Technical Specifications

Hardware, onboard compute, and full software stack included in Operation Squirrel.

Drone Hardware

  • 450mm quadcopter frame (F450-class)
  • 2212/920KV brushless motors
  • ArduPilot-compatible flight controller
  • GPS + compass module included
  • 3S LiPo battery
  • Full sensor suite (IMU, barometer, compass, GPS)
  • Onboard voltage & current monitoring
  • Receiver included (ELRS recommended)
  • VTX-ready (optional add-on)
  • Plug-and-play wiring harness

Jetson Orin Nano Hardware

  • 1024-core NVIDIA Ampere GPU
  • CUDA Compute Capability: 8.7
  • 6-core ARM Cortex-A78 CPU
  • 8GB unified LPDDR5 memory
  • M.2 NVMe + SD storage support
  • CSI camera support (IMX219/IMX477)
  • High-efficiency power profile
  • Compact carrier board integration
  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

AI Compute & Acceleration Stack

  • CUDA 12.x
  • TensorRT 10.x (optimized engines)
  • cuDNN 9.x
  • OpenCV 4.10 (CUDA-enabled)
  • NVIDIA JetPack 6.2 (L4T)
  • NVIDIA Container Runtime (Docker)
  • TensorRT-optimized YOLOv8 inference
  • GStreamer accelerated video pipeline

Autonomous Flight Software Stack

  • Real-time autonomous target tracking & following
  • TensorRT-accelerated YOLOv8 perception
  • GPU-accelerated vision pipeline (60+ FPS capable)
  • Predictive path estimation (ARX model + filtering)
  • MAVLink flight control integration
  • MCAP data & video logging system
  • Full desktop simulation environment (SITL)
  • Jetson-in-the-loop testing
  • OSRemote Android app