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Ground station

All

• Mission Planner

• IMACS 2.0

• Pathing

Electrical development

Electrical

Altium

Mechanical development

Mechanical

Solidworks

Groundside compute

Autonomy

• Airside system

Operating System

Windows

Mission Planner is Windows only.

CPU

GPU

RAM

>=16GB

8GB is not enough.

TODO How much RAM does development software use?

Storage

>=750GB TODO

Development software and files.

IO

TODO: USB-A, USB-C, HDMI, Ethernet, SD card, microSD card???

You remembered to bring the dongle, right? No? Crap.

Screen brightness

>=TODO nits

Ground station is outside, potentially in the sun.

Screen size

Battery life

• Please note that a manufacturer’s advertized battery life is a lie, so divide their number by 3 when comparing to this requirement

• Most of the other requirements trade off with battery life (e.g. more powerful GPU will drain it faster, brighter screen will drain it faster)

>=TODO hours

• This requirement can be dropped if a large external battery is purchased

Ground station may not have access to power during flight tests.

Weight

Durability

Survive regular transportation to non city environments

Ground station is outside.

Expected lifespan