Classical control_based autopilot design using PC/104

Abstract

Abstract-Many recent papers have been written in unmanned aerial systems (UAS) autopilot designing for fixed wing aircraft, in addition to vertical takeoff and landing aerial vehicles such as helicopter and quad-copters. The process of designing such a system needs great facilities, great cost, and has a significant risks of crashes. This paper introduces PID-based (proportional, integral, and derivative) autopilot design using Matlab\Simulink modeling to reduce design cost and time; in addition to minimizing risks. The PC/104 board was used as the hardware for the system. This paper assured the validity, simplicity, and time efficient of PID-based design, and the significant reduction of cost and effort in autopilot design using the Software in Loop (SILS) and Hardware in Loop simulations (HILS). Indexed terms-PC/104, HILS, SILS, PID controller, fixed wings aircraft.