I just noticed this at the Chinese on-line retailer, ThanksBuyer.com
They are pricing the bundled versions attractively. Obviously made to compete against the APM micro 3.1
If anyone makes the leap, perhaps you could keep us informed on your experiences.
Happy flying all!!
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today I made another test that is the JP1 presence/absence.
I think it is present on the board because I connected a UBEC to one of the OUT channel without Power module connected and the board started also with RX powered trough input1...
I think all positive rails are connected!
So be careful not to use bec from esc together with Power module/usb... May be you get a fried board..
Mine is on the frame, please as yours come take a look inside to see if there is any JP1 pad to be splitted/soldered..
Bye
I installed a Crius ublox neo 7M with mag onboard, All Ok
3Dr radio clone ok
Power module OK
Frsky D4R-II in cppm mode (signal 3 and 4 with jumper). Just connect channel one to Input one on APM and bridge in2 and in3 with a jumper that comes with D4R-II.
I made the radio calibration ok.
Just one think I don't know.. Is JP1 installed on this board or not?
I am setting a tricopter. I think I'll connect the signal of the yaw servo to the apm (out 7) and I'll power it using a UBEC...
My three ESC are ZTW OPTO so all wires will be connected to outputs.
ciao
Thanks for the updates! Mine is in the process of clearing customs and should be here within the week. I'm looking forward to getting it into the quad and getting back in the air now that the good flying weather is here.
Ok
board arrived
Nice little piece of technic
Opened up it has the foam cover for the baro inside, separated from status led by some plastic protrusion from the upper cover.
I connected it to my laptop and uploaded the Arducopter Tri 3.2.1 without poblems, the FC works!
I made accel calibration and it levels correctly.
Now I must set it on my tricopter frame and then I'll post my impressions.
Bye
Pietro
If you take a look at this photo
http://www.thanksbuyer.com/image/cache/data/sku-38151-5-600x600.jpg
On top left part there seems to be such kind of pads..
Let's see when it will come.
Also it would be nice if they publish the circuit scheme like it should be with open source hardware.
look at this thread
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2125461
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This is the picture with mentioned pads
http://static.rcgroups.net/forums/attachments/2/7/7/5/8/0/a6678624-...
I opened a ticket with the Help Desk at SDSHobby.com to have them ask the manufacturer about the PPM IN feature. The mfg reported that they had not tested PPM IN on the APM-Pro Mini, but SDS reports a number of their customers have used the standard APM PPM IN (PPM on ch1 with ch2+3 shorted) and it does work. Apparently.
Has anyone actually got their hands on one of these yet? The documentation (limited, but still, a document in english) indicates it will accept PPM IN on CH5. A few of the photos online show some jumper pads/cut-able traces labeled "PPM" which would seem to support that notion. It also has a full array of analog outputs (A0-A11) - a nice feature.
My question before pulling the trigger on this is - does anyone know how is PPM IN actually enabled on this device?
I ordered one but usually it takes a month to come to Italy..
So if you can hold some time your trigger.. :-)
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