Er9x transmitter now with MavLink

The er9x transmitter now will display MavLink data on the LCD.

Gerard Valade a DIYdrones member wrote the software and myself who was the principal debugger.

Works at 19200 and 38400 baud. Still have a problem with 57600 baud. Some kind of timing issue yet.

Here is a pic of the arduplane 2.30 MavLink display on the er9x.

There is an Xbee inside the er9x to receive the MaveLink data from the APN2.0 purple board.

We will post the er9x firmware soon.

Earl

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Comment by Ellison Chan on March 19, 2012 at 9:48am

Is the er9x equivalent to the Turnigy 9x here:

Comment by Earl on March 19, 2012 at 9:56am

Yup! same one! just burn the new firmware, install an xbee, connext to er9x rx pin and bingo, there you are. A lot more data than the Frsky mod.

Earl

Comment by Ellison Chan on March 19, 2012 at 10:01am

Awesome!  Can't wait 'til it becomes available.

Btw, does it have to be an Xbee or can I use something like AP220's?

Comment by Earl on March 19, 2012 at 10:03am

As long as they can do 19 38 or 57kbaud. We also have plans to do 2way coms for pid tuning and uploading new waypoints.

Earl

Comment by Earl on March 19, 2012 at 10:20am

Here is a better picture.

Earl

Comment by ThomasB on March 19, 2012 at 10:24am

@Earl

Nice project.

Will definitely use/test it when it's ready 

Comment by Anish on March 19, 2012 at 10:37am

this projects sounds cool

Comment by penpen on March 19, 2012 at 10:53am

Does 2.4G Xbee module working correctly with 9x 2.4G ? No interferences ? No efficiency reduction ?

Comment by Earl on March 19, 2012 at 11:13am
Have not tested range. I have 900mhz also that I use.
Earl
Comment by Sami Finnila on March 19, 2012 at 11:37am

So much better than OSRC... ;-) Just kidding... Seriously though setting PID, waypoints etc. from your transmitter sounds awsome..

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