UNIQUE SERIES AKTU Syllabus
BIC053

Drone Technology

L-T-P3-0-0 Credits3 Session2024-25 TypeTheory
Appears in 1 semester

B.Tech Electronics & Instrumentation / Instrumentation & Control · Sem 5 (Department Elective-II)

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Syllabus

5 units · 40 lecture hours
Unit1

Unit 1: Introduction to Drones

8 hrs

History of UAV drones, Introduction to the structure of unmanned aerial vehicles, understand different drone parts and their contribution for successful flight operation, Understand different types of drone circuits /electronic parts, classification of drones, System Composition, applications.

Unit2

Unit 2: Design of UAV Drone Systems

8 hrs

Introduction to Design and Selection of the System, Aerodynamics and Airframe Configurations, Characteristics of Aircraft Types, Design Standards and Regulatory Aspects-India Specific, Design for Stealth.

Unit3

Unit 3: Avionics Hardware of Drones

8 hrs

Autopilot, AGL-pressure sensors servos accelerometer –gyros-actuators- power supply-processor, integration, installation, configuration.

Unit4

Unit 4: Communication, Payloads and Controls

8 hrs

Payloads, Telemetry, Tracking, controls PID feedback, radio control frequency range, modems, memory system, simulation, ground test-analysis-trouble shooting.

Unit5

Unit 5: Navigation and Testing

8 hrs

Waypoints navigation, ground control software, System Ground Testing, System In-flight Testing, Future Prospects and Challenges

Course Outcomes (COs)4 outcomes

After completion of the course student will be able to:

  1. CO1Ability to design UAV drone system
  2. CO2To understand working of different types of engines and its area of applications.
  3. CO3To understand static and dynamic stability dynamic instability and control concepts
  4. CO4To know the loads taken by aircraft and type of construction and also construction materials in them.

Text Books

  1. Reg Austin “Unmanned Aircraft Systems UAV design, development and deployment”, Wiley, 2010.
  2. Robert C. Nelson, Flight Stability and Automatic Control, McGraw-Hill, Inc, 1998.
  3. Kimon P. Valavanis, “Advances in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: State of the Art and the Road to Autonomy”, Springer, 2007
  4. Paul G Fahlstrom, Thomas J Gleason, “Introduction to UAV Systems”, UAV Systems, Inc, 1998
  5. Dr. Armand J. Chaput, “Design of Unmanned Air Vehicle Systems”, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics.

Reference Books

  1. / Other Resources
  2. Syed Omar Faruk Towaha, Building Smart Drones with ESP8266 and Arduino: Build exciting drones by leveraging the capabilities of Arduino and ESP8266, Packt Publishing, 2018.
  3. www.asteria.co.in
  4. www.kisspng.com
  5. www.droneaviation.com
  6. www.dji.com
  7. www.aerosociety.com

Official AKTU syllabus

This subject is on page 14 of the original AKTU PDF.

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