Touchdown

Ionic Mobile Application
UAS Landing Pad

Inspiration

The project, "Touchdown" was inspired by novice drone pilots that struggle with sticking the landing of their quadcopters. Using an intelligent landing platform and mobile app, Touchdown trains young pilots and hones in on their skills.

What it does

Real-Time analysis and feedback of user performance when landing and operating UAS/drone.

How we built it

NodeMCU IOT board streams real-time data and publishes to web-server. JSON data is then served to mobile device application built using Ionic 2 framework. Data from ultrasonic sensors and IP camera is streamed to the mobile application. Touchdown also receives real-time weather data from local airfields sourced through a myriad aviation based APIs.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Integrating a large number of different technologies into a harmonized IOT platform.

What's next for Touchdown

Streamline the design of the landing pad using higher fidelity materials and sensors.

Built With

Submitted to

MangoHacks '17
- Winner Best Hardware Hack

Created by

Real-time sensor data aggregation, pilot performance analysis, and weather data integration. Using Arduino, ESP8266 WiFi IOT board, JavaScript, and REST APIs.

Marcus Isnard
Software Engineer
Implemented the Ionic 2 mobile application and used the ESP8266 development kit to stream data from the system. Introduced wireless camera functionality via an Android smartphone.

Tim Christovich
I'm a big fan of drinking coffee, IoT, and building mobile apps and websites. I love hacks that solve problems people didn't know they had.
Worked on implementing the circuitry for the stepper motors used to mobile the two sensors that are on the landing pad. Using Arduino, assessed pilot performance, and collected real-time sensor data.

Cedieu Gantt-Exavier
I worked on the design, construction, and hardware aspects of the Hack. Used Arduino, to Implement ultrasonic sensors, stepper motors, and leds. Constructed prototype model for demonstration purposes.

Dre Walker