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Components

The node represented by the block diagram in Measurement system is all bundled in a 3D printed case. The following picture show the 3D printed case with all the components connected for the drone node.

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Real look of a node of the measurement system

Drone node

Case

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Top view of the case with its 3 slots to place the cards with the devices attached to them
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Front view of the 3d printed case

Voltage regulator

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Voltage regulator + cable in + cable out

Slot card with voltage regulators

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Slot card with voltage regulators

Power Distribution Unit

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DJI Power Distribution Unit (PDU) + cable

Slot card with host computer

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Slot card with Manifold + DJI USB Hub + PCAN bridge + cables

Ethernet cable

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Ethernet cable (connecting RFSoC and Manifold)

PCAN device

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PCAN bridge

PDU cable

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DJI cable to power the Manifold from the PDU

USB Hub

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DJI USB Hub

Host computer

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DJI Manifold 2C computer

WiFi adapter

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TP-LINK Archer T4U WiFi Adapter

ADC Wideband balun board and cables

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Texas Instruments (TI) ADC Wideband Balun Board (ADC-WB-BB) + RF cables to ADC and to antenna frontend + 3D printed protection case

ADC-to-board RF cable

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RF cable connecting RFSoC ADC and the ADC-WB-BB + balun

Board-to-antenna-frontend RF cable

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RF cable connecting the ADC-WB-BB and the antenna frontend

ADC Wideband balun board

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TI ADC-WB-BB

Slot card with RFSoC

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Xilinx RFSoC 2x2 + slot card + power cable

Antenna frontend

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Sivers EVM (antenna frontend)

Gimbal payload adapter

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DJI Gimbal RS2 metallic adapter to place payload + 3D printed block

Gimbal

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DJI Gimbal RS2 + Tilta adapter to power it

Adapter 1

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Red metallic ring adapter which (in conjuction with the black metallic adapter) matches the Gimbal RS2 to the DJI M600 drone

Adapter 2

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Black metallic adapter which (in conjuction with the red metallic adapter) matches the Gimbal RS2 to the DJI M600 drone

6S LiPo battery cable

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Cable connecting the 6S LiPo battery to the PDU

4S LiPo battery cable

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Cable connecting the 4S LiPo battery to voltage regulators

Weight of the components

The following table shows the weight of each component listed in previously shown pictures, plus the weight of other components.

Click on each row (under the column "Component") to see a picture of the component that was weighted.