Issue 40 Unmanned Systems Technology October/November 2021 ANYbotics ANYmal D l AI systems focus l Aquatic Drones Phoenix 5 l Space vehicles insight l Sky Eye Rapier X-25 l FlyingBasket FB3 l GCS focus l AUVSI Xponential 2021

Sierra-Olympic’s Viento-10 IR camera 95 repeatability of 2 m g and in-run bias stability of 15 μ g . The FG 150 weighs 160 g, measures 60 x 25 mm, and consumes 3.5 W on a 5 V supply. Its measurement range runs up to 1000 º /second, has a bias repeatability within 1 º /hour (assuming environmental temperatures of -40 C to +71 C), and its angular random walk runs at less than 0.05 º / √ hour. Richard Ryu said, “FOG products are starting to replace other technologies such as DTGs and RLGs owing to the relative ease of maintenance and high- performance continuity of FOGs. “In addition to these two new systems, FiberPro is developing a 0.1 º gyrocompass as a navigation sensor for unmanned operation of ships. We expect to begin production of it next year.” Omnetics launched a new connector at the show, which the company has designed for fulfilling a niche highlighted by customers at the previous live AUVSI expo. As explained to us by the company, “During Xponential 2019, we had a lot of enquiries for a connector that would be lightweight, high density with high reliability and field-terminatable, while supporting more current per contact than our Micro and Nano connector solutions. “Micro connectors support 3 A per contact, while the Nano connectors each support 1 A. But in 2019, unmanned systems designers were looking for a solution that would support 40-60 A per contact. So we developed this connector to support the 40-60 A per contact requirement.” In the time between the two live events in 2019 and 2021, customer requests increased to 150 A per contact and higher. Based on that feedback Omnetics is now redesigning the product to be configurable and meet this new figure, so the resulting ‘Macro series’ connectors will be relaunched later this year. The new scalable connector designs will range from 40 to 200 A, and will feature crimp contacts in two- and three- pin field-terminatable configurations. Solder contacts are also available on request, although Omnetics noted that they could be comparatively harder to terminate and repair in the field. Integrated latches also feature in the design, to keep down the connectors’ weight and prevent disconnections during operation. “The connector is symmetrical to allow it to be flipped if users need to change motor direction,” the company said. “Otherwise they can switch two of the contacts, assuming a software-derived solution isn’t an option. “Also, high-voltage applications should be considered on a case-by-case basis, but based on current contact spacing 1000 V should be no problem, and future testing will provide a concrete validation for that number.” Sierra-Olympic Technologies debuted its latest IR camera solution, the Viento-10 USB/GigE long-wave infrared series. Built around a 640 x 512 resolution uncooled microbolometer camera core, the Viento-10 features a detector array with a 10 µm pixel pitch and is available in USB or Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) interface models. “10 µm is the smallest pixel pitch LWIR camera on the market,” the company said. “It has a 60 Hz frame rate and less than 30 mK sensitivity with 3D noise filters. We also have a growing selection of custom lens options to accompany the camera core, as the new detector enables the use of smaller optics with a narrower FoV over its predecessors.” The company worked with Unmanned Systems Technology | October/November 2021 The new connector from Omnetics supports 40-200 A per contact