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XTENDERmp | Video
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XTENDERmp taps into the power of a world
recognized autopilot and expands it to fill the gap between standard autopilot
functionality and your specific requirements.
- Ability to customize control laws for enhanced control
of your airframe
- Allows you to use custom software that communicates
to the MP2028g through HORIZONmp
- Ability to write custom GCS
- Extends HORIZONmp to accept third party
software that can access autopilot data (e.g. vision software)
- Extends the autopilot to control custom payloads
and collect data from custom sensors
- Autopilot 6DOF simulator allows you to test your
code on the bench to dramatically reduce risk and increase productivity
- Allows for complete access to the autopilot state
for enhanced control
| Plug-ins
XTENDERmp Plug-in
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MP Plug-ins are
code modules that execute at the same time as the autopilot code
and allow customer's to add functionality to the autopilot to differentiate
their products and close the gap between the standard autopilot
functionality and their custom requirements.
- MP Plug-ins can access 64K Ram for data and 64K Flash for code
- MP Plug-ins run under the autopilot simulator to simplify testing
and speed development
- MP Plug-ins can access all autopilot state fields
- MP Plug-ins can provide customer specific servo mixing
- Customer defined control laws can replace any or all existing
MP2028g control laws
- MicroPilot Plug-in's can access unused autopilot hardware for
custom payload control and data collection
- Up to 9 I/O channels are available for MicroPilot Plug-in's.
Each I/O channel can be configured as one of: Serial input, Serial
output, PWM in, PWM out, single bit input or single bit output
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| Simulator
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XTENDERmp
includes a “software in the loop” 6-DOF simulator linked
to autopilot code.
- Simulator update rate 150 Hz
- Accepts autopilot commands via PC serial port speeds development
of embedded payload / mission controllers
- Simulates communication, engine failure, loss of GPS lock, loss
of RC signal, loss of communications and low battery failures
- Availability of simulator gives end-product training mode
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API Functionality
Flexible function set
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XTENDERmp
SDK provides a flexible set of functions that allow the developer
to easily design software that interacts with the autopilot. API
functions include:
- Transmit commands to autopilot
- Transmit configuration settings to autopilot
- Set individual configuration parameter
- Retrieve multiple state fields
- Move waypoints in-flight
- Start / stop holding patterns
- Start / stop threads
- Reprogram commands in-flight
- Initiate simulated failures
- Capture user telemetry
- Retrieve standard and user defined telemetry
- Change flight mode UAV, RPV
- Integrated autopilot simulator speeds development of customer's
software and provides training mode to simplify software roll
out
- Identical API's used to connect to simulated autopilot and real
autopilot
- Thread safe, multi-threaded re-entrant API's
- API's provide access to all autopilot state information
- Compatible with any development language that supports Windows
DLL (e.g. Visual Basic, VB, Borland Builder)
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