Electronics
What electronics do we use on our AUV?
Our UUV incorporates the ModalAI VOXL companion computer combined with ModalAI’s Flight Core. Two 4K high resolution
cameras are at the heart of our vision processing & navigation system. The PX4 firmware running on the Flight Core controls the propulsion system and interfaces to several offboard sensors.
MS5837 & RM3100
For getting accurate depth measurements we used TE Connectivity’s MS5837 30 Bar pressure sensor . The MS5837-30Ba is a new generation of high resolution pressure sensors with I2C bus interface for depth measurement systems with a water depth resolution of 2 mm.
The RM3100, a military grade magnetometer.
These devices allowed us to make a custom attitude module to independently control our vehicle based on the sensor data it receives. A large part of this attitude control came from creating an accurate MS5837 driver and utilizing the compass readings from the PNI RM3100.
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