Gadget Freak Case 139: The Autonomous Blimp

DN Staff

April 27, 2009

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Gadget Freak Case 139: The Autonomous Blimp

Here's a blimp with its own ideas of flight. Nick Wagner andhis fellow classmates at Colorado State Universitydesigned their infraLED Zeppelin to maneuver in two modes. The first is remotecontrol mode where a transmitter sends directional commands (forward, back,left and right) to the blimp and the blimp responds accordingly. The secondmode lets the blimp chart its own course to a predetermined destination. In theautonomous mode, the blimp flies to an infrared (IR) beacon. IR transmitters onthe blimp receive a signal from the beacon, and the transmitter facing the beaconreceives the most pulses. The blimp then goes in that direction.

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Gadget Freak Case 139 The Autonomous Blimp

Gadget Freak Case 139 2-A

Amt

Part Description

Allied Part #

1

9V Battery

729-4097

4

22pF Capacitor

881-0422

1

100 uF Capacitor

852-7080

2

PIC 16F88

383-0496

1

PIC 16F84A

383-0445

1

PIC 16F874

383-0469

1

SN754410 Motor Driver

735-1803

1

5V Voltage Regulator

288-0449

2

4Mhz Crystal

895-0604

5

1k Ohm Resistor

840-0093

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