Sub-team | Item | Description (purpose/what it does, product link) | Cost (incl. unit cost and quantity) | Estimated lifespan | Implementations schedule (when will we start using it) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Autonomy | |||||
Electrical | JST Crimper | Crimping tool that is specific to JST connectors. JST connectors are primarily used to interface with the Pixhawk flight controller. A good quality crimper is required because these connectors are small and require precise crimps. | $100 - 1 | Lifetime | As soon as possible |
Wire Stripper | Strips the insulation of wires. 10awg-28awg | $20x5 | Lifetime until they dull | As soon as possible | |
Handheld Oscilloscope | Small handheld oscilloscope which would make testing and debugging in the field more convenient | $50 - 1 | Lifetime | As soon as possible | |
PCB manufacturing | Components, PCBs | Max $2000, Min $1500 | - | - | |
Drone harnessing | Wires, Connectors | Max $600, Min $400 | - | - | |
Obsolete Hardware | Upgrading damaged or old drone electronics | Max $500 Min $300 | - | - | |
Embedded Flight Software | GPS Sensor | Absolutly crucial sensor on every drone. It help tracks the position of the drone, so more high level control algorithm can be applied to make it fly better. Tracking antenna also needs GPS, since the rationale behind tracking antenna is pointing the head of the antenna with knowing the relative GPS position of the tower and the drone | With unit price of 40$ each (actual price can vary 30 ~ 100 depending on quality and market), we would like to request for 4 or 5 more GPSs https://rotorvillage.ca/foxeer-m10-q250-gps/ or https://holybro.com/collections/gps/products/nano-m8-5883-gps-module or RTK GPS(good ones): | 3 to 4 years if not breaking them | As soon as we get the funding |
IMU Sensor | The even more crucial sensor on a drone than GPS. It tells you the acceleration of motion, rotational motion, etc to help the drone to maintain its proper attitude. Use in both our custome flight control software Zeropilot and Tracking Antenna | 20 $ each, need 5 more | 3 to 4 years | As soon as we get the funding | |
Mechanical | Airframe Manufacturing | Carbon fibre, foam, aluminum stock, fasteners, wood, servos, misc hardware | $1500 - Carbon fibre raw material and tubes for continuing competition drone program $750 - Foam, hardware, servos, and wood for new fixed-wing design | ||
Operations | |||||
Since WEEF likes us to ask for items in groups, we have category names (which are identical to the WEEF funding account table table below.
names). If anyone is compiling a list of request items and think of a category name they see fit, they can indicate so in the
Sub-team | Category name | Funding Options (CAD) (4 funding options for WEEF to consider giving you) Eg. Option 1: $1000 (with 2 product A + 1 product B + 1 product C ) Option 2: $700 (with 1 product A + 1 product B ) |
|---|---|---|
Autonomy | ||
Electrical | PCB Manufacturing | Option 1: 2000 Option 2: 1875 Option 3: 1750 Option 4: 1500 These are quite arbitrary. Just need minimum $1500 |
Drone Harnessing | Option 1: 600 Option 2: 500 Option 3: 400 These are quite arbitrary. Just need minimum $400 | |
Tools | Option 1: 500 (Wire stripper, crimper, picks, hobby knives, handheld oscilloscope) Option 2: 350 (Wire stripper, crimper, picks, hobby knives, tweezers) Option 3: 250 (Wire stripper and crimper) Option 4: 100 (Wire strippers only) | |
Obsolete Hardware Upgrade | Max $500 Min $300 | |
Embedded Flight Software | ||
Mechanical | ||
Operations |