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Remotely control a drone to charge itself automatically, how does it work?

 


 

This drone charging technology is shared by the CEO of HEISHA, HEISHA a professional drone charging solution manufacturer. 

There are three basic elements when it concerns charging a drone through remote controlling, a charging platform, communication between the drone and the charging platform, and a cable. 

This is the solution HEISHA provides: 

“It takes an operator to control the drone remotely via network. Besides the remote controller system and a drone, an Android computer and a router are necessary, the router can be replaced by a 5G module with a SIM card. It requires a charging cable and a retrofit drone battery to realize the drone charging function.” 

All the three major players are taken care of, is it really so simple? 

“But there are lots of challenges behind these simple theories. The most difficult part of modifying a drone battery is to realize the remote control function besides the charging, and some drone batteries require extra adapters and shells.”

Remote controller as an anchor, is the least factor to be ignored when considering controlling a drone, but there are so many different drone brands and models, it’s not easy to make a standard RC to compatible with all the models, modification is a more practical option. Another important part of a drone that needs to be considered when you want to charge a drone, where would the charging cable connect with it? The battery, of course, but there is only one connector, how to make the connector work with the drone charging platform? More connectors would work better than one. I noticed HEISHA has made some extra connectors on each landing gear. Same trouble, how to deal with the compatible issue?

“We have developed a standard mold for landing gears for wide compatibility, lower cost, and higher precision landing.”

Seems not just compatible but also precision landing factors are all handled. I saw some other controlling-related problems HEISHA working on.

“We have developed a PCB board for collecting the drone switch status without unplugging the type-C connector. Battery over-charged and current reverse problem after charged, unstable voltage and current, all concerns the charging safety. HEISHA has developed a complete charging board to solve these charging problems. Remotely reboot the Android system to handle the unstable resolution of SDK, HEISHA has developed a T100 IoT module. An extra antenna is added to increase the communication range of the RC.”

Charging safety, remote maintenance of the drone charging station is included in their program, I think that’s pretty overall.

 

 


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