Discussions

I2C ESC support, is it still planned feature? Reusing MK frame

Posted by kolin on October 3, 2011 at 2:45pm

Hi

I also have Mikrokopter quad with old FC1.2 (upgraded to 1.3) and Bl-Ctrl 1. 

I want to try put APM on it. If there will be support for I2c ESCs it would be plug'n'play replacement.

I read somwhere i2c support is planned, but when it will be ready for use? Would it be simple enough to do quick and dirty hack? Will planned support include Mikrokopter's ESC as well?

Thanks

You need to be a member of diydrones to add comments!

Join diydrones

Email me when people reply –
Follow

Replies

  • kolin October 5, 2011 at 7:17am

    I looked at the code ant I think it should be enough to replace content of APM_RC_Class::OutputCh. First scale values to fit MK 1byte (if I'm correct, yet to be find out). Second use Wire function to send values out. I2C bus for ESC to be connected to I2C port shared with magnetometer? Can you confirm this aproach? Thanks

    Today I will try to spin up MK ESC with buspirate to findout how it comunicates.

    And please Tom, place your questions here, not PM. Let the knowledge avaialbe for all

     

  • Sebastian Gralla October 3, 2011 at 3:11pm

    try it yourself, it's not that hard

    If you need some info about how to control I2C ESC with an ardupilot, ask me ;)

This reply was deleted.

Activity

Neville Rodrigues liked Neville Rodrigues's profile
Jun 30
Santiago Perez liked Santiago Perez's profile
Jun 21
More…