DUNE
Embedded software at the heart of the vehicle: modules for control, navigation, simulation, networking, sensing, and actuation.
DUNE is the on-board software running on the vehicle, which is responsible not only for every interaction with sensors, payload and actuators, but also for communications, navigation, control, maneuvering, plan execution and vehicle supervision. It is CPU architecture independent (Intel x86 or compatible, Sun SPARC, ARM, PowerPC and MIPS) as well as operating system independent (Linux, Solaris, Apple Mac OS X, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, eCos, RTEM, Microsoft Windows 2000 or above and QNX Neutrino). Thanks to its modularity and versatility, DUNE does not only run in our ASVs, ROVs, AUVs and UAVs, but also in our Manta communication gateways.
Write tasks, from sensor drivers to PID controllers, that run independently from each other on separate threads or processes, while exchanging data using the message bus mechanism.
Portable among Intel x86 or compatible, Sun SPARC, ARM, PowerPC and MIPS
Portable among the Linux, Solaris, Apple Mac OS X, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, eCos, RTEM, Microsoft Windows 2000 or above and QNX Neutrino operating systems.
DUNE will run on a small memory footprint (no larger than 16 Megabyte).
DUNE source code includes drivers for a large number of sensors related to navigation and control of unmanned systems.
DUNE source code includes a control architecture which comprises our navigation filter, autopilot, maneuvering controllers and supervisors for unmanned systems.