Development of an integrated avionics hardware system for unmanned aerial vehicle research purposes

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The development of an integrated avionics system containing all the required sensors andactuators for autopilot control is presented. The thesis analyzes the requirements for the systemand presents detailed hardware design. The architecture of the system is based on an FPGA whichis tasked with interfacing with the sensors and actuators. The FPGA abstracts a microprocessorfrom these interface modules, allowing it to focus only on the control and user interfacealgorithms. Firmware design for the FPGA, as well as a conceptualization of the microprocessorsoftware design is presented. Simulation results showing the functionality of firmware modulesare presented.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University