Tracking antenna flight test proposal 6-24

flight test goal:

1. mech: a static tower that can mount all the electronics.

2. efs:

   1. mavlink receiver able to get gps data(port from Hardy’s code)

   2. neo m8 and bmx 160 driver code ready

   3. tracking algorithm ready for yaw

   4. feed driver data and drone side data to tracking antenna algorithm

   5. log the tracking algorithm result and compare later

3. evaluation:

   1. based on the bmx compass data and the tracking antenna algorithm calculation data

   2. compare the result with 3d flight path for Huston

Hardware requirement:

1. Huston ready

2. all the periperhal mounted onto the tower with power supply

3. huston has a channel (xbee) to send gps data back to ground

pre-test flight check list

1. embedded flight software

   1. xbee gps data pass through to ground( @Yuchen Lin )

   2. BMX 160 and neo m8 driver tested and ready (@Nolan Haines )

   3. tracking antenna algorithm reviewed (@Yuchen Lin @Egor Gorelyy )

   4. SD-Card logging ready( @Nolan Haines) [N.B: already have the driver]

   5. simple main that can forward two gps data to control alorgithm and then calculate the angle of turning and bind with magnitormeter data to store in SD card. ( @Yuchen Lin @Nolan Haines )

[Currently do not plan to include motor control in the first test flight]