Zero Pilot 3.0 Reqirements

HIGHMEDIUM LOW

 Arm/Disarm

For safety while working on/around the drone.

For clarity of drone operation (ie armed = going to fly).

HIGH

• Prevent accidentally triggering arm/disarmed states?

• How do we handle restarting the system in the event of hardfaults?

Buzzer

Debugging, clarity of operation

MEDIUM

• Should at minimum be able to beep one tone (one gpio)

• Consideration for having multiple tones?

LED’s

For status display when debugging

For Navlights

HIGH

• Have multiple colours

Battery Monitoring

Need some way to monitor battery health while in the air to prevent falling out of the sky?

IMU

Need this to stay in the air

• can be external or internal

Non-Volatile Data Storage

One chip

• Reduce complexity

• No need for two really (chance of failure of any given chip is still the same)

Interboard communication

• has to happen to talk with CV / IMACS

• need to spec architecture

12 Motor/Servo/Actuator output

• octacopter -8

• gimbal -3

• actuator - ?

• maybe put in as many as we can reasonably get?

GPS

• legal requirement

Debugging Output

• super helpful in debugging 😕

Tele-op input

• requirement

DataLink to ground

• requirement.

VTX

• requirement for BVLOS

User Input Protection

• no reason not to be included

• Depends on power architecture

Locking, non-reversible connectors

• depends on timeline

• should exist on comp board

• should not prevent easy access on breakout version of board

• ideally connectors that are same form factor for headers and for locking, so can be soldered on depending on iteration of board.

Caseable

• yup.

Power output for peripheral devices

• peripherals (5v, 3.3v) power should exist.

• power output protection?

LED driver

• navlights

sensor breakouts

• need sensors

mountung holes

• need way to mount board

• support anti-vibration standoffs

Debug Shield

• easy way to test/configure drone

• must be removable for flight

Redundant power?

i.e. two 5v inputs from bms in case one falls out

Polarity Markings?

Footprint?