Development of a PWM precision spraying controller for unmanned aerial vehicles

Journal of Bionic Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 276-283

  Zhu, Hang ^a   Lan, Yubin ^b   Wu, Wenfu ^a   Hoffmann, W Clint ^b   Huang, Yanbo ^c   Xue, Xinyu ^d   Liang, Jian ^d   Fritz, Brad ^b  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d NRIAM   (China)

Author keywords

Precision spraying; PWM controller; TL494; UAV

Indexed keywords

CONTROL COMMAND; CONTROL SIGNAL; CROP PRODUCTION; DATA ACQUISITION BOARD; FLIGHT PLANS; GROUND CONTROL STATIONS; GUIDANCE SYSTEM; LABVIEW; PRECISION SPRAYING; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION CONTROLLERS; PULSE WIDTH MODULATORS; PWM CONTROLLER; PWM CONTROLLERS; SPRAY APPLICATION; TL494; UAV; UAV HELICOPTERS; WIRELESS TELEMETRY SYSTEMS;

CULTIVATION; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; ROCK MECHANICS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

CONTROLLERS;

EID: 78649389030     PISSN: 16726529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1672-6529(10)60251-X     Document Type: Article

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