Qualcomm for a long time trying to find a long-term scope of its products, which will enable it to be less dependent on the smartphone market, which is not only flooded with competitors, but also gradually reduce the growth rate . Until now it was thought that Qualcomm processor and related solutions will be used in automotive systems, which are gradually becoming smarter and sociable. However, yesterday the company said it is determined to occupy a niche in the segment of consumer drones. In any case, the platform Snapdragon Flight allow manufacturers of such devices to optimize the layout and costs due to a higher degree of component integration.
Reference solution for Snapdragon Flight is a printed circuit board dimensions 58 x 40 mm, on which there is a place for the processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 quad-core Krait and the frequency of 2.26 GHz, equipped with a graphics system Adreno 330, the signal processor Hexagon, a dedicated processor for video processing and dual a processor for image processing. As you can see, everything is enchanted by the image processing, while telecommunications capabilities has been overlooked. For example, dual-band solution Wi-Fi 802.11n combined with support for Bluetooth 4.0 and GNSS. 720p video can be encoded in real time on the camera with a resolution of 4K.
Additional sensors such as inertial and barometric allow to create drones with good instrumentation. The company will release the first Yuneec UAV platform Snapdragon Flight in the first half of next year, it will join other partners Qualcomm. Related Products :
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