Unit 9 - Vocab B

an instrument for measuring acceleration, typically that of an automobile, ship, aircraft, or spacecraft, or that involved in the vibration of a machine, building, or other structure.

• AGL (Above Ground Level)
• accelerometer
• Measurement noise
• IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit)

a device that is responsible for measuring the atmospheric pressure of the environment.

• altimeter
• Barometer
• sense-and-avoid
• megahertz (MHz)

a reference point from which scientific measurements are made.

• altitude
• Datum
• algorithm
• plug-and-play device

a pivoted support that allows the rotation of an object, usually a camera, about one or more axes.

• Axes
• Gimbal
• Course
• processor core

refers to being navigated and maneuvered by a computer, without a need for human control or intervention under normal conditions.

• Calibrate
• autonomous flight
• DR (dead reckoning)
• 8-bit

Follow-Me mode enables the pilot to lock a drone’s direction and movement on a specific moving target and then autonomously follow the target without any pilot input.

• Compass
• Follow-Me
• Failsafe
• 32-bit

a feature in a software program that uses the global positioning system (GPS) or radio frequency identification (RFID) to define geographical boundaries. A geofence is a virtual barrier.

• Drift
• geo-fencing
• FOR (field of regard)
• Arduino

a land- or sea-based control center that provides the facilities for human control of unmanned vehicles in the air or in space.

• FC (flight controller)
• ground control station (GCS)
• FOV (field of view)
• Bluetooth

the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth’s equator, or of a celestial object north or south of the celestial equator, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.

• g-force
• Latitude
• guidance system
• Clone

the angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England, or west of the standard meridian of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.

• GPS (Global Positioning Systems)
• Longitude
• Hertz
• Firmware