Implementation of a telemetry and telecommand standard system for UAVs

• Grant number: 07/03784-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: September 01, 2007
• End date: August 31, 2009
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Aerospace Engineering
• Principal Investigator: Eduardo Morgado Belo
• Grantee: Stefano Augusto Ruy Cerchiari
• Host Institution: Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This project consists of the study, adaptation and implementation of a telecommunication system by radio modem through a telemetry and telecommand standard system, between a UAV and a station in land, thus making possible, through a software, the sending of the mission to be accomplished by the embarked electronics (coordinates which the aircraft must pass by), the continuous collect and storage of packages of data in digital archive (data logging), and an eventual direct intervention in the independent navigation of the aircraft (virtual pilot) for questions of security and flexibility. This project corresponds to one of the nine areas of the program of the UAV developed by the EESC-USP.