PX4 Robotic Drone Vehicle/Flight Management Unit (VMU/FMU) - RDDRONE-FMUK66

RDDRONE-FMUK66

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RDDRONE-FMUK66 vehicle/flight management unit reference design is the foundation for building industrial robotic drones, rovers, and other small autonomous vehicles. This reference design runs PX4, the standard for industrial-grade drones, and gives you freedom to develop your own robotic vehicle. Furthermore, the VMU/FMU is versatile and can run other open source or proprietary flight stacks.

It controls and directs the vehicle's navigation and real-time response to its environment. It is adaptable to many airframes and vehicle types, including ground and water-based robots. It performs sensor fusion, including GPS and other positioning inputs for autonomous navigation to mission way points. The open, extensible platform supports many additional sensors.

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Supported Devices

Sensors

Barometric Pressure 15 to 150 kPa

  • MPL3115A2: Absolute Digital Pressure Sensor (20 to 110 kPa)

Accelerometers

  • FXOS8700CQ: Digital Motion Sensor - 3D Accelerometer (±2g/±4g/±8g) + 3D Magnetometer

Security and Authentication

Authentication

  • SE050: EdgeLock® SE050: Plug and Trust Secure Element Family – Enhanced IoT security with high flexibility

Processors and Microcontrollers

K6x Ethernet

  • K66_180: Kinetis® K66-180 MHz, Dual High-Speed and Full-speed USBs, 2MB Flash Microcontrollers (MCUs) based on Arm® Cortex®-M4 Core

Analog and Mixed Signal

Voltage Level Translators

  • NTB0104: Dual-Supply Translating Transceiver (Auto-Direction Sensing, Three-State)

Products

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Interfaces

Automotive Ethernet PHYs

  • TJA1100HN: IEEE 100BASE-T1 Compliant Automotive Ethernet PHY Transceiver

3.3 V / 5 V IO CAN Transceivers

  • TJA1042: High-Speed CAN Transceiver with Standby Mode

Features

Functionality

  • Proven business-friendly open source software with available enterprise support: PX4, QGroundControl
  • Supports all airframes and vehicles: quadcopters, hexacopters, VTOL, planes, rovers, cars and other robots
  • Open and flexible development - suitable for bare bones or other vehicle stacks. Add companion computer with vision and peripherals such as GPS, RTK-GPS, UWB, telemetry radios, LTE, Bluetooth® low energy, radar, ultrasonic, lidar
  • Can interface with NXP® RapidIoT using RDDRONE-IOT adapter board
  • High-bandwidth interfaces: automotive peripheral interfaces support light-weight two-wire 100Base-T1 Ethernet and dual CAN
  • Included in complete reference drone kit KIT-HGDRONEK66
  • Uses DroneCodeSDK co-operating with an NXP i.MX, S32x or other companion computer running Linux®, ROS and MAVROS
  • MAVLink telemetry to ground station
  • Supports RTK GPS
  • UAS traffic management (UTM) services through air map platform SDK

Software/Development

  • Proven business-friendly open source software with available enterprise support: PX4, QGroundControl
  • Supports all airframes and vehicles: quadcopters, hexacopters, VTOL, planes, rovers, cars and other robots
  • Open and flexible development - suitable for bare bones or other vehicle stacks.
  • Can interface with NXP RapidIoT using RDDRONE-IOT adapter board

Complete Drone Kit

Additional Components

  • Telemetry radios available by separate orders, depending on your country HGD-TELEM433 (EUR) or HGDTELEM-915 (USA) depending on your country regulations

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  • RDDRONE-FMUK66

  • PX4 Robotic Drone Vehicle/Flight Management Unit (VMU/FMU) - RDDRONE-FMUK66.

  • Kit contains:

    • 1x FMU power module
    • 1x Holybro Pixhawk 4 GPS with integrated safety switch and buzzer
    • 1x 3D printed RC receiver antenna mount
    • 1x debug breakout board with cable and 3D printed enclosure
    • 1x SEGGER J-Link EDU Mini debugger
    • 1x generic USB-TTL-3V3 cable
    • Hex/Allen keys and wrench
    • Extra cables with JST-GH connector
    • Label for FMU enclosure
    • SDCARD
    • Telemetry radios (HGD-TELEM433 and HGD-TELEM915) must be purchased separately to match ISM band frequencies used in your country.
  • $235.75 USD
  • For a quantity of 1
    • Availability: Pending stock
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  • RDDRONE-FMUK66L

  • PX4 Robotic Drone FMU (RDDRONE-FMUK66L).

  • Kit contains:

    • Controller board RDDRONE-FMUK66
    • DCD-LZ-ADAPT board
    • Enclosure DCD-LZ-ADAPT
    • Enclosure for controller board
    • Cable RC transmitter SBUS/PPM
    • Cable for DCD-LZ-ADAPT
    • Quick Start Guide
    • Socket head cap screws

    Note: Lite version does not include the following components from the RDDRONE-FMUK66

    • FMU power module
    • Holybro Pixhawk 4 GPS with integrated safety switch and buzzer
    • SEGGER J-Link EDU Mini debugger
    • Generic USB-TTL-3V3 cable
    • SDCARD
  • $139.00 USD
  • For a quantity of 1
    • Availability: Pending stock
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  • HGD-TELEM433

  • Telemetry Radio for HoverGames Drone, 433Mhz (EU) .

  • $78.00 USD
  • For a quantity of 1
    • Availability: In stock
    • Inventory: 9
    • Shipping: Normally ships 1-2 business days
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  • HGD-TELEM915

  • Telemetry Radio for HoverGames Drone, 915Mhz (US).

  • $78.00 USD
  • For a quantity of 1
    • Availability: In stock
    • Inventory: 7
    • Shipping: Normally ships 1-2 business days
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