To provide a control system for an un-manned 'helicopter,' DSP Tools partnered with Applied Micro Design to develop a miniature DSP-based autopilot about the size of a credit card for Allied Aerospace Industries.

Both size and the ability to reprogram the firmware 'on-the-fly' were key to this design.

DSP Tools completed the initial hardware and software design, and then trained the client's engineer so that he was able to continue with future software add-ons of their own, allowing them to respond rapidly to their customers' needs.