Hardware showcase
This quadrocopter was build form my graduation internship at Logica Working Tomorrow. The onboard computer on this wind driven vehicle allows the driver to automatically shift 28 gear over 2 transmission lines. It stores all the sensor data on a sd card and it has 2 character LCD screens to display all the sensor data to the driver. With this vehicle we were able to win first place during the Wind Energy Event 2010 in Denmark. While doing this we also set a world record of 64% efficiency! For the official website of the Spirit of Amsterdam please visit http://www.SpiritOfAmsterdam.com/ More info here! For my project "The Spirit of Amsterdam" we had to measure the speed of the vehicle and rotor. To do this we use the 'Lenord + Bauer Speed Sensor Gel 2474' with an optocoupler to deliver the data to an atmega32. Download: I got inspired to write a serial communications library in the C programming language to facilitate one-way communication between two atmega32 devices. Download: This light can change color when it recieves an email. You can connect the light to your computer by USB or you can connect it directly to an ethernet cable. This light uses an Arduino board with an Ethernet shield. More info here!
Quadrocopter
Spirit of Amsterdam 2 - onboard computer
RPM measurement
One-way Serial Communication Library
IBall
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