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Gadget Freak Case 139: The Autonomous Blimp
Design News Staff -- Design News, April 27, 2009
Here's a blimp with its own ideas of flight. Nick Wagner and his fellow classmates at Colorado State University designed their infraLED Zeppelin to maneuver in two modes. The first is remote control mode where a transmitter sends directional commands (forward, back, left and right) to the blimp and the blimp responds accordingly. The second mode lets the blimp chart its own course to a predetermined destination. In the autonomous mode, the blimp flies to an infrared (IR) beacon. IR transmitters on the blimp receive a signal from the beacon, and the transmitter facing the beacon receives the most pulses. The blimp then goes in that direction.
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Amt |
Part Description |
Allied Part # |
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1 |
9V Battery |
729-4097 |
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4 |
22pF Capacitor |
881-0422 |
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1 |
100 uF Capacitor |
852-7080 |
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2 |
PIC 16F88 |
383-0496 |
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1 |
PIC 16F84A |
383-0445 |
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1 |
PIC 16F874 |
383-0469 |
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1 |
SN754410 Motor Driver |
735-1803 |
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1 |
5V Voltage Regulator |
288-0449 |
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2 |
4Mhz Crystal |
895-0604 |
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5 |
1k Ohm Resistor |
840-0093 |
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