DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF CONTROL SIGNALS CONVERSION SYSTEM BASED ON PULSE WIDTH MODULATION (PWM) ON COAXIAL DRONE WITH SWASHPLATELESS SYSTEM

• Main Author: Sanyoto, Yoga
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/42006
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

In this final project, development of a tip path plane orientation control system is carried out with a cyclic control mechanism. There is implemented by making a unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), namely coaxial drones with swahsplateless systems. In the development of coaxial configuration drones and with a swashplateless system that works on a propeller, a conversion system is required so that the cyclic control mechanism can be implemented. Drone can be controlled by utilizing moments and forces that work on a swashplateless system. In the implementation, this conversion system converts control signals, such as throttle, roll, pitch and yaw so the instructions from the remote control (RC) can be converted to coaxial drones with a swashplateless system. The conversion mechanism is based on pulse width modulation (PWM) signal which is one type of protocol signal that is usually used in Electrical Speed Controller (ESC). The results of the implementation show that the conversion system is able to control the swashplateless system so that control of the orientation of the propeller (tip path plane) can be realized.