Veronte Autopilot 1X is a miniaturized high reliability avionics system for
advanced control of unmanned systems. This control system embeds a state-of-the-art suite of sensors and processors together with
LOS and BLOS M2M datalink radio, all with reduced size and weight.
Operation
The unique
Pug ´n Fly control system, Veronte Autopilot 1X ads fully autonomous control capabilities to any unmanned system for complete operation, compatible with: UAV, Drone, RPAS, USV, UGV…
- Highly configurable: Veronte control system is fully configurable; payload, platform layout, control phases, control channels… even the user interface layout can be user defined.
- Custom routines:User selectable automatic actions, activated on system event or periodically.
- Actions: phase change, activate payload, move servo, go to, onboard log, parachute release…
- Events: waypoint arrival, inside/outside polygon, alarm, variable range, button…
- Telemetry & log: Embedded datalink for system monitoring and telecommand and customizable user log in both onboard and control station, all with user defined variables and frequency record.
- External sensor: Support for external sensor connection: magnetometer, radar, LIDAR, RPM, temperature, fuel level, battery level, weather…
- Payload & Peripheral: Transponder, secondary radios, satcom transceivers, camera gimbals, motor drivers, photo cameras, flares, parachute release systems, tracking antennas, pass through RS232 & CAN tunnel...
Platforms
The Veronte Autopilot 1X is designed to control any unmanned vehicle, either aircraft such as: multirotors, helicopters, airplanes, VTOL, blimps… as well as ground vehicles, surface vehicles or many others. Custom flight phases and control channels provide support for any aircraft layout and performance by using the same software and hardware for: UAS, RPAS, Drone, USV / ASV, UGV…
Fully autonomous aircraft control from take-off to landing, compatible with any platform configuration: VTOL, flaperons, elevons, custom tail (V, X, T, H…), control w/o ailerons, hybrid…Standard flight phase database including: take-off (catapult, hand launch, runway, airdrop…), climbing, loiter, waypoint route, hover, hold, descending, landing (runway, net, deep-stall, flare, moving platforms, linear landing…), flare… and
user customizable phases for any aircraft behavior customization, user configurable up to PID level.
Veronte Cloud
With the
embedded M2M module for 4G communications, the drone is connected to Veronte Cloud servers. It allows online control of unmanned vehicles, making possible to operate UAVs from the internet and, in consequence, to perform Beyond Line of Sight (BLoS) operations.This feature also enables online UAV telemetry synchronization and remote monitoring, making this autopilot a key instrument for
Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) systems, like Veronte UTM.
Advanced performance
- One Click Missions: Through a user-friendly interface, allows operators to program missions (such as mapping, surveillance, delivery…) and execute them doing a single “click”.
- Sense & Avoid: Radar, LIDAR or transponder based, permits to perform collaborative and uncollaborative sense and avoid on autonomous missions.
- Adaptive control: PID auto-tuning during operation, for platforms with variable plant during the mission such as: fumigation aircrafts, cargo delivery, tethered drone...
- Control modes: Fully automatic, fully manual, assisted manual and combined control modes. Selectable at any time during the flight.
- Gimbal / Tracker stabilization and pointing: Target pointing, fixed attitude from platform, fixed attitude from ground and follow control modes.
- Simultaneous operation: Up to 64 units control & multiple control stations with control or monitoring permissions.
- Communications: Satellite and 4G communications for BLOS operations and custom radio modules.
- Wind: Inflight wind estimation for aircraft control correction.
- RTK : Positioning: precise positioning up to cm level is possible with the embedded GNSS module, no extra hardware needed.
- Dual GNSS: Veronte Autopilot embeds dual GNSS for GPS positionin, ennaving GNSS attitude estimation (no magnetometer needed).
- Redundant IMU: Embedded redundant IMU & barometer for increased reliability and performance.
- Environmental Protection: Aluminium enclosure available for adding water protection up to IP67 level and EMI / EMC shielding.
Industries & applications
Agriculture & Crop management
Safety & Certification
Veronte systems are designed and manufactured following the strictest
safety and
quality standards. Veronte Autopilot 1X accomplishes
DO-178C / ED-12 and
DO-254 regulations, being the core of the first 80Kg RPAS issued with a civil airworthiness certificate in Europe. Compliant with
STANAG 4671,
IEEE STD 830-1998 &
STANAG 4703.DDP & evidence documentation package available for UAV / RPAS / Drone
certification, valid also for the
System Safety Assesment (SSA). Evidence of design and manufacturing available: PSAC, SAS, SCI, PHAC, HAS, HCI, SDP, SVP, SCMP, SQAP, TQP, HVP, HCMP, HQAP, SRD, SSD, SVCP…
Veronte Autopilot is also available including triple module redundancy configurations for fail operational systems. Powered with a dissimilar arbiter processor provides redundancy in sensors, processing and datalink. Permitting also the connection of a 4th dissimilar autopilot.
Custom failsafe phases with user selectable performance (go home, onsite landing, loiter, parachute release…) on custom activation events, such as: low battery, datalink quality, out of safe area… and FTS (Flight Termination System) output for safety mechanism activation on a control system failure.
User interface
Veronte Pipe team has developed a highly intuitive control station tool that permits to configure a
customized environment to operate. This application permits to control any Veronte based platform using the same interface, from a PC / Tablet running Windows, Linux or MAC.This
easy to use tool permits to operate the system with no pilot training. Configurable layout permits to load
custom background maps (Google, Bing, Yahoo… or user images), and
telemetry displays can be placed as desired on the screen.
Mission definition tool has been designed as an
on map drawing tool for intuitive path design.
On Veronte Pipe, not only waypoints can be defined but also custom
links between waypoints, relative waypoints to a moving object, obstacle definition, no go areas... being possible to edit it during the flight.
Main Features
- Unlimited waypoints & paths
- Curve based navigation
- Cloud connectivity
- Follow me
- Relative missions
- Auto, manual, arcade
- Automations module
- One-click missions
- Adaptive control
- Inflight PID tuning
- GNSS-based attitude
- Custom calculations
- Altimeter fusion
- External sensors
- RTK & RTCM
- Custom flight phases
- Gimbal auto-tracking
- Fly-by-camera
- Sense & avoid
- Transponder support
- Situational awareness
- IP67 & EMI protection
- DO178 & DO 254
- Support for certification
- Onboard black box
- Control station log
- On demand telemetry
- Event activated log
- Data encryption
- Dissimilar FTS
- Dual DSP
- Custom user interface
Please ask our team for further detail on Veronte Autopilot 1X capabilities and
custom integration within your platform.
For first integrations, please check our Veronte Autopilot Kit.*Veronte Autopilot 1X may require additional sensors or accessories and may be subject to export control in order to enable some functionalities and operations. Please ask our sales team for further information.
Blimp
Parafoil
Missile
Ground Vehicle (UGV)
Surface Vehicle (USV)
Robots
Custom
Construction
Architecture
Agriculture & Crop management
Mapping & Topography
Mining, Oil & Gas
Surveillance
