Simulation Assignment

Description

The simulation assignment is a basic simulation exercise that ensures ECE 445 students in the online section understand how to simulate their circuits in order to test and validate them without being in the lab. Students must have a recent version of EAGLE installed on their computer. The details of the simulation assignment can be found in the assignment sheet.

We have also provided a detailed tutorial to help students get off the ground simulating basic circuits with the SPICE tool built into EAGLE.

Requirements and Grading

The simulation assignment is worth 10 points and is graded via inspection by a TA. This will happen during a live demo over zoom in office hours.

Submission and Deadlines

The completed simulation must be presented to a TA before the deadline listed on the Course Calendar.

Propeller-less Multi-rotor

Ignacio Aguirre Panadero, Bree Peng, Leo Yamamae

Propeller-less Multi-rotor

Featured Project

Our project explored the every-expanding field of drones. We wanted to solve a problem with the dangers of plastic propellers as well as explore new method of propulsion for drones.

Our design uses a centrifugal fan design inspired by Samm Shepard's "This is NOT a Propeller" video where he created a centrifugal fan for a radio controlled plane. We were able to design a fan that has a peak output of 550g per fan that is safe when crashing and when the impeller inside damaged.

The chassis and fans are made of laser-cut polystyrene and is powered using brushless motors typically used for radio-controlled helicopters.

The drone uses an Arduino DUE with a custom shield and a PCB to control the system via Electronic Speed Controllers. The drone also has a feedback loop that will try to level the drone using a MPU6050.

We were able to prove that this method of drone propulsion is possible and is safer than using hard plastic propellers.

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