MicroPilot - World Leader in Professional UAS Autopilots
World Leader in Professional UAV Autopilots

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XTENDERmp

Take your UAV to the next level with
this power solution


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.

 

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  • 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

    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
    • SIMULATOR

    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
    • API FUNCTIONALITY

    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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    XTENDERvalidate

    Build quality systems that meet
    high-level expectations

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    Develop high-level requirements and easily decompose them into appropriate lower level requirements with XTENDERvalidate, the world’s first available design life-cycle tool for UAVs.

    Systematically link flight, user, and simulator testing validation data to requirements. Likewise, link requirements to autopilot options and GCS settings. Additionally, XTENDERvalidate incorporates a failure analysis tool that helps identify subsystem failure modes and links them to requirements.



    With XTENDERvalidate, clearly satisfy requirements via autopilot options, ground control station options, UAV design, and more. And auto-generate electronic test cards complete with descriptions for each test, indicators for severity, and schedule dates.

    Automate documentation for each requirement and its implementation, with this design lifecycle tool. XTENDERvalidate, offers a flexible means of satisfying requirements and provides progress and fulfillment reporting.

    Features:


  • Freeze and roll back requirements and implementation capability
  • Requirement linking to autopilot options and GCS settings
  • System and subsystem decomposition tool
  • Share requirement subsets among multiple UAVs capability
  • Integrated failure modes analysis and mitigation tool
  • Auto generated electronic test cards from requirements
  • Validation data linking to requirements
  • Requirements and implementation change history
  • Progress tracking for satisfying and validating requirements




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