Custom drone electronics and the blue HITL test board on a charcoal studio background

THOMAS STOLPE / ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Custom electronics
and embedded systems.

PCB design, embedded firmware, system integration
and test equipment by Thomas Stolpe.

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ON THE BENCH4S, 5-inch quadcopter + HITL platform01 / 02
SCHEMATIC & PCB DESIGNEMBEDDED FIRMWARESYSTEM INTEGRATIONBENCH TESTING

SELECTED WORK / 01—02

Drone electronics
and HITL testing.

Custom flight electronics and the test platform used for board bring-up and system integration.

Custom drone electronics wired into a motor test fixtureQUADCOPTER / BENCH INTEGRATION
01 IN DEVELOPMENT

4S, 5-INCH, QUADCOPTER PROTOTYPE

Custom flight control
and power electronics.

Custom flight sensing, battery monitoring and motor-drive electronics, developed together with a dedicated bench-test platform.

  • STM32H743 flight control with inertial, pressure and magnetic sensing
  • Battery telemetry, regulated power and three-phase motor drives
  • Board bring-up, packaging and bench testing
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Powered HITL test board connected to the motor-control benchHITL / CONTROL + MEASUREMENT
02 ON THE BENCH

HUMAN IN THE LOOP / HITL

Motor control
and interface testing.

A computer-connected interface that selects signal sources, sends test commands and collects measurements from the drone electronics.

  • Six-layer STM32H743 board with Ethernet
  • Selectable DShot, UART and external magnetometer paths
  • TCP commands, UDP telemetry and instrument comparisons
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PROJECT SCOPE

PCB design, firmware
and hardware testing.

These projects cover board design, embedded firmware and physical testing. Each project page includes hardware photos, technical details, test results where available, and current development status.