Avionics Systems Project

Objectives
The general objective of this module is to apply the skills acquired in automation and embedded systems to a concrete application involving the automatic piloting of a drone.
Skills acquired

Be able to apply multidisciplinary skills to a physical model
Be able to present methodological and experimental results orally
Be able to work in a team.

Competencies in the process of being acquired

Integrate financial, legal and contractual aspects into engineering practice


Competencies at mastery level

Have a global systemic approach Reason in a context of international regulatory constraints
Anticipate, decide in situations of uncertainty Be results-oriented (costs, deadlines, quality) and customer-oriented
Evaluate one's own skills and steer one's career path


Autonomous mastery level skills

Mobilize a wide range of fundamental and technical sciences related to avionics and space systems, and have the associated capacity for analysis and synthesis
Identify on-board aircraft systems, control and measurement systems, and associated communication protocols
Identify radio-frequency systems communicating with aircraft, and the characteristics of the signals used
Design, dimension, carry out and test a repair/modification of an on-board system in an aircraft
Communicate and work as part of a team Manage and lead a work unit or a project group

Integrate into a professional environment in France or abroad Communicate orally and in writing in English

State representation modeling multi-variable linear control digital control systems fault detection and localization embedded systems programming.

Contents
In order to create a fault-tolerant autopilot for a quadricopter drone, students will:

model and identify the machine
create a simulator in Matlab-Simulink
design a control law in line with the specifications
design a diagnostics module
validate in simulation
implement and validate on the real process.

Students are coached to develop their commitment and co-construct performance.
Pedagogical acquisition method
Projects are organized in groups of three students. Each group has a Crazyflie mini-drone at its disposal, enabling them to validate their results experimentally. At the end of the project, a competition is organized: students must program the drone to carry out a given activity. The project concludes with a presentation by each group, describing the methodology employed and the results obtained.

Specialization: Aeronautical systems