Desarrollo de un dispositivo de monitoreo en tiempo real de los sistemas de una aeronave mediante un protocolo de comunicación inalámbrica. RTAMS (Real-time Aircraft Monitoring System)

Abstract

This document compiles the work done in the degree project to obtain the degree of electronic engineer at the Universidad Santo Tomas Seccional Tunja, the project proposes the development of a prototype that is capable of monitoring in real time most of the systems of an aircraft, for this case, the monitoring is done to a RPAS (Remotely Piloted Aircraft System) because its acquisition and/or construction is more affordable, It should be clarified that the use of the RPAS will be only for the testing phase, the main objective of this is to offer real time support to the pilot in case of aircraft failures, because currently the monitoring system that is most commonly used is offered for preventive maintenance.

To meet the main objective an algorithm was implemented which allows the acquisition and processing of data obtained from the sensors added to the aircraft, which were; GPS sensor to know the location, altitude, speed, heading among others, an inertial sensor which allows to obtain the acceleration and gyroscope data of the aircraft and thus determine its current orientation and the pressure sensor which allows to calculate the altitude in a more accurate way and average it with the value yielded by the GPS.

The prototype gave an idea of the behavior at the moment of the acquisition and sending of data frames within a scale aircraft, and could become functional in a commercial aircraft.