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A DelFly should be controllable, carry a payload such as a camera, and in the long term fly autonomously. This clearly requires a significant amount of electronic systems, both for payload and control. This chapter discusses all electronic components and what adaptations had to be made to employ them for light-weight flapping wing MAVs.

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    http://www.didel.com/, type MK07-2.3, red.

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Acknowledgments

This work would not have been possible without the help and expertise of many. Bob Selman Designs (USA), DC Enterprises (India), Micro Plane Solutions (France), MicroInvent (Slovakia), Martin Newell (USA), MicroFlier-Nick Leichty (USA), DelTang (UK). The chapter is partly based on [4, 8, 13].

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  1. Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

    G. C. H. E. de Croon, M. Perçin, B. D. W. Remes , R. Ruijsink & C. De Wagter

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de Croon, G.C.H.E., Perçin, M., Remes , B.D.W., Ruijsink, R., De Wagter, C. (2016). Electronics. In: The DelFly. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9208-0_4

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