Description; Compatible Drones - SPH Engineering SkyHub User Manual

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The SkyHub solution is a hardware and software set designed to enhance
commercial-off-the-shelf UAVs capabilities for industrial purposes and to support integration
of diverse sensors.
SkyHub solution functions:
• Data collection from sensors like GPR, methane detector, echosounder, etc. which do not
have internal data logger. Data recorded in CSV format as well in the formats compatible
with specialized software for sensor data processing and analysis (SEG-Y, NMEA-0183,
etc.).
• Data fusion from the payload and UAV telemetry. Data without coordinates
(non-geotagged) is in most cases useless. SkyHub uses the positioning information from
the drone to geotag sensor data.
• SkyHub can supply NMEA coordinate stream to the external sensor. Some sensors have
internal data recorders but require an external GPS receiver. SkyHub can act as such an
additional GPS receiver by providing the UAV coordinates to sensors.
• Support for True Terrain Following for DJI drones to automatically keep constant
elevation over the surface using real-time data from a radar or laser altimeter.
• Support for Grasshopper mode for DJI drones. The mode provides the flight between
waypoints at a safe altitude and descends in waypoints to the set altitude to make
measurements (using NDT sensor, echo sounder, etc.) or to drop a parcel or seismic
sensor.
• Support for an external detector of obstacles to interrupt the flight and save the UAV,
especially if the weather conditions or payload configuration interfere with the built-in
sensors on the UAV or the UAV does not have such sensors.

Compatible drones

• DJI M350 RTK
• DJI M300 RTK
• Pixhawk with Ardupilot/PX4
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SkyHub User Manual
Revision 14 • December 2024