Qualcomm Flight™ RB5 5G Platform Drone Reference Design

Qualcomm Flight RB5 5G Platform Drone Reference Design

A complete drone reference design with low-power, high-performance heterogeneous computing, artificial intelligence engine that delivers 15 TOPS, long-range Wi-Fi 6 and 5G (optional) connectivity, support for 7 camera concurrency, computer vision, and vault-like security. 

Current lead time is less than 15 business days to ship.

Ready to Use Development Features

Software Support for:

• PX4 Flight Control
• Ubuntu 18.04
  
• Kernel 4.19
  
• ROS / ROS 2
• OpenCV

Product Features:

• Connectivity Options: Cellular (LTE / 5G / CBRS) and Wi-Fi 6 for ubiquitous and long-range connectivity
• Integrated Qualcomm QRB5165 premium tier robotics processor
• High-performance heterogeneous computing at ultra-low power consumption
• 5th generation Qualcomm® Artificial Intelligence (AI) Engine (15 TOPS) for running complex AI and deep learning workloads and autonomous flying
  
• Dedicated Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Tensor Accelerator (HTA) delivering 8 TOPS for accurate edge inferencing
• Dedicated enhanced visual analytics hardware engine enables (EVA) computer vision apps, VIO, SLAM, Stereo Depth Mapping
• Qualcomm® Spectra 480 CV-ISP featuring 2-Gigapixel/sec ISPs &8K video, 4K HDR, 200MP photo, & 7-camera concurrency enable fully autonomous robots
• From crypto to DRM, the secure processing unit for ironclad security secures drones at every level
  
• Autonomy: Visual Inertial Odometry (VIO), path planning, PX4, GPS-denied navigation, BVLOS, follow me
• 360 obstacle avoidance: Depth estimation, obstacle detection, mapping and VOA
• Perception Capabilities: 8K30 & 4K120 cameras, EIS, digital zoom, horizon leveling, multi-camera concurrency

Technical Details

Product Brief

Datasheet

What's Included

Drone Only

• MRB-D0004-3-F1-B1-C11-M7-T1-K0 - Qualcomm Flight RB5 5G Platform Drone Reference Design and Quectel RM502Q-AE 5G Modem
• MRB-D0004-3-F1-B1-C11-M0-T1-K0 - Qualcomm Flight RB5 5G Platform Drone Reference Design

The reference drone is built around the Qualcomm Flight RB5 Flight Dec, MDK-M0052-1-03 'OEM Kit', which includes:

• M10000061: Thundercomm RB5 SOM (QRB5165) 
  
• MCCA-00090-1-T: Modem Carrier Board
  
• MCCA-M0052-1-T  Qualcomm Flight RB5 Mainboard
  
• MSU-M0014-1-01: Tracking Image Sensor
• MPS-00005-1: Wall Power Supply
• MDK-M0041-1-B-01: APMv3 Power Module
• MSU-M0025-2-01: 4k High-resolution RGB Image Sensor
  
• MCBL-00005: FC-RC-Input
  
• MCBL-00029: QC Flight RB5 to VOXL ESC cables
• MSU-00084-1: H-flex cable for 2 image sensors 
  
• M10000056: Tracking Image Sensor Mount
• MCCA-M0049-1-T: VOXL ESC

Required components sold separately:

• R/C Transmitter
• Works with Spektrum RC transmitter (e.g. DX6e, SPM8000 or SPMR8000)
• 4S Battery Pack - Gens Ace 3300mAh
• Direct from Gens Tattu
• ModalAI Webstore

 Basic Dev Kit

• MRB-D0004-3-F1-B1-C11-M7-T1-K1 - Qualcomm Flight RB5 5G Platform Drone Reference Design and Quectel RM502Q-AE 5G Modem
• MRB-D0004-3-F1-B1-C11-M0-T1-K1 - Qualcomm Flight RB5 5G Platform Drone Reference Design

• PLUS Additional Accessories with Kit:
• Desktop Development Fan 

Required components sold separately:

• R/C Transmitter
• Works with Spektrum RC transmitter (e.g. DX6e, SPM8000 or SPMR8000)
• 4S Battery Pack - Gens Ace 3300mAh
• Direct from Gens Tattu
• ModalAI Webstore

Pro Dev Kit

• MRB-D0004-3-V1-F1-B1-C11-M7-T1-K2 - Qualcomm Flight RB5 5G Platform Drone Reference Design and Quectel RM502Q-AE 5G Modem
• MRB-D0004-3-V1-F1-B1-C11-M0-T1-K2 - Qualcomm Flight RB5 5G Platform Drone Reference Design

• PLUS Additional Accessories with Kit:
• Desktop Development Fan 
• (2) Sets of Props - web link
• Case - web link
• Spektrum DX6e Transmitter - web link

Required components sold separately:

• 4S Battery Pack - Gens Ace 3300mAh
• Direct from Gens Tattu
• ModalAI Webstore

IMPORTANT: Limit of (2) batteries per drone ordered for international shipments. Please email contact@modalai.com for additional information.

Kit Comparison

Qualcomm® is a registered trademark of Qualcomm Incorporated. Qualcomm Flight RB5, Qualcomm® Artificial Intelligence, Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Tensor Accelerator (HTA), and Qualcomm® Spectra are all products of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.