One Silicon Chip Photonics (OSCP), a fabless Canadian developer of photonic and MEMS inertial measurement units, is pleased to announce Texim Europe as its exclusive distributor for Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.
OSCP Announces ArduPilot Support Across Its MK2 IMU Family
OSCP has announced ArduPilot support across the MK2 IMU family. The driver is available for download at docs.oscp.com and connects any MK2 unit over RS-422 or CAN-FD. Start on the MEMS MK2M2, move to the photonic MK2E2 with the same driver. OSCP is at Commercial UAV Expo, September 1 to 3.
OSCP has announced ArduPilot support across its MK2 family of inertial measurement units. The OSCP ArduPilot driver is available for download at docs.oscp.com, alongside integration documentation, a C SDK and Python examples.
Why now
For uncrewed aircraft the failure mode is the same everywhere: the platform flies until the satellite fix goes away. GNSS jamming and interference now reach far beyond declared conflict zones, and beyond-visual-line-of-sight operations leave no one with eyes on the aircraft. What bounds the drift in those minutes is the quality of the gyroscope.
One driver, the whole MK2 family
The driver connects any MK2-family unit to an ArduPilot system over standard RS-422 or CAN-FD. Builders can start with the MK2M2, a MEMS unit measuring 40 by 40 by 25 millimetres, weighing 75 grams and drawing 1.2 watts, and move to the photonic MK2E2 for tactical-grade performance with the same driver and the same interfaces.
Photonic sensing holds under vibration
The photonic option matters on airframes because it is resilient to vibration: MEMS gyros are g-sensitive and accrue extra error under vibration and sustained acceleration, where OSCP’s photonic sensing holds its bias stability.
“Drone builders settled on ArduPilot a long time ago, and they were right,” said Kazem Zandi, founder and chief executive of OSCP. “We are not asking anyone to change their autopilot. We are giving the autopilot they already trust a better sense of motion.”
Proven in a GNSS-denied road test
In a published road test over 21 minutes with satellite positioning denied, navigating on the gyroscope and a one-hertz speed input with no filter, OSCP’s photonic IMU finished 5.7 metres from ground truth against 20.5 metres for a MEMS unit on identical aiding.
Meet us at Commercial UAV Expo
OSCP sensors are designed and manufactured in Montreal and are ITAR-free. The company’s sales leadership is at Commercial UAV Expo in Las Vegas, September 1 to 3. To arrange a meeting, contact sales@oscp.com. The driver is available to download now at docs.oscp.com.
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