Development of a Vibration Monitoring System for use in Remote Controlled Aircraft
Mentor 1
Thomas Consi
Location
Union Wisconsin Room
Start Date
24-4-2015 2:30 PM
End Date
24-4-2015 3:45 PM
Description
When developing and modifying remote controlled aircraft, vibration is a crucial factor that must be addressed. Vibration can cause physical fatigue to the air frame resulting in structural failure while also interfering with on board electronics. A system was developed using the 3 axis accelerometer in an existing APM 2.5 flight control system to monitor these vibrations. This research involved creating custom firmware for the flight controller to enable faster sampling from the accelerometer and to increase data logging speeds for the built in SD card. After the custom firmware was completed, a Matlab program was created to perform a frequency analysis on the data using a Fast Fourier Transform. Once completed, this system will be used to collect and analyze vibration data from our Lake Michigan sturgeon tracking drone.
Development of a Vibration Monitoring System for use in Remote Controlled Aircraft
Union Wisconsin Room
When developing and modifying remote controlled aircraft, vibration is a crucial factor that must be addressed. Vibration can cause physical fatigue to the air frame resulting in structural failure while also interfering with on board electronics. A system was developed using the 3 axis accelerometer in an existing APM 2.5 flight control system to monitor these vibrations. This research involved creating custom firmware for the flight controller to enable faster sampling from the accelerometer and to increase data logging speeds for the built in SD card. After the custom firmware was completed, a Matlab program was created to perform a frequency analysis on the data using a Fast Fourier Transform. Once completed, this system will be used to collect and analyze vibration data from our Lake Michigan sturgeon tracking drone.
