TECHNOLOGY
Video - Our first successful drone flight
Raspberry Pi Zero
The Raspberry Pi Zero is our flight computer. Operates the human recognition software with an 8 megapixel NoIR camera. It also communicates flight data and imagery to the ground station.
Temperature Readings
Our PCB board is integrated with the DHT 11 chip to register the temperature and humidity seen by the drone during it's flight. This allows the user to determine the weather outside and provides additional information to law enforcement.
MPU 6050
We chose to add a gyroscope to our PCB design to be able to display the drone's stabilization. This information can be analyzed for how well it's cornering, or determine if it is being hit with wind.
Human Identification - OpenCV
OpenCV is an open source software that we integrated into the onboard computer to send back filtered packet of the image with the humans in green squares and a flag.
Fusion 360 - Drone Body
We designed our entire body frame in Fusion 360, which is a software licensed by the school. We have pieces built using PETG as well as PLA. Fusion 360 allowed us to easily design and modify drawings, which is important as this is still a prototype.
GitHub
We have all our designs, code, and documentation all store in one centralized location in the Surveilia Github Repository. As Surveilia is an open source project, we want everyone to feel welcome to edit and improve what we have provided.
