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# Title Team Members TA Documents Sponsor
64 FPV Racing Drone
 Eli O'Malley
Griffin Descant
Hunter Baisden
 Tianxiang Zheng design_document1.pdf
final_paper1.pdf
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presentation1.pdf
proposal1.pdf
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# FPV Racing Drone

Team members:
- Elias O'Malley (eliasco2)
- Hunter Baisden (baisden2)
- Griffin Descant (descant2)

# Problem
FPV Racing drones are usually very large and fast and thus require a large space. The Center for Autonomy Labs has a flying arena for lightweight drones such as the Crazyflie. However, the Crazyflie do not have a first person view.

# Solution
We propose to develop a small, lightweight FPV system for the Crazyflie in order to facilitate lightweight, small-space drone racing.

# Solution Components
## Power system
The system will draw power from the Crazyflie and use regulators to power each of the subsystems.

## Camera
A lightweight camera will be used to capture video from the drone.

## Transmitter/Receiver
A video transmitter on the drone will stream the video from the camera to a receiver connected to the headset.

## Video Processor
Microprocessors on the drone and at the receiving end will convert the camera data for transmitting and the received data back to video for the headset.

## IF LED Array
In order to track the location of the drone for the purpose of racing analytics, an infrared LED array will be attached to the drone to display a programmable pattern. This would allow the simultaneous tracking and differentiation of multiple drones in the future. This will be tracked using the labs Vicon motion tracking system.

# Criterion for Success
1 – The Vicon motion system should successfully track the drone using the IF LED array.

2 - The headset should receive a video stream of at least 30Hz.

3 – The Crazyflie should be able to maintain flight for 3 mins with the system running.

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