Title :
Implementation of a Distributed Fault-Tolerant Computer for UAV
Author :
Zengan, Zhang ; Xin, Chen ; Yueping, Zhou
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Autom. Eng., NUAA, Nanjing, China
Abstract :
Aiming at flight safety of high-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a distributed fault-tolerant computer (FTC) was designed based on controller area network(CAN). According to the requirements of UAV control and the system structure of FTC, solutions of key issues (redundancy management, synchronization technology, scheduling strategy, CAN communication and software implementation technology) were given. Special testing and simulation results showed that the FTC was well-functioning and met the requirements of UAV flight control system.
Keywords :
aircraft control; controller area networks; fault tolerant computing; mobile robots; redundancy; remotely operated vehicles; scheduling; synchronisation; CAN communication; UAV flight control system; controller area network; distributed fault-tolerant computer; flight safety; high-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle; redundancy management; scheduling strategy; software implementation technology; synchronization technology; Aerospace electronics; Automation; Computers; Digital signal processing; Fault tolerance; Fault tolerant systems; Unmanned aerial vehicles; CAN (Control Area Network); Distributed; Fault-tolerant Computer; Redundancy Management; UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle);
Conference_Titel :
Electrical and Control Engineering (ICECE), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wuhan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6880-5
DOI :
10.1109/iCECE.2010.1278
