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vincent germain replied to Rolf Blomgren's discussion APM MavLink to FrSky X8R S.Port converter
"Hello  rolf
very nice job,
I am waiting for my Tanaris radio. I am wondering why it is not possible to directly link the SBUS to the APM2.5 with a software modification ? There are a lot of serial ports available on APM ?

Regards
Vincent"
Jun 21, 2014
vincent germain replied to Randy's discussion AC3.1 & blown 3.3V regulator (was AC3.1-rc5 SPI speed problem)
"You forgot the fact that the buffer just above the regulator is wrongly wired and can provoque some issues like short circuit on 3v3 ! And could be revealed by intensive use of log in flash memory.

Vincent"
Mar 13, 2014
vincent germain replied to Guaifi's discussion The problem IS NOT the 3.3 regulator, it is the dataflash level shifter
"You are focused on 5V on the rail but what about short circuit on 3v3 comming from a failure of the buffer used the wrong way ! (this was the case on my board)
In this case the result is the same, no more infos from imu, baro...
So we need the proof…"
Mar 10, 2014
vincent germain replied to Guaifi's discussion The problem IS NOT the 3.3 regulator, it is the dataflash level shifter
"Nice to put a full report. But before making a report, sending mail to customers to warn them about the risks would have been better.
In such a case 3DR should ask customers to send back there boards and not fly with it.
This issue seems to be known…"
Mar 9, 2014
vincent germain replied to Guaifi's discussion The problem IS NOT the 3.3 regulator, it is the dataflash level shifter
"Hello,
I have the same probleme and same conclusion, I have removed the buffer because you can't change only the +3v3 and +5V because this component must have B lower than A it can't be reversed.
here is an extract of datasheet : 1.2 V to 3.6 V on A…"
Mar 8, 2014