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Welcome to JC Electronica

A company focused on UAV avionics design and engineering.

	CFD (COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS) The most powerful techniques are employed to obtain accurate data of airfoils and aircraft bodies at different flight conditions. Numerical computational methods are also applied to structural analysis.
	AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING & DESIGN Custom aircraft can be designed from scratch or, more frequently, a given available aircraft is scaled down to convert it into an UAV. From CAD drawings, airplane elements are laser cut and assembled at high quality workshops.
	FLIGHT CONTROL DESIGN Advanced control schemes, like space state, model predictive, fuzzy logic and neural networks are applied to develop superior control software. Extensive simulation and testing of both control model and airplane yields a robust and reliable solution.
	HARDWARE ENGINEERING Space, low power consumption, temperature, vibrations, presence of fuel or exhaust gases, RF interference and other characteristics of UAV avionics are taken into account when designing.
	SOFTWARE ENGINEERING High end 32-bit microcontrollers with floating point computing capabilities as well as FPGAs for fast parallel processing are employed. Software techniques like RTOS (Real Time Operating System) or State Machines greatly improves quality and robustness.
	MISSION ENGINEERING An UAV is supposed to fly to do a mission, like surveillance, data acquisition, etc. These tasks are also integrated in both software and hardware.


News!
AeroElf project is flying. After 2 years of development, this innovative scheme of UAV auto-pilot is able to safely pilot a 70 inch plane. The distinctive element is a CPLD that controls servo signals and easily switch the whole system between "auto" and "manual" modes. read more...	FPGAs and MCUs Microcontrollers grow and grow in resources and capabilities but the need for computational load and speed grows even faster. Traditionally, FPGAs were used only exclusively for high-end products, but the advantages of flexible and parallel processing makes them usable in commercial applications. read more...	Build your own UAV While pro level UAVs are high tech systems with lots of engineering team' hours and huge money investments, still many hobbyists with far more modest resources design and build successful UAVs. This is a series of 3 articles reviewing the basics of UAV and some practical points for the home designer of UAVs. read more...	Low Cost Quad Core MCU reach 1600 MIPs XMOS recently has launched the XS1 family of MCU with 1, 2 and 4 cores running at up to 400 MHz while keeping both power and price low enough to make them an interesting option. A free IDE and compiler is available as well as a range of economy evaluation boards. read more...
Microchip launches High Temp MCU family with CAN&LIN. Eight models of 8-bit MCU and 21 of 16-bit MCU, including dsPIC are now available to operate up to 140ºC (16 bit) or 150ºC (8 bit). Many of these have CAN/ ECAN and LIN peripherals so they point to the automotive market. read more...