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RDDRONE-FMUK66 flight management unit (FMU) reference design is the foundation used to build industrial robotic drones, rovers, and other small autonomous vehicles. This reference design runs PX4, the standard for industrial-grade drones, and gives you freedom to develop your own robotic vehicle. Furthermore, the FMU is versatile and can run other open source or proprietary flight stacks.
It is used to control and direct the navigation and real-time response to its environment. It is adaptable to many airframes and vehicle types, including ground and water-based robots. It performs sensor fusion, including GPS and other positioning inputs for autonomous navigation to mission way points. The open, extensible platform supports many additional sensors.
RDDRONE-FMUK66 PX4 drone reference design top view
RDDRONE-FMUK66 PX4 drone reference design bottom view
RDDRONE-FMUK66 with Micro SD
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The Kinetis® K66 180MHz IEEE® 1588 Ethernet MCUs are built on the Arm® Cortex®-M4F core and are optimized for applications requiring large memory densities and low-power processing efficiency.
PX4 Robotic Drone FMU
RDDRONE-FMUK66 flight management unit (FMU) reference design
Block Diagram | Category | Products | Features |
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PX4 Robotic Drone FMU | |||
Accelerometer + Magnetometer | |||
FXOS8700CQ: Digital Motion Sensor - 3D Accelerometer (±2g/±4g/±8g) + 3D Magnetometer | The FXOS8700CQ 6-axis sensor combines industry-leading accelerometer and magnetometer sensors in a small 3 x 3 x 1.2 mm QFN plastic package. | ||
Automotive Ethernet PHY | |||
TJA1100HN: IEEE 100BASE-T1 compliant Automotive Ethernet PHY Transceiver | The TJA1100 is IEEE 100BASE-T1 compliant. The single port Ethernet PHY Transceiver is designed and fully qualified for automotive applications. | ||
Barometer | |||
MPL3115A2: 20 to 110 kPa, Absolute Digital Pressure Sensor | MPL3115 has a wide operating range of 20 kPa to 110 kPa, a range that covers all surface elevations on Earth, is a compact piezoresistive absolute pressure sensor with an I2C interface. | ||
CAN Transceivers | |||
TJA1042: High-speed CAN transceiver with standby mode | The TJA1042 high-speed CAN transceiver provides an interface between a Controller Area Network (CAN) protocol controller and the physical two-wire CAN-bus. | ||
Controller ICs | |||
SAF1761BE: Hi-Speed Universal Serial Bus On-The-Go controller | Compliant with Universal Serial Bus Specification Rev. 2.0; supporting data transfer at high-speed (480 Mbit/s), full-speed (12 Mbit/s) and low-speed (1.5 Mbit/s). | ||
Gyroscope | |||
FXAS21002C: 3-Axis Digital Gyroscope | The FXAS21002C 3-axis gyroscope extends our family of inertial, magnetic, pressure, and touch sensors. | ||
Level Translators | |||
NTB0104: Dual supply translating transceiver; auto direction sensing; 3-state | 4-bit translating transceiver that enables bidirectional voltage level translation. | ||
Microcontrollers (MCUs) | |||
K66_180: Kinetis® K66-180 MHz, Dual High-Speed & Full-speed USBs, 2MB Flash Microcontrollers (MCUs) based on Arm® Cortex®-M4 Core | The Kinetis® K66 180MHz IEEE® 1588 Ethernet MCUs are built on the Arm® Cortex®-M4F core and are optimized for applications requiring large memory densities and low-power processing efficiency. |
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Secure Element | |||
A71CH: Plug and Trust - The fast, easy way to deploy secure IoT connections | Plug and Trust - The fast, easy way to deploy secure IoT connections. | ||
A1006: Secure Authenticator IC - Embedded Security Platform | Secure Authenticator IC - Embedded Security Platform. | ||
EdgeLock™ SE050: Plug & Trust Secure Element Family – Enhanced IoT security with maximum flexibility | Plug & Trust Secure Element Family – Enhanced IoT security with maximum flexibility |
Components in the KIT:
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Components in the KIT:
Note: Lite version does not include the following components from the RDDRONE-FMUK66
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Upon selection of a preferred distributor, you will be directed to their web site to place and service your order. Please be aware that distributors are independent businesses and set their own prices, terms and conditions of sale. NXP makes no representations or warranties, express or implied, about distributors, or the prices, terms and conditions of sale agreed upon by you and any distributor.
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Upon selection of a preferred distributor, you will be directed to their web site to place and service your order. Please be aware that distributors are independent businesses and set their own prices, terms and conditions of sale. NXP makes no representations or warranties, express or implied, about distributors, or the prices, terms and conditions of sale agreed upon by you and any distributor.
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Upon selection of a preferred distributor, you will be directed to their web site to place and service your order. Please be aware that distributors are independent businesses and set their own prices, terms and conditions of sale. NXP makes no representations or warranties, express or implied, about distributors, or the prices, terms and conditions of sale agreed upon by you and any distributor.
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NXP is a member of Linux Foundation DroneCode.org, and the FMU functions under the member projects PX4.org flight stack, QGroundControl, MAVLINK, UAVCAN. PX4Pro Flight stack is open source with a business-friendly BSD license and runs on the NuttX RTOS. Several flexible simulation environments are available. All support is through the PX4 Slack community or third-party enterprise-grade support such as Auterion.com.