UAV Software Development Services
- 21 Years UAV software development experience
- Custom UAV and payload software
- Custom image and video compression applications
- Piccolo plugins & custom Piccolo software
- Communications
- Satcomm (Iridium / Inmarsat / other systems)
- RTK DGPS / Attitude GPS
- Sensor Integration
- Payload support
Custom UAV Payloads
- High performance / Low power / small form factor
- Compact Intel Atom / x86 / custom configurations
- Small custom boards and sensors
- Custom digital imaging solutions (day/night, multi-camera, stereo vision, custom)
- Multi camera / gimbal imaging system integration
Here is a partial list of projects and tasks we have been involved with:
- Payload integration services
- Custom payload design
- Custom UAS video system component development
- Adaptations / modifications of existing system designs
- Flight test planning and flight operations
- Flight safety planning, risk analysis, and aviation authority planning
- Extensive Cloud Cap Piccolo flight operations, hardware, and software development experience (former Piccolo avionics system developer)
- Avionics software development
- Flight controller implementation
- Unmanned vehicle related user interface software and plugin development (including extensive Piccolo experience).
- Aircraft performance analysis
- Aircraft and aerodynamic design
- Aircraft simulation model development, including fixed wing, helicopter, and multirotor vehicles (developed simulation models for 40+ vehicles)
- Aircraft flight control gains tuning (precise tuning in simulation as well as during first flight), including fully autonomous first vehicle flights.
- Engine testing and development support, including engine test cell and dynamometer design
- Custom payload integration and testing
- Custom software, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering work
- High definition camera and wireless link integration and design
- Carbon fiber tooling design
- Extremely lightweight aluminum and carbon fiber enclosure design
- Partial previous project list includes:
- High definition realtime video link implementation
- High resolution image acquisition and transmission system
- Multiple camera acquisition system including simultaneous video and 14-bit infrared data
- Hyperspectral and multispectral camera acquisition systems
- Multiple satellite communications implementations for small UAVs and for the Piccolo avionics (Iridium and other satcomm systems)
- Engine dynamometer control software implementation
- Satcomm image transmission over very low bandwidth links
- IMU firmware implementation
- Gimbal retraction mechanism controller
- High precision GPSINS integration
- RTK Carrier Phase Differential GPS implementation for precision and shipboard landing
- Vehicle flight control gains simulation model and gains development (fixed wing, helicopter, multirotor, lighter than air)
- Large scale screw drive actuator interfacing
- Video processing, object tracking and gimbal control
- Video and image compression implementation
- Gimbal head tracker implementation
- Propeller analysis, selection, and design
- Vehicle aerodynamic analysis
- Extensive postflight vehicle incident analysis experience
- Test flight data analysis and vehicle parameter identification
- In-flight vehicle incident response
- Engine analysis
- Engine Control Unit design and specification
- Micro camera gimbal design
- High definition camera and lens design
- UAV Serial to Ethernet module
- UAV sensor selection (magnetometer, laser altimeter, GPSINS)
- Radio communications system and protocol implementation
- CAN bus interfacing, hardware, and software design
- Meteorological and icing warning sensor development