The Piccolo™ ll autopilots provide a complete integrated avionics solution that includes the flight control processor, inertial sensors, ported air data sensors, GPS receiver and datalink radio. With over a decade in the field the Piccolo II Autopilot has become the UAS industry standard flight management system. The Piccolo ll adds functionality and flexibility for advanced UAS applications.
Features
Additional I/O support (16 configurable GPIO lines) for payload intensive applications
Onboard inertial, air data, and GPS sensors, datalink radio, and EMI shielded enclosure
Supports operation of a wide variety of UAV’s in both fixed wing or VTOL configurations
Both Software and Hardware in the Loop (SWIL / HWIL) simulation modes for pre-flight testing
Plug and play support of peripherals including TASE payloads, servo based pantilt cameras, transponders,magnetometers, Iridium satcomm, RTK GPS receivers, laser altimeters and flight termination
Portable integrated ground station capable of managing the wireless link to multiple Piccolo avionics
Applications
Fixed wing
Hybrid multi rotor
Helicopter
Multi rotor