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MicroPilot's new True Hardware in the Loop (trueHWILmp) simulator offers UAV integrators and researchers the highest fidelity UAV autopilot simulation available on the market today.
Existing quasi hardware-in-the-loop simulators approximate a UAVs flight by exchange sensor and control surface position information with the autopilot over a serial port or CAN bus. This form of simulation introduces inaccuracies as an autopilot in-flight reads this information directly from its sensors instead of a serial port or CAN bus. MicroPilot’s trueHWILmp offers a dramatic improvement in simulator fidelity by electrically simulating all sensor outputs using analog-to-digital converter, signal conditioning and PWM interface boards. MicroPilot’s trueHWILmp allows our customers to replicate the conditions their UAVs experiences in flight offering superior on the ground validation of autopilot setup and integration.
TrueHWILmp is available for:
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The trueHWILmp is a set of hardware and software components which provide environment for the true real-time simulation of flights of MicroPilot autopilots MP2128g and MP2028g. The Simulator is an excellent tool for testing the MicroPilot autopilot in flight while the autopilot itself is sitting on the ground. The trueHWILmp provides safe testing environment for all UAV components and allows adjusting flight parameters, checking integrity and functioning of on-board equipment and payload. The trueHWILmp is also a flexible tool for designing new UAVs allowing to:
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Programming Environment
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The trueHWILmp uses MathWork's MATLAB as a simulation and programming environment.* The model is built using Simulink and MATLAB high-level language programming. The model is then compiled and sent to the xPC Target computer with installed dedicated input/output hardware. This acquisition hardware is connected to the autopilot and reads its outputs and stimulates its inputs. Connection can also be made to other hardware components of the UAV to provide extended functionality of the Simulator. The UAV flight can be controlled and monitored by HORIZONmp. The trueHWILmp also provides 3-D visualization of flights using 3rd party products, such as X-Plane. *Matlab is optional. You do not need it to simulate your UAV. The trueHWILmp includes a full pre-compiled matlab UAV simulation that allows our customers to access the power of the trueHWIL without the expense of purchasing Matlab. The structure of the simulator is fixed but parameters can be changed using the trueHWILmp control center on their PC.For those who want full flexibility in their simulation or for those who already have Matlab, MicroPilot provides a full Matlab-based 6-dof flight simulator for use as a basis of simulation. |
The interface boards necessary to run the thwil are: |
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