User Interface Work

Software : ArduPilot

Objective : Adjust UI for Rover

# Functionality Breakdown

NAV BAR

• ⁃ Status
• ⁃ Mode
• ⁃ Serial Link Mav ID
• ⁃ CONNECT

FLIGHT DATA to Covert to ROVER DATA https://ardupilot.org/planner/docs/mission-planner-ground-control-station.html

⁃	Primary flight display -> Primary Rover Display 
⁃	Air speed ( Ground speed if no airspeed sensor is fitted ) -> Ground Speed only
⁃	Crosstrack error and turn rate (T)
⁃	Heading direction
⁃	Bank angle
⁃	Telemetry connection link quality (averaged percentage of good packets)
⁃	GPS time
⁃	Altitude ( blue bar is rate of climb ) -> Remove
⁃	Air speed -> Remove
⁃	Ground speed
⁃	Battery status
⁃	Artificial Horizon
⁃	Aircraft Attitude -> Remove
⁃	GPS Status
⁃	Current Waypoint Number > Distance to Waypoint
⁃	Current Flight Mode
⁃	Info View
⁃	Quick Info
⁃	GPS fix
⁃	GPS sats
⁃	Altitude REL - Remove
⁃	Climb - Remove
⁃	Pitch
⁃	Viltage
⁃	GPS HDOP
⁃	Altitude MSL
⁃	Battery
⁃	Current
⁃	Roll
⁃	Yaw
⁃	Actions
⁃	Mission Controls
⁃	Restart Mission
⁃	Go to Waypoint
⁃	Change Altitude - Remove
⁃	Change Speed
⁃	Actions
⁃	Execute Action
⁃	Set Mode
⁃	ARM
⁃	Shortcut Modes
⁃	Auto
⁃	Stabilize
⁃	Loiter -> Pause
⁃	RTL
⁃	Status
⁃	Messages
⁃	Map
⁃	Lat/Long/Alt (stats)
⁃	Current heading (visual)
⁃	Intended heading (visual)
⁃	Direct line to current waypoint (visual)
⁃	Desired turn radius (visual)
⁃	Track of recent travel (visual)
⁃	GPS reported altittude (stat)
⁃	GPS reported direction of travel (visual)

FLIGHT PLAN -> ROVER PLAN

•   ⁃	Unmanned Systems
  

• ⁃ Mission Plan
• ⁃ Edit Waypoints
• ⁃ Onboard Waypoints
• ⁃ Map

INITIAL SET UP

• ⁃ Firmware Install
• ⁃ 3DR Radio

CONFIG/TUNING

• ⁃ Settings
• ⁃ Telemetry Rates

GRAPHS

• ⁃ Download Log
• ⁃ Open Log
• ⁃ Enable Log Playback
• ⁃ Graph controls
• ⁃ Log to Google Earth File

APIs to Explore for Ocean data to include to ArduPilot Rover

Sofar Weather API (not free) https://www.sofarocean.com/products/weather-api

Data Points

• ⁃ Significant Wave Height
• ⁃ Wave Peak Direction
• ⁃ Wave Mean Directional Spread
• ⁃ Wave Peak Period
• ⁃ Wave Peak Directional Spread
• ⁃ Latitude and Longitude for Drift Calculations
• ⁃ Wave Mean Period
• ⁃ Wave Mean Direction

Saildrone https://www.saildrone.com/missions A fully managed ocean data service to keep you in control—powered by Saildrone.

Sensors:

• ⁃ Ocean metadata
• ⁃ Fish Biomass * (echosounder)
• ⁃ carbon
• ⁃ Oil Detection
• ⁃ Animal tracking * acoustic tag receiver, hydrophone
• ⁃ Data Relay