CUAV
About
About CUAV
CUAV develops core control and navigation electronics for open unmanned systems. Its catalogue includes Pixhawk-class and compact intelligent controllers, GNSS and RTK positioning modules, DroneCAN airspeed sensors, telemetry and image links, power-management units, compasses and interface peripherals. The hardware supports multirotors, fixed-wing and VTOL aircraft as well as unmanned ground vehicles, vessels and robotic platforms built around ArduPilot, PX4, DroneCAN and MAVLink.
The Guangzhou company combines development with an in-house manufacturing base containing automated SMT production and test facilities. Current families include Pixhawk V6X v2, X7+ Pro and 7-Nano v2 controllers, C-RTK and NEO positioning modules, LBA communications hardware and SKYE airspeed sensors. CUAV therefore sits inside the vehicle electronics stack: its modules provide flight control, positioning, data links and power interfaces that system builders integrate with airframes, propulsion, payloads and mission software.
Products
Supply
Supply chain relationships
- Analog Devices
Inbound - Sensing Perception - CUAV X7+ Pro integrates Analog Devices ADIS16470 IMU
Source - STMicroelectronics
Inbound - Compute & Control - CUAV X7+ Pro integrates STMicroelectronics STM32H743 microcontroller
Source - PNI Sensor
Inbound - Sensing Perception - CUAV X7+ Pro integrates PNI RM3100 magnetometer
Source - TDK-InvenSense
Inbound - Sensing Perception - CUAV X7+ Pro integrates TDK InvenSense ICM-42688-P and ICM-20689 IMUs
Source - TE Connectivity
Inbound - Sensing Perception - CUAV X7+ Pro integrates two TE Connectivity MS5611 barometers
Source - STMicroelectronics
Inbound - Compute & Control - CUAV Pixhawk V6X V2 specifies an STMicroelectronics STM32H753IIK6 processor
Source - Bosch Sensortec
Inbound - robotics sensors - CUAV Pixhawk V6X V2 specifies a Bosch BMI088 inertial sensor
Source - STMicroelectronics
Inbound - Compute & Control - CUAV Pixhawk V6X V2 specifies an STMicroelectronics STM32F103 coprocessor
Source - TDK
Inbound - robotics sensors - CUAV Pixhawk V6X V2 specifies a TDK IIM-42652 inertial sensor
Source - u-blox
Inbound - Navigation - CUAV C-RTK 9Ps and C-RTK3 X20P use u-blox F9P and X20 receivers, respectively
Source - PNI Sensor
Inbound - Positioning & Navigation - CUAV Pixhawk V6X V2 specifies a PNI RM3100 magnetometer
Source - TDK
Inbound - robotics sensors - CUAV Pixhawk V6X V2 specifies a TDK ICP-20100 barometer
Source - Foxtech
Outbound - Control Systems - Foxtech AYK-350 RTF configurations offer the CUAV X7 Pro flight controller
Source - Foxtech
Outbound - Navigation - Foxtech AYK-350 RTF configurations include CUAV NEO 3 Pro GNSS
Source - Foxtech
Outbound - Control Systems - Foxtech GREAT SHARK 330 offers CUAV X7+ Pro flight-controller configurations
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Timeline
Events
- 2019-01-01 - Partnership - ArduPilot chair became CUAV technical adviser
Andrew Tridgell was identified by CUAV as both ArduPilot Foundation chair and a core ArduPilot developer. CUAV also attended the PX4 International Developer Conference in Switzerland in 2019. The company says it shares unmanned-systems hardware work through the ArduPilot and PX4 open-source communities.
Source - 2015-01-01 - Partnership - CUAV joined 3DR open-source unmanned-system meeting
CUAV formed partnerships with the ArduPilot and PX4 open-source platforms in the same year. The company established an independent R&D team and shifted toward combined software-and-hardware development. CUAV also launched its Pixhack V3 open-source controller in 2015.
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Context
Context tags
- Drone autopilot and mission computer - Capability - CUAV publishes UAV autopilot, flight-controller and GNSS hardware lines.
- Commercial drone flight control - Capability - CUAV hardware supports commercial unmanned-system flight control.