Analysis and implementation of ETL system for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)

Abstract

Unmanned Air Vehicles are technological tools that in recent years have raised interest in researchers and developers for their multiple civil and military applications. UAVs carry on board a large number of sensors and electronic equipment to ensure optimal operation. However, several times these devices are from different suppliers or developers making difficult to integrate them in the aircraft. To solve this integration problem, an application based on ETL (Extraction, Transformation and Load) systems is presented. ETL system extracts, processes and shares information from propulsion, communication, transponder, electro-optical and energy systems. ETL systems integrate signals with different communication protocols, providing efficiency and high speed in data processing. The ETL system is developed in embedded platform with multi-task execution capabilities and real-time information processing. ETL system integrates equipment with different communication protocols in order to facilitate operation, control, monitor and information record tasks of UAV.