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Drone Connectivity and Parachute Deployment for Flying Eye
技术
- 无人机 - 垂直起降/垂直起降混合无人机
- 基础设施即服务 (IaaS) - 其他
- 网络与连接 - 全球导航卫星系统 (GNSS)
- 网络与连接 - 射频收发器
- 传感器 - 相机/视频系统
适用功能
- 商业运营
用例
- 农业无人机
挑战
在世界各地，来自市场开拓者 Flying Eye 的各种形状和大小的无人机正在上空。它们集成了广泛的传感器、摄像头、电池和无线电控制装置，使其成为对各行各业越来越有价值的提议。如今，Flying Eye 无人机正在喷洒农作物，拍摄令人惊叹的偏远地区照片和视频，并扩大全球客户的范围和敏捷性。但是，根据 Flying Eye 的联合创始人兼技术总监 Alexandre Thomas 的说法，当这些小型飞机在头顶纵横交错时，会出现重大的安全问题，因为这些车辆经常在人群附近飞行。 “无人机必须是安全的，设计师必须有应急措施来应对意外事件和故障，”他说。 “我们采取了很多措施来确保我们飞机的可靠性。我们的电子设备经过测试，以确保无人机不会意外关闭。我们使用耐用材料设计螺旋桨，并投资于电池技术以使无人机在空中飞行更长时间。”当然，没有车辆是 100% 万无一失的。技术错误和操作员错误会扰乱飞行，这就是为什么 Flying Eye 在其飞机中安装应急降落伞和冗余通信的原因。这就是 Digi XBee® RF 模块发挥关键作用的地方。
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解决方案
为了确保更高级别的安全性，Flying Eye 无人机设计和制造了备用降落伞，可以在无人机故障或飞行中断的情况下远程激活。 “化学打开的紧急降落伞可以帮助我们拯救无人机，”托马斯说。 “但更重要的是，它可以帮助保护无人机下方的人免受碰撞。”为了增加安全性，操作员与无人机的连接有两个独立的射频链路——一个专门用于紧急降落伞部署。 Flying Eye 使用 Digi XBee® RF 模块来控制两个独立的无线电链路。 XBee 模块为设备提供一流的无线连接，利用 XBee® 802.15.4 实现点对点连接，视距范围高达 2 英里，数据速率高达 111 Kbps . XBee 无需编程，可以使用 Digi 的免费 XCTU 软件或通过简化的命令集轻松配置。 XBee 模块经过预先认证，可在多个国家/地区使用，进一步降低了开发成本和上市时间。由于无线软件是隔离的，因此可以开发应用程序，而不会对 RF 性能、安全性或其他认证造成任何风险。 Flying Eye 遥控器采用双通道设计。一个通道控制无人机的所有飞行操作，包括导航、摄像头和传感器激活。第二个单独的通道是内置的，专门用于管理降落伞的部署。如果出现任何飞行异常，操作员只需按下遥控器上的开关即可。 Digi XBee 向无人机发送信号，无人机立即停止操作并以化学方式展开降落伞，以最小的影响将飞行器带回地面。 “这个应急系统正在帮助我们销售大量无人机，”托马斯说。 “这很重要——尤其是在法国，这是一项法律要求。但我们在德国、瑞士和意大利也有客户，很快在西班牙也有客户。我们能够满足这些国家的监管要求。
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