Apr 30, 2013 , by
Public Summary Month 3/2013
Development progressed after the integration of the complete hardware/software chain; tests are conducted in the labratory in order to functionality verify and for characterize the new speed sensor. Functionality of the single hardware and software functional blocks are being verified under normal working conditions (first separately, and then combined in a single hardware/softwre block). The first results are in line with expectations given by modeling and simulations.
The current activity is focussed in the characterization of the speed estimations; raw numbers coming out of the sensor must be mapped in terms of speed in cm/s. Precision and accuracy will be measured and checked gainst the theoretically expected results.
Work has progressed in the preparaztion of the FlyBox for the experiment (software adaptation) and in the optimization of the control software on the remote platform (tablet). More experiments have also been conduceted witht the reduced accuracy and precision speed sensor (based on a commercially available camera).