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Drones, including Kamikaze and Shahed, were used extensively in the Russian attack on Kyiv. These drones are roaming, partially suicidal, autodetectable, identify targets with satellite guidance, and carry 45 kilograms of explosives.
There appears to be evidence that the drones were made in Iran, but both Russia and Iran deny it.
From the disassembly on the downed drone, the flight control section was made up of five custom PCBs (pic below). These should be assembled by the engineers themselves after purchasing electronic components.
The processor is an Altera FPGA, now acquired by Intel, this appears to be an older model from before the acquisition. (pic below)
The main control board looks like a TMS320 F28335 DSP from Texas Instruments (pic below).
In detail we can also find the HALO Fast Jack connector, Microchip's MIC69502WR voltage regulator, and ADI's AD9361BBCZ RF transceiver. (pic below)
The bottom left corner of the picture below appears to be Xilinx's Kintex FPGA.
Pic below looks like a homemade GNSS anti-jamming system.
The markings of some electronic components are polished or damaged, making them difficult to identify in the pictures.
source: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/chips-drones-used-russian-attack-kiev-shawn-qin/
Drones, including Kamikaze and Shahed, were used extensively in the Russian attack on Kyiv. These drones are roaming, partially suicidal, autodetectable, identify targets with satellite guidance, and carry 45 kilograms of explosives.
There appears to be evidence that the drones were made in Iran, but both Russia and Iran deny it.
From the disassembly on the downed drone, the flight control section was made up of five custom PCBs (pic below). These should be assembled by the engineers themselves after purchasing electronic components.
The processor is an Altera FPGA, now acquired by Intel, this appears to be an older model from before the acquisition. (pic below)
The main control board looks like a TMS320 F28335 DSP from Texas Instruments (pic below).
In detail we can also find the HALO Fast Jack connector, Microchip's MIC69502WR voltage regulator, and ADI's AD9361BBCZ RF transceiver. (pic below)
The bottom left corner of the picture below appears to be Xilinx's Kintex FPGA.
Pic below looks like a homemade GNSS anti-jamming system.
The markings of some electronic components are polished or damaged, making them difficult to identify in the pictures.
source: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/chips-drones-used-russian-attack-kiev-shawn-qin/