Proceedings of the 1st International Multi-Disciplinary Conference Theme: Sustainable Development and Smart Planning, IMDC-SDSP 2020, Cyperspace, 28-30 June 2020

Research Article

Design and Implementation of GPS Based Quadcopter Control System

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.28-6-2020.2297931,
        author={Dlnya  Aziz and Sameer  Algburi and Sameer  Alani and Sarmad  Mahmood},
        title={Design and Implementation of GPS Based Quadcopter Control System},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the 1st International Multi-Disciplinary Conference Theme: Sustainable Development and Smart Planning, IMDC-SDSP 2020, Cyperspace, 28-30 June 2020},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={IMDC-SDSP},
        year={2020},
        month={9},
        keywords={pid controller quadcopter control system gps system modern control system},
        doi={10.4108/eai.28-6-2020.2297931}
    }
    
  • Dlnya Aziz
    Sameer Algburi
    Sameer Alani
    Sarmad Mahmood
    Year: 2020
    Design and Implementation of GPS Based Quadcopter Control System
    IMDC-SDSP
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.28-6-2020.2297931
Dlnya Aziz1,*, Sameer Algburi1, Sameer Alani1, Sarmad Mahmood1
  • 1: Department of Computer Technical Engineering, Alkitab University, Iraq
*Contact email: dilnea89@gmail.com

Abstract

The signal coverage area is considered a controversial point that is solved and discussed wisely in this paper. The designers usually concentrate only on satisfying the controllability of the quadcopter module without discussing the coverage range between the transmitter and the receiver. This paper shows a smart design method of a low-cost quadcopter device controlled by a GPS. Moreover, the modern control system was designed to control the plane by creating an integration between the control unit and the PID system, which allowed the system to reach stability very fast and the peak overshoot was eliminated. The control system of the quadcopter calibrates the Pitch, Roll, Twist, which located on x,y,z axes respectively depending on the altitude sensor. Under the GPS act, the entire frame will be allocated in the covered area which was specified by 500 meters. This specification keeps the quadcopter in the required range and the tipping down accidents will be unexpected. Finally, this work was completed based on the Arduino IDE C++ compiler and Matlab program that emphasizes the theoretical results.