Design of Solar Endurance Control for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles based on Schmidt Trigger Control

Abstract

In order to improve the endurance of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), a power supply controller with automatic switching between solar energy and battery was designed. The controller is mainly composed of an AT89C51 single chip microcomputer. By collecting ambient light intensity and comparing it with the preset light intensity of the system, the controller completes automatic switching of the power supply for solar unmanned aerial vehicles, thereby achieving continuous and stable power supply for solar unmanned aerial vehicles. In addition, the implementation method of the single-chip microcomputer program in the controller is also introduced. The control core is to use Schmidt de shake control to switch between solar energy and battery, and to test the various functions of the controller through the flight experiment of a small solar powered unmanned aerial vehicle. Tests have found that solar powered drones using this controller can navigate for a long time in weather with varying light intensity, and the device operates well, effectively improving the power stability of solar powered drones.