NXP HoverGames Drone Kit Including Flight Controller and Peripherals

KIT-HGDRONEK66
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The KIT-HGDRONEK66 kit provides the mechanical and other components needed to evaluate the RDDRONE-FMUK66 and adds BLDC motor control capabilities and a mechanical platform, which it can be mounted on. This developer kit may be used as part of, and contains the components needed for the HoverGames coding challenges. It should be noted that this is a professional developer kit, not a complete functional system and includes no software. The flight management unit (FMU) is supported by the business-friendly open source PX4.org flight stack. In addition, a separate suitable hobby-type LiPo battery and country-specific telemetry radio will be required.

When assembled the frame has appropriate additional space in order to mount other components such as an adapter for Rapid IoT, NXP FRDM boards, or a companion computer such as i.MX 8M Mini to be used as a vision processor running Linux and ROS. The HoverGames drone and rover development platform is very flexible, fully open for development of robotics, control algorithms, security networking and communications protocols, and can include another add-on component, companion computer, software, or associated solutions.

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Supported Devices

Interfaces

3.3 V / 5 V IO CAN Transceivers

  • TJA1042: High-Speed CAN Transceiver with Standby Mode

Automotive Ethernet PHYs

  • TJA1100: TJA1100, IEEE 100BASE-T1 Compliant Automotive Ethernet PHY Transceiver

Processors and Microcontrollers

K6x Ethernet

  • K66_180: Kinetis® K66-180 MHz, Dual High-Speed and Full-speed USBs, 2MB Flash Microcontrollers (MCUs) based on Arm® Cortex®-M4 Core

Sensors

Barometric Pressure 15 to 150 kPa

  • MPL3115A2: Absolute Digital Pressure Sensor (20 to 110 kPa)

Analog and Mixed Signal

Voltage Level Translators

  • NTB0104: Dual-Supply Translating Transceiver (Auto-Direction Sensing, Three-State)

Features

General Features

  • This is a DIY professional development kit and detailed assembly is required
  • May be used to participate in HoverGames.com, or as a robotics development platform

Size

  • Carbon fiber mechanical frame approx. 500 mm diagonal size
  • 150 mm x 150 mm large top and bottom plate for mounting electronics
  • Dual 10mm diameter rod x 60mm rail mounting system

Support and Software

  • No software is provided by NXP. Supported by the open source project PX4
  • Supports expansion using a Linux companion computer for Vision, ROS, Artificial Intelligence
  • Supports connection to Rapid IoT with add-on adapter board

Additional Components

  • Order separately, telemetry radios available as HGD-TELEM433 (EUR) or HGDTELEM-915 (USA) depending on your country regulations

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