Hardware in Loop Simulation of a Way Point Navigation Using Matlab/Simulink and X-Plane Simulator

This paper presents the hardware in loop simulation of a waypoint navigation using Mat lab/Simulink and X-plane simulator. The simulation has been carried out in Matlab/Simulink software and interfacing with X-plane simulator. HILS is used for the testing of the hardware that is implemented on an onboard UAV/Aircraft. User Datagram Protocol (UDP) does data transmission between X-plane and Matlab/Simulink. Waypoints are taken as input, which denote the latitude and longitude. The distance between the two waypoints are calculated using Haversine formula. The work demonstrated in this paper is to run the simulation using software (i.e.,) control command is given in Matlab/Simulink blocks and simulation is run in X-plane simulator. After a detailed study, the control algorithm has been implemented in hardware and the simulation process will be executed.