The core chip of the drone usually uses a high-performance 32-bit or 64-bit microcontroller (MCU) or microprocessor (MPU). For example, the NXP i.MX RT1176 dual-core MCU used in the Pixhawk 6X-RT controller includes an Arm Cortex-M7 with a maximum frequency of 1GHz and an M4 core with a frequency of 400MHz. It has powerful computing power and memory and can run complex flight control algorithms and intelligent tasks. It includes gyroscopes, accelerometers, and magnetometer chips for measuring the attitude of the drone, as well as barometric altimeter chips for measuring altitude. For example, Bosch's BMI088 is a high-performance sensor chip that integrates a gyroscope and an accelerometer.Widely used in the field of drones, it can provide accurate attitude data for the flight control system. It supports wireless communication between drones and the outside world. Common chips include Wi-Fi chips, Bluetooth chips, and radio frequency (RF) chips. For example, Qualcomm's QCA4020 is a chip that integrates Wi-Fi and Bluetooth functions, which can achieve high-speed data transmission and low-power Bluetooth communication between drones and ground stations or mobile devices. It is specially used to process images and video data captured by drone cameras, and perform image encoding and decoding, noise reduction, enhancement, recognition and other processing. For example, Intel's Movidius Myriad X chip has powerful visual processing capabilities, can quickly and accurately identify objects and scenes in images, and provide support for drone visual navigation and obstacle avoidance.

Application areas

• Disaster relief: When disasters such as mudslides, landslides, and floods occur, drones can enter the disaster-stricken areas, analyze the disaster situation through images, and provide real-time information for rescue work.
• Environmental testing: It can be used for environmental monitoring, observing the conditions of air, soil, vegetation and water quality; environmental law enforcement, monitoring the exhaust gas and wastewater emissions of enterprises and factories; environmental governance, using drones carrying catalysts to spray in the air to eliminate haze, etc.
• Power inspection: drones equipped with high-definition digital cameras, still cameras, and GPS positioning systems can regularly conduct autonomous patrols along the power grid to detect potential circuit safety hazards.
• Traffic monitoring: Helps the public security urban traffic management department to ensure the implementation of urban traffic development plans from a macro perspective, conduct real-time monitoring and traffic flow control from a micro perspective, and build a three-dimensional water-land-air traffic management system.
• Agricultural plant protection: Equipped with medicine boxes, spraying equipment or monitoring equipment, it can spray pesticides on farmland or collect data to improve agricultural production efficiency and quality.
• Aerial photography: Equipped with high-definition cameras, it looks down or shoots from above, providing unique perspectives and visual effects for movies, advertisements, documentaries, etc.