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Michalis Agathos edited this page May 26, 2013 · 6 revisions

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Main Board

Arduino UNO:

  • Digital I/O Pins: 14 (of which 6 provide PWM output)
  • Analog Input Pins: 6
  • DC Current per I/O Pin: 40 mA
  • DC Current for 3.3V Pin: 50 mA
  • Operating Voltage: 5V
  • Input Voltage (recommended): 7-12V
  • Input Voltage (limits): 6-20V
  • Clock Speed: 16 MHz
  • Flash Memory: 32 KB (ATmega328) of which 0.5 KB used by boot loader
  • SRAM: 2 KB
  • EEPROM: 1 KB

Motors

At the moment we have 4 brushless motors with the following specs:

  • KV 1600 rpm/V
  • Maximum power 190 W
  • Voltage 7.4 - 11.1 V
  • Maximum current 17 A
  • Weigths 53 g
  • Shaft diameter 3 mm
  • Dims 27x27x45 (mm^3)

Dimensions: 27mm x 25mm Weight: 35g KV: 1600 rpm/v Voltage: 7.4v11.1v (2s3s) Max Current: 17A Max Power: 190w Shaft: 3mm

Propellers

4 pairs of left/right-handed propellers:

  • Length 8 inches (~20.32cm), Pitch 45 inches (~114.3cm), which gives a pitch ratio of 5.625
  • xxx Hz optimal angular frequency
  • xxx maximum thrust
  • ??? moment of inertia
  • (Figure) for thrust VS frequency
  • other parameters (linear mass density, blade tilt etc.)

Electronic Speed Controllers

One HobbyKing 20A BlueSeries Brushless Speed Controller for each motor with the following specs:

  • Current: continuous 20A, burst 30A
  • Frequency at 8/16kHz
  • Battery: 2-4 cell LiPo / 5-12 cell Ni-XX
  • Clockwise/Anti-clockwise
  • SBEC: 5V / 2A output
  • Weights 18g
  • Dims 33x23x6 (mm^3)
  • Features: low-volt cutoff, smooth start, auto cell detect for LiPo, brake, other options

Battery packs

The old Wilco's helicopter LiPo battery:

  • Charge of xxx mAh
  • Discharge at xxx C

Turnigy nanoTech LiPo battery:

  • Type LiPo
  • 2 cell at 7.4V
  • Charge of 950 mAh
  • Discharge rate: 25C constant, 50 burst
  • Charge rate up to 5C
  • Weights 46g
  • Dims 71x25x14 (mm^3)

Sensors

  • Accelerometers
  • 3-axis
  • sampling rate: xxx kHz
  • resolution 9 bit (in 10-bit format)
  • working voltage: 5V
  • Gyroscopes
  • 3-axis
  • sampling rate: xxx kHz
  • working voltage: 5V
  • resolution: 10 bit

Frame

*Dimensions

  • Material
  • Aluminium: 2.7 g/cm^3
  • MDF: 0.5-1.0 g/cm^3
  • Carbon fiber: 1.1-3.4 g/cm^3

Other

  • LEDs

  • LDR

  • camera

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