1991 Starting from the core

In Xi Xiaoding's office, Ma Mengqi was bragging enthusiastically.

This model aircraft driven by four double-blade propellers is lying quietly in his office at this time - because it is a purely hand-made prototype, its appearance is difficult to describe.

"I haven't arranged the wiring yet, and I haven't done much with the electrical board. Once the electrical board is done, I'll lay out the wires. I estimate that its size can be reduced a bit, probably to the size of a lunch box."

Xi Xiaoding nodded slightly: "How did you hover just now?"

"It uses a gyro sensor. But that's not important. What's important is that our flight control is very good, brother! The radio frequency chip we designed ourselves is now conservatively estimated to be 800 meters, 800 meters, brother!"

Ma Mengqi hugged the shoulders of a Russian guy and said cheerfully: "How is it?"

"Well, not bad..." Xi Xiaoding was an outsider in model airplanes. Naturally, he didn't know what the eight hundred meters meant, and he didn't think this thing had any purpose other than showing that the members of Pandora "know how to play" and are awesome enough.

Of course, he also knew that he had no business acumen, so he thought for a moment and said, "How about you show it to Mr. Shan? Maybe he can see business opportunities at a glance..."

Ma Mengqi was startled and hesitated: "It's better not to... Who else likes this thing besides those of us who love flying? And its cost is indeed a bit higher. Even if it is mass-produced, this one The cost is estimated to be at least tens of thousands—right, Sasha."

Sasha is twenty-five years old this year. She became close to Yuanxin through Yuanxin's college student support fund six years ago. After graduating from graduate school, she set foot on the road south with several classmates. Then, while still in the internship period, he was discovered by Li Yinan because of his excellent performance and was directly taken to the NEWBEE laboratory.

Sasha was shy by nature and couldn't speak Mandarin well, so he had to smile and said that this was indeed a bit expensive.

"... Then you still have to write a report, otherwise you won't be able to explain it. By the way, remember to apply for a patent." Xi Xiaoding has always been easy to talk to - as long as the people under his command are not seeking public benefit for personal gain, as long as they are engaged in technology research and development, his and Su Yuanshan's attitude is Consistent.

After all, the state is now actively encouraging private inventions.

Compared to farmers building cars, farmers building airplanes, etc... the people in Pandora are at least a little more reliable.

"Okay, then I'll slip away first and then go have some fun."

However, before he finished speaking, he heard Su Yuanshan's voice outside the door: "What are you playing for?"

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Five minutes later, Ma Mengqi and Sasha glanced nervously at Su Yuanshan, who looked serious.

——Of course he can say anything in front of Xi Xiaoding. After all, he is a junior who once lived in Xi Xiaoding's dormitory.

But in front of Mr. Shan...

Even though Mr. Shan is young and modest, in the hearts of Pandora and the others, Mr. Shan is really a god-like existence.

The more genius you are, the more you know what it means that Mr. Shan was able to take the lead in EDA at the age of seventeen and then get the paging chip in two days...

And now, Mr. Shan is not yet twenty-five years old, and he is already an associate professor who has led a class of graduate students. At the same time, he is still taking care of the architecture design of multi-core processors...

Such people, for those engaged in technology, are born to look up to them.

Especially since Mr. Shan still looked serious now, Ma Mengqi became a little uneasy.

——Isn’t it because Mr. Shan feels that he spent too much money?

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Of course, Ma Mengqi obviously thought too much.

The reason why Su Yuanshan looked serious was because... He didn't expect that Ma Mengqi played with model airplanes - he knew that there were people playing with model airplanes in Pandora, but he always thought they were playing with single-wing propeller aircraft similar to World War II fighter jets. ——Go out and play with a jet.

Unexpectedly, Ma Mengqi was playing with "drone".

Of course, model aircraft is also a type of drone, but the focus of model aircraft is "modeling", while the focus of drones is to fly.

For a while, Su Yuanshan thought of many things in his mind, but in the end they were reduced to four words.

Farewell, DJI.

——Since Ma Junyi has developed the drone in advance, Yuanxin naturally has no reason to give up.

"Brother Chao, did you write the flight control yourself?" A smile slowly appeared on Su Yuanshan's face, and he looked at Ma Mengqi - Ma Chao, who was a little nervous.

"Yes, we wrote it together."

"Well, that's good. Let me make a few more requests for you." Su Yuanshan pursed his lips, reached out and pulled out a piece of white paper from the table, grabbed a signature pen, and wrote while reading.

"First of all, it is important to ensure the security of the flight control protocol and data transmission protocol."

When Xi Xiaoding heard this, he interrupted: "It's just an encryption algorithm, it's simple."

"Well, secondly, we need to complete the automatic obstacle avoidance function and the one-click automatic return function, such as adding power management..."

"Mr. Shan, wait!" Ma Mengqi shouted immediately after hearing this: "How to do automatic obstacle avoidance? What is this thing used for?"

"What do you think?" Su Yuanshan looked at him with a smile, sighed again, shook his head and said: "Brother Chao, your business acumen is not good..."

Ma Mengqi: "...Okay, but what to do? Add radar? Are there any miniaturized radar modules now?"

"Can I use infrared?" Sasha touched him lightly.

"I don't know...but...Mr. Shan, are you planning to engage in automatic flight?" Ma Mengqi couldn't laugh or cry. He never thought that he would just play with a flying machine that could be equipped with a camera to satisfy his desire to see the earth from the sky - and also to make pranks at the same time.

Speaking of which, he came up with the idea after a bet with another group of robot buddies in Pandora. Tingtu was purely using his time outside of work, and he had no idea that he would be forced to add "demand" by Mr. Shan.

"Well, the automatic return function means automatic flight - for example, after the drone is turned on, it will conduct a series of self-tests, including battery power detection and estimation of the flying distance." Su Yuanshan continued talking with a smile. Wrote: "Once it is discovered that the battery power is approaching the limit of the return distance, the operator must be reminded, and then a logic execution program for one-click return must be given."

Ma Mengqi's head was full of black lines: "Return to positioning...that requires high-precision satellite positioning, right?"

"Satellite positioning is needed, but it does not necessarily require high precision. Moreover, high-precision positioning may not be available in the future." Su Yuanshan glanced at him and continued.

"As for the obstacle avoidance function - you need to develop this, but I personally think that if it should be able to judge real-time images... it should be possible." Su Yuanshan said as he looked at Xi Xiaoding, who had gradually become interested. : "Brother, I remember you developed an image recognition algorithm, right?"

"Yes, it's being done. But it's a bit slow to process."

"It's okay, we can design a special image recognition chip." Su Yuanshan squinted his eyes, thinking that the most critical things to achieve driverless driving are image recognition algorithms and high-performance image processing chips - some people call them AI chips.

"Yes, we can start the project now." Su Yuanshan pursed his lips, nodded solemnly, and made a heavy stroke on the paper.

"Then, there is image transmission." Su Yuanshan looked at Ma Mengqi: "Whether it is data transmission or control transmission, the farther the distance, the better."

Xi Xiaoding nodded slightly and suddenly asked: "Do you want to engage in military reconnaissance?"

"...dare not...for civilian use...for civilian use."

Su Yuanshan smiled and waved his hands one after another.

“Finally, through positioning and algorithms, we can achieve UAV array control of multiple UAVs taking off, hovering, and returning at the same time, which means it’s almost done.”

Ma Mengqi and Sasha looked at each other. They both looked at Xi Xiaoding for help, and there was a meaning in their eyes...

quick! Stop Mr. Shan quickly!