Within the thesis, my goal will be to develop a stand-alone device for the purpose of recording location and velocity data of the flying model airplane. The device must be as small as possible and battery-powered so it can be used also elsewhere. To achieve longest possible autonomy, we strive for a low power consumption. Data storage medium must be removable so information can later be read and processed on a personal computer.
In the beginning of the thesis the background theory is presented, including the navigation, as all data will be captured with the help of GPS receiver.
In the following sections the hardware components and the firmware software for the microcontroller are presented. In more details the plane and the accompanying electronic components are described. The hardware was designed using the Altium Designer software tool. The integrated development environment Keil uVision was used for software development.
Finally, the location data obtained by the data collector and corresponding evaluation is presented.
Future research and application of the presented solution are discussed in the conclusion.
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