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Welcome to the Barnard Microsystems Limited web site.

  • We design, manufacture and operate Remotely Piloted Aircraft for use in research and development, and in a wide variety of military, state and commercial applications.
  • We develop high performance Inertial Measurement Units, Flight Control Units and Communications Systems for use on Remotely Piloted Aircraft and Unmanned Helicopters.
  • We enhance, support and market the widely used WaveMaker microwave circuit layout software and design microwave circuits and optoelectronic sensors on a consultancy basis.

The InView Remotely Piloted Aircraft

The InView twin engine aircraft, shown above, has impressive safety features, together with a 700 km range. It is large enough to carry professional sensors, with powerful on-board sensor data processing, but small enough to be easily transported, in modular form, in a small van. Take off can be from a grass field.

  • you can download a copy of the InView brochure;
  • see InView overview for more information on the BML Inview long range Remotely Piloted Aircraft;
  • see InView in Flight for more photographs of the InView in flight.

Above and below: example of the the imagery achieved from a digital camera on the InView.

 

The resolution of the above aerial images has been reduced to maintain a fast web page download speed. You can, however, download a copy of the original 2.5 MByte high resolution image.

A modular design with an open architecture

  • The reliable InView long range aircraft can fly on one engine.
  • See InView assembly for a photographic sequence showing the assembly of an InView aircraft.
  • By mounting the engines on the wings, the InView can fly very slowly and the engine induced vibration level is reduced, resulting in superior quality photographs.
  • The safety provided by two engines is a requirement of the oil, gas and mineral exploration companies, for unmanned aircraft operation Beyond Line of Sight.

The versatile InView can use a rough, grassy field, as shown above, for both take-off and landing.

Why do we call it a Remotely Piloted Aircraft?

  • There is a growing realisation that someone, called the "Pilot in Command", must always be in charge of an unmanned aircraft, even when it is flying on autopilot, possibly beyond line of sight, following a predefined set of GPS waypoints and performing tasks en route, such as taking photographs and / or measurements.
  • The "Pilot in Command" must be able to terminate the flight at any stage of the flight, or command the unmanned aircraft to return to base at any time during the flight.
  • While the InView is within radio link, the aircraft can be optionally piloted from the ground in Manual Flight Mode. Take-off and landing is performed in Manual Flight Mode.

See InView Unmanned Aircraft for more details.

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The WaveMaker microwave circuit layout software

WaveMaker Layout  is used in the layout of microwave Printed Circuit Boards and small integrated circuits. This software is also used in the design of semiconductor devices and other small devices that are made using precision lithography in which the GDS II Stream graphics data format is used.

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Development of instrumentation for use on unmanned aircraft

We develop:

  • miniaturised navigation, flight control and communication systems for Unmanned Aircraft
  • high performance, lightweight, sensor systems
  • strategy definition, to exploit the opportunities to be gained through the use of Unmanned Aircraft
  • select "what we do" for more information on our activities in this area

Above,  our 50 MHz to 20 GHz Agilent network analyser used to characterise the transmission of microwave signals though a network, and the reflection of the signals from a network. Here we are characterising the transmission of signals through a filter over the frequency range from 50 MHz to 20 GHz.

We design microwave and optoelectronic circuits, operating at frequencies from d.c. to 12 GHz. Our design software development background, coupled with a range of professional microwave instruments capable of making measurements up to 26.5 GHz, has provided us with the ability to design and develop high performance communication, navigation and sensor circuits and systems.

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Office location

- image from Google Earth

  • The GPS location of our London Office is 51 34' 40.48" N and 0º 07' 24.80" W.
  • Our post code is N8 9DX.
  • Find us using Google Maps.

How to get to us by public transport

  • Take the Underground Northern Line, High Barnet branch, to Archway
  • Take the Junction Road exit past the Underground station
  • Take the number 41 bus to Crouch End.
  • Get off the bus at the Crouch End Hill stop, adjacent to Carters Glass shop
  • Cross Crouch End Hill and walk past the circular National Wesminster Bank building, which will be on your right hand side
  • Walk about 30 m (yards) up Crouch Hill and we are on the left hand side of the road.

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