pilot triggers them at the Control Panel.
- Added watchdog messaging between ArxRobot and Arduino to help detect disconnects more quickly.
Learn the basics on how to: Post to Github, Download from Github, and Upload Code to Arduino
By Tommy Sanchez Typically instructions on posting repositories to Github can be a little confusing, the tutorial below can be used as a guide to hopefully get you posting quickly and without the confusion. The tutorial also shows how to go about downloading a Github file from any public repository. It’s useful to understand how […]